Mispronounced words

Coming from a family with Oklahoma roots,  English, Irish, and Scots background, and time spent in Chicago, New Orleans, and New Mexico, sometime pronunciation is in the ear of the beholder- so to speak. Here are a few words that are regularly pronounced incorrectly. It's kinda like, you pays your money and you takes your chances.

When I was in college, people called me Bob. How hard is that to say? I got everything from the harsh, Baab, to Bab, Babe, and Bob. Who knew.

acai:                   should be ah-sigh-EE

conch:               should be conk

espresso:         should be es-PRESS-O (not ex-PRESS-o)

February:         should be FEB-ru-ar-ee (we shouldn’t be dropping the first r).

forte:                 should be fort (not for-TAY)

foyer:                should be FOY-er (not foy-YAY)

gala:                  should be GAY-la (not GAL-uh)

hyperbole:      should be hy-PER-ba-lee (not HY-per-bowl)

liable:                should be LIE-a-ble (not LIE-ble)

library:              should be LIE-brare-ee (don’t drop the first r)

meme:              should be meem

mischievous: should be MIS-chiv-ous (not mis-CHEEV-i-ous)

niche:                should be nitch (not neesh)

nuclear:            should be NEW-clee-ur (not NEW-que-lur)

often:                should be OFF-en (not OFF-ten)

realtor:             should be REEL-tur (not REE-la-tur)

regime:             should be RAY-geem (not RUH-geem)

sherbet:           should be sher-BET (not SHER-bert)

status:               should be STAY-tus (not STAH-tus)

triathlon:         should be tri-ATH-len (not tri-ATH-a-lon)

valet:                 should be VAL-it (not val-AY)