This thread of 27 mispronounced words is a hilarious phonics minefield
15.
My 7 year old daughter called her big brother a “cycle path” the other night 😂 I assume she was aiming for psychopath but am not entirely sure why 😂😂
— R o x (@roxohxx) May 29, 2019
16.
I once heard a man in a restaurant order the “profit-roleys” for dessert and have called them that ever since
— Mrs Quirrel (@MrSquirrel_) May 28, 2019
17.
The replies to this remind me of when my youngest wanted to watch Harry Potter and the fell off a stone.
— Dame Jayne with a Y (@JB_56_) May 29, 2019
18.
I also have a mate who (now deliberately, but from an initial mistake) pronounced faux pas as Fox-Pass.
— Chris Hallas (@ChrisHallas) May 28, 2019
19.
My entirely grown up husband once asked me what whores devores were and I am still laughing 5 years later
(Hors d’oeuvres)
— MissBudgetBeauty (@MikhilaMcDaid) May 28, 2019
20.
Mine once referred to Popcorn as Cockporn, which I had forgotten about until I saw your tweet 😂
— Dame Jayne with a Y (@JB_56_) May 29, 2019
21.
My wife’s grandmother was all airs and graces, but pronounced pizza to rhyme with fizzer.
— Matt Ralph (@mralph72) May 28, 2019
22.
We don’t have Beef Bourguignon in our care home. Nobody can reliably say it or write it, so it is Beef Boingy Boingy.
— Doug Paulley (@kingqueen3065) May 29, 2019
23.
That’s beautiful!!!!!! My daughter says Kolala Bear , I never want her to say it correctly.
— Dara Lorentzson (@DublinDaragirl) May 28, 2019
24.
v good – try him with meringue !! my mum thought those were mering-yoo s for years after reading about them in a book
— BestFrenchCampsites (@FrenchCampsites) May 28, 2019
25.
My mum thought ‘T’pau’ was ‘Teepaw’
— TJ Davis (@teresajanedavis) May 29, 2019
26.
all time favourite I once heard (not one of my children’s) was ‘shitmingers’ for fish fingers
— ❄️bollerwheeler❄️ (@bollerwheeler) May 29, 2019
27.
When I was little I couldn’t understand why I didn’t know any boys called step- hen like the hero in my book!
— Marie-Claire (@rottweiler56) May 29, 2019
H/T: @mrnickharvey
