Granted, English might not be your first language so it is conceivable that you might not know the real pronunciation of a few words in the language.
Here are 16 of the most common mispronounced words by a lot of people.
1. Often
Wrong: “OFF-tin” Right: “OFF-in”
2. Vice Versa
Wrong: “Vice-a-versa” Right: “Vice-Versa (as spelt)”
3. Niche
Wrong: “Nitch” Right: “Neesh”
4. Antarctica
Wrong: “An-AR-tica” Right: “Ant-ARC-tica”
5. Hyperbole
Wrong: “Hyper-bowl” Right: “Hi-PER-boh-lee”
6. Picture
Wrong: “Pitch-uhr” Right: “Pick-tchur”
7. Supposedly
Wrong: “Sug-pose-uh-bly” Right: “Suh-pose-id-ly”
8. Hierarchy
Wrong: “HI-ar-key” Right: “Hi-er-ar-key”
9. Mauve
Wrong: “Mawv” Right: “Mowv”
10. Taupe
Wrong: “Taaaa-ope” Right: “Tope”
11. Nuclear
Wrong: “Nuke-you-lur” Right: “Noo-clear”
12. Potable
Wrong: “Pot-able” Right: “Poat-able”
13. Accessory
Wrong: “Ass-ess-ory” Right: “Ak-sess-sory”
14. Ticklish
Wrong: “Tick-uh-lish” Right: “Tick-lish”
15. Voluptuous
Wrong: “Vol-ump-tuous” Right: “Vol-up-tuous”
16. Respite
Wrong: “Res-pait” Right: “Res-pit.”
from NaijaNewsPlus http://www.naijanewsplus.com/unbelievable-16-english-words-you-are-probably-pronouncing-wrongly/
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