I’m finding the word Perspectus quite annoying. Another survey this year, by the agency Perspectus Global, found that “specifically” and “probably” are two of the most annoying mispronounced words. People get cross about (mis)pronunciation, no? Yes. And obviously if she was actually from Harris, in Scotland, she wouldn’t say “HAIR-iss”. To be fair, she doesn’t agree, says it’s more like “ KAH-ma-la”. Last year’s list included the infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci (FOW-chee) and the US vice-president, Kamala Harris, which Babbel said was pronounced: “CAW-ma-la HAIR-iss”.ĬAW-ma-la? Sounds like a parrot. And cheugy (CHOO-gee) …Ĭheugy? What’s a cheugy? You’re a cheugy, look it up. Then there’s dogecoin (DOHJ-coin), the cryptocurrency favoured by Elon Musk. Stefanos Tsitsipas (STEH-fuh-nohs TSEE-tsee-pas), has caused problems for tennis commentators as well as opponents. Unless you actually come from Glasgow, of course. And Glasgow, which they say is pronounced: “GLAHZ-go”. #How to you pronounce omicron tv#Go on then, what else is on the list? Billie Eilish – pronounced “EYE-lish” – you knew that, but not everyone on American TV did. Exactly, I’ve been saying it like “Oh my God”, but “Oh my Cron”, because I’m scared it’s coming for me. Like I said, it’s contentious.Īnd, more importantly, contagious. Really? My old Collins Dictionary says it should be “əˈmaikrən”, which, if you’re not familiar with the phonetic alphabet, is (a bit) more like: “er-MAI-krern”. The US Captioning Company, which provides subtitles, has identified the words and names that have proved hardest for newsreaders and other people on TV to pronounce.Īnd how are they saying “Omicron” should be pronounced? The language app Babbel has provided what it says are correct pronunciations, and it is saying: “OH-mee-kraan” or: “AH-muh-kraan”, depending on whether you’re from the UK or the US. One thing for certain is that it’s among 2021’s most commonly mispronounced words. I s it wrong? Well, there’s some debate about it. Omicron, right? Right, but why are you saying it like that: OM-i-cron?īecause that’s how it’s written.
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