of course it does.

I don't understand what you mean 'it's not as if it's tomato or aluminium' is there a set list of words that you accept have varying pronounciations

I pronounce it as mis-cheev-us, and so does anyone I know.
I don't think I've ever encountered anyone pronouncing it as mis-chuf-us even if that's supposed to be the correct way.

One that gives me a chuckle is how they pronounce "buoy."


Ha. We went on a package holiday to Disney World, Florida in 2000 when I was ten. First day there, and we had a big meeting with our American rep. The first bit of advice she gives everyone, is to make sure they protect their fanny packs The reaction from the completely English crowd was hilarious!

They are words that are pronounced differently by American people as opposed to English people.

Mischievous is not.

I have explained already, it's quite clear.

English can be a mad language.
If the Cambridge dictionary pedantically says mis-chuf-us is the correct pronunciation, I would ask it's compilers, then why isn't belief pronounced beluf or thief as thuf?

At least I know what Tiff is saying . When Danniela was in the garden chatting to Steph I had not the faintest idea what Danniela was saying .

me too

It is clear to you

I asked if there was a set list of words that are accepted as being pronounced differently between here and America, you say there are words, and that mischievous is not one of them.....can you perhaps link me to this magical list that you have seen?

Didn't think so. As I originally said, regional dialect means that words are pronounced in many different ways in the UK alone, it's perfectly accepted that when someone is from a completely different side of the world that they may pronounce many worlds differently

Wrong. It's correct either way.


Of course she does. We don't pronounce letters that aren't there.


Nope it's just cell.

This thread amuses me seeing how British hm's pronounce words. Don't you "f"ink.

I was surprised BB pronounced controversy as "con-trov-uhr-see" as here in Ireland we pronounce it as "con-truh-verse-e" and thought it was the same in the UK.

Oh you should. Its hours of fun when learning to spell!

Again, correct either way. I think the thing is, as long as you understand what the person is saying, what does it matter how they pronounce it.

Oi ain't 'appy wiv your criticism of 'ow some British 'ousemates speak.

Interestingly, speaking of speaking and language-related things (fings!), Tiffany's diction is very precise and clear and she - imo - uses language beautifully and very lyrically. And very colourfully/colorfully.

Its not, only one is correct for this word.

This is nothing to do with being american, the American pronunciation is the same and she said it wrong.

It took hundreds of years for miniscule to become accepted.

Why is it so important to you?

You are aware she's American, aren't you? You do realize that Americans and the British don't speak identical languages, don't you? Many words are pronounced or spelled differently.

The only thing that anyone gets to say is pronounced wrong or right are their own personal names. And maybe inhabitants of a locality, though they don't even always agree.

Did you want a list of everything that the British mispronounce?

Given that I come from the home of the company, I love listening to all you Brits saying "Niks" instead of the correct pronunciation of "Nik-ees."

I'm sorry ... but isn't the Cambridge dictionary of British origin?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nYmWt1J4Lg

I was going to say the same thing, that really does bug me.

True - it was an American that taught me to say Porsche correctly (Porsha, not Porsh - according to the founder of the company).

Many of the different pronunciations of same words that us Brits often feel the Americans get wrong are often, in the American version, the original way the word was spoken (the old English version) ... the traditional version, which us Brits have changed over the years but which remain as originally spoken in the US English. Some might argue, therefore, that they would be the correct version. The same with spelling, eg. the z preferred by American English (as in optimize). Some of Shakespeare's work, apparently, contains the spelling color and center for worlds we, in the UK, now spell differently.

It would b ea lot easier if people accepted that American English and English English are two different languages, based on a common theme but also very individual. When I worked in America as a secretary I had an American English dictionary to 'insure' that I typed using the correct American English spelling/wording.

At the end of the day, language is an ever-evolving thing, and each country's language is bound to evolve individually, even if the origins are the same. None of us should ever expect that the languages would remain the same, or even that our own British English (for want of a better term) would remain static and not evolve, when we know it does - after all, new words are given legitimacy by being added to the dictionary every year.

Sorry, that was a bit of a rant