A COLLECTION OF PRONUNCIATION ERRORS ABANDONED ABROAD ACCEPT x EXCEPT ACCESSORY to ACCOMPANY; ACCOMPANIED ACHE (HEADACHE) ACHIEVEMENT ACQUAINTANCE ADAPT x ADOPT ADDITIONAL ADJACENT ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVAL ADMIRE x ADMIRABLE ADO ADOBE READER ADVERTISEMENT x ADVERTISING x ADVERT AEON AERIAL AEROBICS AFFIDAVIT AGILE AISLE; to walk down the aisle; see ISLE ALASKA ALLEGIANCE to ALLOW, an ALLOWANCE ALMOND ALSO ALTAR AMATEUR AMIABLE AMICABLE ANALOGY ANALYSIS, pl. ANALYSES to ANALYSE – 3rd pers.sg. he/she ANALYSES ANATHEMA ANCHOR ANGELES (L.A.) x ANGLES ANONYMOUS x UNANIMOUS ANT, ANTEATER ANXIETY APOSTROPHE, CATASTROPHE APPETITE AQUARIUS ARAB, ARABIC AREN’T ALBEIT APARTHEID ARCHAIC ARCHANGEL x ARCHBISHOP ARCHIPELAGO ARCHITECT(URE) ARCTIC AREA Aspirations: if they’re missing after ptk under stress they’re perceived as bdg. Recent confusion: POMPEI x BOMBAY ASSESSMENT ASSOCIATED ASTHMA ATHLETE x ATHLETICS ATROCIOUS ATYPICAL AUBERGINE AUNT AUSTRALIA AUTOMOBILE AWE AWRY BABEL BALD x BOLD BALLET the BALKANS BALM BANAL BASIC, BASICALLY BASS (in music) x BASS (fish) BEAR BEARD x BIRD BEELZEBUB BELARUS BELOVED BERET BIATHLON, BIATHLETE BIRMINGHAM BLOOD BOAST x BOOST BOMB BOROUGH BOUGH a branch BOUGHT BOW a ribbon, a tie = a BOW and arrow to BOW to the audience BRAZIL BREATH x to BREATHE BRISTOL x BRISTLE BROCHURE BROOCH BUDDHA, BUDDHISM BULLET BULLOCK BULLY BUSH BUTCHER BUTTOCKS CACHE CAESAR SALAD, CAESAREAN SECTION CAFÉ – CAFFE - COFFEE CAMBRIDGE CAMEL CANAL x KENNEL CANOE CAPABLE CAREER x CARRIER CARNIVORE CASTLE CATHOLIC, CATHOLICISM CAUCASIAN CEDAR CENSURE CERAMIC CERTAIN, -LY CHALET CHAMPAGNE CHANDELIER CHANGE, RANGE, STRANGE CHARACTER, CHARACTERISTIC CHASM CHEF CHEMISTRY CHICAGO CHILE CHIMERA CHOIR CHOSEN CIRCUIT, CIRCUMSTANCES CLAW CLEANSE x CLEAN CLERK CLIMB, CLIMBER – THUMB – DUMB CLOTHES x CLOTHS COAST x COST COCA-COLA COLONEL COLUMN COLLEAGUE COMB COMPANION COMFORTABLE COMPANY COMPONENT COMRADE CONCERTO CONSCIENCE (x SCIENCE), CONSCIENTIOUS,-LY CONSCIOUSNESS CONSEQUENCE x SEQUENCE CONSIST, INSIST CORPS COUGH COUNTRY COURSE x CURSE COUSIN a COVE COVER x COWARD to CREATE - CREATION – CREATURE CRETE CROOKED CRUISE CUPBOARD CUSHION CUTICLE CZECH DAGGER DAIRY DEAF DEBRIS DEBT, DEBTOR DECADE x DECAY, DECAYED DECEASED DECLINE DECORATIVE to DECREASE; a DECREASE To DEFER DELETE DEMOSTHENES DEPTH DESCENT x DECENT DESERT x to DESERT, a DESSERT DETERMINED DEVIL x EVIL DIABETES DIARRHEA, DIARRHOEA DIFFER DILATE DILEMMA DIPHTHERIA DIVORCED DON’T DOUBT DOUGH DOVE DOZEN DRAUGHT DREARY DROUGHT DUCAT DYNASTY EARLY ECHO ECONOMY, ECONOMIST, ECONOMICS, ECONOMETRICS, ECONOMIZATION EDINBURGH EGYPT ELABORATE adj., to ELABORATE ELECTORAL ELIGIBLE x ILLEGIBLE ELITE ENDEAVOUR to ENDOW ENGINE EPOCH(AL) ERUDITE ESPRESSO EUROPEAN EVENT EWE a female sheep to EXAMINE EXCURSION, INCURSION EXEMPT EXPENSIVE EXPERTISE FAÇADE FEUD FIANCÉ, FIANCÉE FIGURE FINALE FINANCE FLOUR FLOWER FLOOR FOCUS FOETUS FOLK FORTE FRAUD x Freud FRONT FRUIT Fulghum GAOL = JAIL GARAGE GAUGE GENERAL GENRE GENUINE GESTURE GIGANTIC GIGGLE GINGER GLOUCESTER GLOVES to GNAW GNOME GORGEOUS GRAPEFRUIT GREENWICH GRIND GUINEA-PIG GYNAECOLOGIST HACKNEYED HARASSMENT HARE, HAIR HEARSE HEAVE x HEAVEN x HAVEN HEIR HELIUM, HELIX HEPATITIS HEROINE x HERO HIATUS HIDEOUS HIERARCHY, HIERARCHICAL HI-FI HIGH x HEIGHT HILARIOUS HOMOGENEOUS HONEST, HONOUR HOSTEL HOTEL HYMN HYPERBOLE HYPERMARKET HYPOTHESIS, -ES IKEA