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 ALASKA ALLEGIANCE to ALLOW, an ALLOWANCE ALMOND ALSO ALTAR AMIABLE AMICABLE ANALOGY ANALYSIS, pl. ANALYSES to ANALYSE – 3rd pers.sg. he/she ANALYSES ANATHEMA ANCHOR ANGELES (L.A.) x ANGLES ANT, ANTEATER ANXIETY APOSTROPHE, CATASTROPHE APPETITE ARAB, ARABIC AREN’T ALBEIT 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 BABEL BALD x BOLD BALET the BALKANS BALM BANAL BASIC, BASICALLY BASS (in music) x BASS (fish) BEAR BEARD x BIRD BEELZEBUB BELARUS BELOVED BERET 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 CHALET CHAMPAGNE CHANDELIER CHANGE, RANGE, STRANGE CHARACTER, CHARACTERISTIC CHASM CHEF CHEMISTRY CHICAGO CHILE CHIMERA CHOIR CIRCUIT, CIRCUMSTANCES CLAW CLEANSE x CLEAN CLERK CLIMB, CLIMBER – THUMB – DUMB CLOTHES x CLOTHS COAST x COST COCA-COLA COLONEL COLUMN COLLEAGUE COMB COMFORTABLE COMPANY COMPONENT COMRADE CONCERTO CONSCIENCE (x SCIENCE), CONSCIENTIOUS,-LY CONSCIOUSNESS CONSEQUENCE x SEQUENCE CONSIST, INSIST CORPS COUGH COUNTRY COURSE x CURSE 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 DECLINE DECORATIVE DELETE DEMOSTHENES DEPTH DESCENT DESERT x to DESERT, a DESSERT DETERMINED DEVIL x EVIL DIARRHEA, DIARRHOE DIFFER DILATE DILEMMA DIPHTHERIA DIVORCED DON’T DOUBT DOUGH DOVE DOZEN DRAUGHT DREARY DROUGHT DUCAT DYNASTY ECHO ECONOMY, ECONOMIST, ECONOMICS, ECONOMETRICS, ECONOMIZATION EDINBURGH EGYPT ELABORATE adj., to ELABORATE ELECTORAL ELITE ENDEAVOUR to ENDOW ENGINE EPOCH(AL) ERUDITE ESPRESSO EUROPEAN EVENT EWE a female sheep to EXAMINE EXCURSION, INCURSION EXPENSIVE EXPERTISE FAÇADE FEUD FIANCÉ, FIANCÉE FIGURE FINALE FINANCE FLOUR FLOWER FLOOR FOCUS FOLK FORTE FRAUD x FREUD FRONT FRUIT GAOL GARAGE GAUGE GENERAL GENRE GENUINE GESTURE GIGANTIC GIGGLE GINGER GLOUCESTER GLOVES to GNAW GNOME GORGEOUS GRAPEFRUIT GREENWICH GRIND GUINEA-PIG GYNAECOLOGIST HACKNEYED HARASSMENT HARE 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 KEY KINDLING KNEAD KNIFE KNIGHT LAMB LAPEL LAUGH(TER) LAUREATE LEAD (UNLEADED PETROL) LEICESTER LEONARD x LEO LEVIATHAN LEVI’S LETHAL LIEU LIEUTENANT LILAC LINEN x LINING LONGEVITY LONGING LOW x LAW MACABRE MACHETE MADRID MAGI MANIAC, MANIACAL MARGARINE MARGIN, -AL MASSACRE MASSAGE MATTE MAURICIUS MAYONNAISE MAYOR, MAYORAL MEDIA, to MEDIATE x IMMEDIATE MEDIEVAL MELEE MIGRAINE MINIATURE MINUTE (60 seconds) x MINUTE (very little) MISCELLANEOUS MODEL MOLE MONTH MOSQUITO MOUE MOUSTACHE NAÏVE, NAÏVETY NAPLES NATION x NATIONAL NATURE x NATURAL the NOBEL Prize NOMINALISATION NOVEL 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 PERSON x PERSONAL x PERSONNEL PHARAOH; pharaoh ants 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 a PREFACE to a book PRICE cost x PRIZE award PRIORITY PRIVACY PROBLEM PROLOGUE PROSTHETIC PSALM PSORIASIS PSYCHIATRY, -IST PSYCHOLOGY, -IST PUBLIC PUPIL the same pron. for ‘student’ and ‘eye’ PURCHASE PURE PUT, PUTT QUARTZ QUAY QUESTIONNAIRE QUEUE RAPPORT Reading x reading RECEIPT RECIPE A RECORD; TO RECORD REFER, REFERRED TO, REFERENCE REHEARSAL, TO REHEARSE REPUGNANT RESERVOIR RESTAURANT REVOLUTION RHETORICS x RHETORIC 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 SHARED SHOT x SHOOT SHOULD SIEVE SIMILE SINCERELY SINGER SLOTH SOLUTION SOME SOUR SPAGHETTI STEINBECK (JOHN) SUBTLE SUCCESS SUEDE SUFFICE 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 THROUGH THROUGHOUT THRILLER - TRAILER TOBACCO TOMB RAIDER TOWARD TREASURE TRIPARTITE TROUGH TSAR 20th – PRETTIER – the LOVELIEST UKRAINE 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 VILLAGE VINEYARD VISCOUNT VOLLEYBALL VOW VOYAGE 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