Mispronunciations that hurt your ears...

Better not visit Australia then LOL. Not that we use all of those but many words are shortened with a ”y” on the end. The whole country would be a “lower level of being”....or maybe that’s what you think of us anyway.

I liked her post, because it bugs me, too. In the US it's pretty new.

I am sure neither of us meant any offense to our Australian friends. Thanks for enlightening us. 

Mammiogram

My sister has so many that I don’t even want to list them.  And you cannot convince her she is saying the wrong word or using a phrase that isn’t correct.

When my niece was little and learning to spell, she told me how surprised she was at the spelling of the words “dress” and “tree” because she had always heard them as “jress” and “chree” so that was how she said them and was going to spell them.  She had such a cute little singsong voice and I never heard her say jress or chree.  They do sound the same when you say them quickly, I guess. It makes me wonder if a number of people that are mispronouncing words don’t often read and don’t see the word in print to understand how it should be pronounced.

The sister that mispronounces so many words jumps on me when I say the word “often” because I say “off ten” and she swears it should be “off en” and that the “t” is supposed to be silent like the “b” in thumb.     She also uses “being that” instead of “because” when she wants to sound educated.  She had me proof a letter for her once and she continually used “being that” and wouldn’t correct it because it sounded “classier” in her mind.  I gave up.

learnt instead of learned

"Ideal" instead of "idea." I never heard this until I moved to Oklahoma. It drives me crazy.

Well, I stand corrected! I had no idea!!

I think she made it pretty clear that she meant to offend. Lol

learnt instead of learned

I don’t pronounce the first r in February, but I probably say it with more syllables. I say fe-bu-a-ry, or something close to that. Someone posted a link above that compares British and American pronunciation and February is spoken slightly different.
dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/february

Actually it was not meant to be offensive. I was simply adding my opinion, about the use of certain words.
In my area, the use of such words is looked down upon. Obviously, in other areas the use of such words is the normal way of life.
As with many subjects and topics...it's a "too each, the own" kind of thing.
In matters like this (use of words) it falls into the "agree to disagree" category. What one judges, another may not. A million+ topics and categories fall into this. 
As witnessed here on this board, amongst the wide variety of topics...there will be multiple and different opinions by everyone. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, beliefs, thoughts, theories, perceptions, etc...
Too each, their own.
Have a lovely day.