INDECISIVE INNATE INSECTICIDE INSIST INSOLENT INSOUCIANT INTERESTING, INTERESTED INTRINSIC IRON ISLAND x ICELAND; ISLE OF …, ISLET a little one ISOSCELES ISSUE ITINERARY JAGUAR JAPAN, JAPANESE JARGON JEWEL JUDAISM KANGAROO KEY KINDLING KNEAD KNIFE KNIGHT LAMB LAPEL LAUGH(TER) LAUREATE LEAD (UNLEADED PETROL) x to LEAD LEICESTER LEONARD x LEO, LEONARDO LEPER LEVIATHAN LEVI’S LETHAL to LIAISE; LIAISON LIEU LIEUTENANT LILAC LINEN x LINING LINEAGE, LINEAL, LINEAR LONGEVITY LONGING LOUNGE x LONG LOW x LAW MACABRE MACHETE MADRID MAGI MAJOR, MAJORETTE MANIAC, MANIACAL MANSION MARGARINE MARGIN, -AL MASCARA MASSACRE MASSAGE MATTE x MATE MAURITIUS MAYONNAISE MAYOR, MAYORAL MEDIA, to MEDIATE x IMMEDIATE MEDIEVAL MELEE MERCHANT MIGRAINE MINIATURE MINUTE (60 seconds) x MINUTE (very little) MISCELLANEOUS MODEL MOLE MONTH MOSQUITO MOUE, MOO MOUSTACHE NAÏVE, NAÏVETY NAPLES NATION x NATIONAL NATURE x NATURAL NIHILISM the NOBEL Prize NOMINALISATION NOVEL NUMB to OCCUR, OCCURRENCE OBSTINATE OCCUPATION OLD OMIT, OMISSION OMNISCIENT ONLY OPPORTUNITY ORCHARD OVEN OWL to OWN; my OWN PALM PARENT PARIAH PARLIAMENT PARQUET PARTICIPANT PARTICULAR PASTICHE PASTORAL PATIO PATROL x PETROL a PEAR (the fruit) as opposed to a PIER x to PURR PENAL PER CENT PERCHANCE PERFORMANCE PERSON x PERSONAL x PERSONNEL PHARAOH; pharaoh ants PHILHARMONIC THE PHILIPPINES PHONETICS, PHONETICIAN PHOTOGRAPH, PHOTOGRAPHY PHTHISIS PICTURESQUE PILATES PINAFORE PISCES PLAGUE PLAIT PLAQUE PLUMB x PLUMP PLUMBER PNEUMATIC DRILL PNEUMONIA POEM Polish x POLISH POLL POSSESSION POST POUR PRAISE PREDATOR a PREFACE to a book PRICE cost x PRIZE award PRIORITY PRIVACY PROBLEM PROLOGUE to PROLONG PROSTHETIC PSALM PSORIASIS PSYCHIATRY, -IST PSYCHOLOGY, -IST PUBLIC PUPIL the same pron. for ‘student’ and ‘eye’ PURCHASE PURE PUT, PUTT QUARTZ QUAY QUESTIONNAIRE QUEUE to RAISE x to RISE RAPPORT Reading x reading RECEIPT RECIPE A RECORD; TO RECORD REFER, REFERRED TO, REFERENCE REHEARSAL, TO REHEARSE REPUGNANT RESERVOIR RESTAURANT REVOLUTION RHETORICS x RHETORICAL adj. ROGUE x ROUGE ROOT x ROUTE x ROUTER ROW (a line) x ROW (a quarrel) SACCHARIDE SALMON SCARCE, -LY SCENE, SCENERY SCHEME SCHIZOPHRENIA, -IC SCIATICA SCYTHE x SCATHE (to escape unscathed) SEISMIC SEMIOTICS to SEPARATE x SEPARATE (adj.) lives to SEVER = separate x SEVERE cold SEWER SHARED SHOT x SHOOT SHOULD SIEVE SIMILE SINCERELY SINGER SLOTH SOLUTION SOME SOUR SPAGHETTI STEINBECK (JOHN) SUBTLE SUCCESS SUEDE SUFFICE SUGGEST SUICIDE SUIT x SUITE SUPER SURFACE SURVEILLANCE SURVEY SWAN SWEAT x SWEET, SWEATER SWORD SYNTAX TARGET TEAR-TORE-TORN as opposed to crying TEARS TECHNICAL TEMPLATE THEATRICAL THEIR THERMOMETER THESAURUS THESIS, -ES THOROUGH – THOROUGHLY – THOROUGHFARE THOSE THROUGH THROUGHOUT THRILLER - TRAILER TOBACCO TOMB RAIDER TOWARD TREASURE TRIBUNAL TRIPARTITE TROUGH TSAR 20th – PRETTIER – the LOVELIEST UKRAINE ULTIMATE UNIT, UNITED, UNITY UNIVERSITY UNPRECEDENTED URBAN URGE, URGENT a USE x to USE, an ABUSE x to ABUSE USUALLY VALLEY x WALLET x VALET VARIABLE VEGETABLE VEHICLE VENEREAL VENOM, -OUS (poison, -ous) VENOUS (e.g. intravenous, into the vein) VENUS planet VICIOUS VIKINGS VILLAGE VINEYARD VISCOUNT VOLLEYBALL VOW VOYAGE VOYER WARY x WEARY WEAR WEIRD WHILST WICKED WI-FI WILD x WILDERNESS WILT WIND – WOUND - WOUND WOLF WOMB WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE WORD WORK WORLD WORRIED WOUND WRATH WREATH XENOPHOBIA XYLOPHONE YACHT YAWN ZOO ZOOLOGY