The Extended World of Pillars vs Pillers

My whole life I’ve pronounced Caramel as Carmel, because that’s how we say 'round here.

MST gave me a few, Kevin ignoring the “s” sound in fudgesicle to call it “fugicle” (I always wondered if that was regionalism or a Kevin-ism, then I saw this… Fudgicle vs. Fudgsicle | Tom Pappalardo)

And there’s the wonky way they pronounce Karaoke. Car-O-kee rather that Care-E-Okee (which is the common usage, but still different than the way the Japanese say it)

And the classic - the way certain Brits pronounce “can’t” is good for a giggle. Especially when MST made note of it in The Projected Man (the actress really hit the “uh” sound when saying the word)

BTW - there’s a nice British woman, Emma, who posts videos that help with pronunciations, and in her “can/can’t” tutorial she warns against accidentally saying a bad word. The cover image for her vid makes me smile.

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