A COLLECTION OF

                                       PRONUNCIATION ERRORS


ABANDONED

ABROAD

ACCEPT x  EXCEPT

to ACCOMPANY; ACCOMPANIED

ACHIEVEMENT

ADMIRE x ADMIRABLE

AERIAL

AISLE; to walk down the aisle

ALASKA

to ALLOW, an ALLOWANCE

ALSO

ANALYSIS, pl. ANALYSES

to ANALYSE – 3rd pers.sg. he/she ANALYSES

ANCHOR

APPETITE

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

BASIC, BASICALLY

BEARD x BIRD

BEELZEBUB

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

CHARACTER, CHARACTERISTIC

CHASM

CHEF

CHEMISTRY

CHICAGO

CHOIR

CLAW

CLIMB, CLIMBER – THUMB - DUMB

COLONEL

COMFORTABLE

CONSCIENCE (x SCIENCE), CONSCIENTIOUS,-LY

CONSCIOUSNESS

COUGH

COUNTRY

COURSE x CURSE

a COVE

to CREATE - CREATION – CREATURE

CRUISE

CUSHION

DAGGER

DEBT, DEBTOR

DECLINE

DECORATIVE

DEMOSTHENES

DESERT x to DESERT, a DESSERT

DETERMINED

DEVIL x EVIL

DIARRHEA, DIARRHOE

DIPHTHERIA

DIVORCED

DOUBT

DOVE

DOZEN

ECHO

ECONOMY, ECONOMIST, ECONOMICS,                                          ECONOMETRICS, ECONOMIZATION

EVENT

EWE a female sheep

EPOCH(AL)

FEUD

FOCUS

GAOL

GESTURE

GIGGLE

GLOVES

GORGEOUS

GYNAECOLOGIST

HIATUS

HIDEOUS

HIERARCHY, HIERARCHICAL

HIGH x HEIGHT

HONEST, HONOUR

HOTEL

INNATE

INSECTICIDE

INSIST

ISLAND x ICELAND;

ISLE OF …, ISLET a little one

ISSUE

ITINERARY

KNIGHT

LAUGH(TER)

LEAD (UNLEADED PETROL)

LEICESTER

LETHAL

LIEUTENANT

LONGING

MARGARINE

MARGIN, -AL

MASSAGE

MEDIA, to MEDIATE x IMMEDIATE

MELEE

MOUSTACHE

NAPLES

NATION x NATIONAL

NATURE x NATURAL

the NOBEL Prize

NOVEL

to OCCUR, OCCURRENCE

OBSTINATE

OPPORTUNITY

ORCHARD

OVEN

to OWN; my OWN

PARENT

PARTICULAR

PATIO

a PEAR (the fruit) as opposed to a PIER x to PURR

PERCHANCE

PERSON x PERSONAL x PERSONNEL

PHTHISIS

PICTURESQUE

PLAGUE

PNEUMATIC DRILL

PNEUMONIA

POLL

POSSESSION

a PREFACE to a book

PRICE cost x PRIZE award

PRIORITY

PROBLEM

PSORIASIS

PSYCHIATRY, -IST

PSYCHOLOGY, -IST

PURCHASE

QUEUE

REHEARSAL, TO REHEARSE

ROGUE x ROUGE

ROOT x ROUTE

SALMON

SCARCE, -LY

SCENE, SCENERY

SCHEME

SCHIZOPHRENIA, -IC

SCIATICA

SCYTHE x SCATHE (to escape unscathed)

to SEPARATE x SEPARATE (adj.) lives

to SEVER = separate x SEVERE cold

SHOT x SHOOT

SIEVE

SINGER

SUBTLE

SUCCESS

SUICIDE

SURFACE

SURVEILLANCE

SURVEY

SWEAT x SWEET, SWEATER

SWORD

TARGET

TEAR-TORE-TORN as opposed to crying TEARS

TECHNICAL

THEATRICAL

THEIR

THOROUGH – THOROUGHLY –

                                                        THOROUGHFARE

THROUGH

THROUGHOUT

THRILLER - TRAILER

TOBACCO

TOMB RAIDER

TROUGH

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

WICKED

WILD x WILDERNESS

WIND – WOUND - WOUND

WOMB

WORRIED

WOUND

XENOPHOBIA