A COLLECTION OF PRONUNCIATION ERRORS ABANDONED ABROAD ACCEPT x EXCEPT to ACCOMPANY; ACCOMPANIED ACHIEVEMENT ADMIRE x ADMIRABLE ADOBE READER AERIAL AFFIDAVIT AISLE; to walk down the aisle ALASKA ALLEGIANCE to ALLOW, an ALLOWANCE ALSO AMICABLE ANALOGY ANALYSIS, pl. ANALYSES to ANALYSE – 3rd pers.sg. he/she ANALYSES ANCHOR ANXIETY APOSTROPHE, CATASTROPHE APPETITE ARCHIPELAGO Aspirations: if they’re missing after ptk under stress they’re perceived as bdg. Recent confusion: POMPEI x BOMBAY ASSESSMENT ASTHMA ATROCIOUS AWE BABEL BALET the BALKANS BANAL BASIC, BASICALLY BEARD x BIRD BEELZEBUB BELARUS BLOOD BOAST x BOOST BOROUGH BOUGH a branch BOUGHT BOW a ribbon, a tie = a BOW and arrow to BOW to the audience BREATH x to BREATHE BULLET BULLY BUSH BUTCHER CAFÉ – CAFFE - COFFEE CANAL x KENNEL CAPABLE CARNIVORE CHAMPAGNE CHANDELIER CHANGE, RANGE, STRANGE CHARACTER, CHARACTERISTIC CHASM CHEF CHEMISTRY CHICAGO CHOIR CLAW CLIMB, CLIMBER – THUMB – DUMB COCA-COLA COLONEL COMB COMFORTABLE COMRADE CONSCIENCE (x SCIENCE), CONSCIENTIOUS,-LY CONSCIOUSNESS CONSEQUENCE x SEQUENCE CORPS COUGH COUNTRY COURSE x CURSE a COVE to CREATE - CREATION – CREATURE CRUISE CUSHION DAGGER DEBT, DEBTOR DECADE x DECAY DECLINE DECORATIVE DEMOSTHENES DESERT x to DESERT, a DESSERT DETERMINED DEVIL x EVIL DIARRHEA, DIARRHOE DILEMMA DIPHTHERIA DIVORCED DOUBT DOUGH DOVE DOZEN DROUGHT ECHO ECONOMY, ECONOMIST, ECONOMICS, ECONOMETRICS, ECONOMIZATION to ENDOW ENGINE ESPRESSO EVENT EWE a female sheep EPOCH(AL) EXCURSION, INCURSION FEUD FIANCÉ, FIANCÉE FINALE FLOUR FLOWER FLOOR FOCUS FOLK GAOL GENRE GENUINE GESTURE GIGGLE GINGER GLOVES to GNAW GORGEOUS GREENWICH GRIND GYNAECOLOGIST HEARSE HELIUM, HELIX HIATUS HIDEOUS HIERARCHY, HIERARCHICAL HIGH x HEIGHT HILARIOUS HOMOGENEOUS HONEST, HONOUR HOTEL HYPERMARKET HYPOTHESIS, -ES IKEA INNATE INSECTICIDE INSIST INTRINSIC ISLAND x ICELAND; ISLE OF …, ISLET a little one ISSUE ITINERARY JAGUAR KNIGHT LAMB LAUGH(TER) LAUREATE LEAD (UNLEADED PETROL) LEICESTER LETHAL LIEUTENANT LONGING MAGI MARGARINE MARGIN, -AL MASSAGE MAURICIUS MEDIA, to MEDIATE x IMMEDIATE MELEE MIGRAINE MOUSTACHE NAÏVE, NAÏVETY NAPLES NATION x NATIONAL NATURE x NATURAL the NOBEL Prize NOVEL to OCCUR, OCCURRENCE OBSTINATE OPPORTUNITY ORCHARD OVEN to OWN; my OWN PALM PARENT PARTICULAR PATIO a PEAR (the fruit) as opposed to a PIER x to PURR PERCHANCE PERSON x PERSONAL x PERSONNEL PHARAOH; pharaoh ants PHTHISIS PICTURESQUE PINAFORE PLAGUE PNEUMATIC DRILL PNEUMONIA POLL POSSESSION POST a PREFACE to a book PRICE cost x PRIZE award PRIORITY PROBLEM PROLOGUE PROSTHETIC PSORIASIS PSYCHIATRY, -IST PSYCHOLOGY, -IST PUPIL the same pron. for ‘student’ and ‘eye’ PURCHASE QUARTZ QUEUE RECEIPT RECIPE A RECORD; TO RECORD RESERVOIR REHEARSAL, TO REHEARSE RHETORICS x RHETORIC adj. ROGUE x ROUGE ROOT x ROUTE SALMON SCARCE, -LY SCENE, SCENERY SCHEME SCHIZOPHRENIA, -IC SCIATICA SCYTHE x SCATHE (to escape unscathed) SEISMIC to SEPARATE x SEPARATE (adj.) lives to SEVER = separate x SEVERE cold SHOT x SHOOT SIEVE SINGER SOUR SUBTLE SUCCESS SUICIDE SURFACE SURVEILLANCE SURVEY SWAN SWEAT x SWEET, SWEATER SWORD TARGET TEAR-TORE-TORN as opposed to crying TEARS TECHNICAL THEATRICAL THEIR THESIS, -ES THOROUGH – THOROUGHLY – THOROUGHFARE THROUGH THROUGHOUT THRILLER - TRAILER TOBACCO TOMB RAIDER TRIPARTITE TROUGH TSAR 20th – PRETTIER – the LOVELIEST UNIVERSITY URGE, URGENT a USE x to USE, an ABUSE x to ABUSE VALLEY x WALLET x VALET VEGETABLE VENEREAL VENOM, -OUS (poison, -ous) VENOUS (e.g. intravenous, into the vein) VENUS planet VISCOUNT VOYAGE VINEYARD WEIRD WHILST WICKED WI-FI WILD x WILDERNESS WIND – WOUND - WOUND WOMB WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE WORRIED WOUND XENOPHOBIA YACHT YAWN