Permit and insurance (2)
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May 28, 2008
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Two words often mispronounced (according to Dave's Most Excellent and Perfect Guide to English Pronunciation™): - Permit. A year before you get your driver's license, you get your learner's permit, as in permit, not permit. You can permit something (used as a verb), while a permit allows you to do something (used as a noun).
- Insurance. In order to drive a car, you need to have car insurance, as in insurance, not insurance. This is largely a southern problem.
Please comply. #language
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Comments:
2008-08-26 19:38:42
You can add umbrella to the list. It's umBRella, not UMbrella. I could add some more words, but this example is similar to the others you listed.
2008-08-27 09:12:15
That's an interesting one. I've never heard "umbrella" mispronounced.
Another addition is police, as in police, not police. But it's fun to pronounce it wrong.
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