Career Management blog<\/A>.<\/EM><\/p>\n#1: Realtor<\/h3>\n
Many people \u2014 I\u2019ve even heard it from people on national TV \u2014 pronounce this word REAL-uh-ter<\/EM>. Is this a case of wide-spread dyslexia, transposing the a<\/EM> and the l<\/EM>? It\u2019s REAL<\/EM>–tor<\/EM>. That\u2019s it. You\u2019d think only two syllables would be easier to pronounce, but apparently not.<\/p>\n#2: Nuclear<\/h3>\n
Do you know how tough it is to be an advocate for the correct pronunciation of this word (NU-clee-er<\/EM>) when the president of the United States pronounces it NU-cu-lar<\/EM>? I don\u2019t buy that it\u2019s a regional thing. Ya\u2019ll is a regional thing; nu-cu-lar is not.<\/p>\n#3: Jewelry<\/h3>\n
It\u2019s not JOO-la-ree<\/EM>, it\u2019s JOOL-ree. <\/EM>Again with the making things harder by turning a word into three syllables. What\u2019s with that?<\/p>\n#4: Supposedly\/supposably<\/h3>\n
The latter is a nonexistent word.<\/p>\n
#5: Supposed to\/suppose to<\/h3>\n
I think this one is more a matter of a lazy tongue than of ignorance. It takes an extra beat in there to emphasize the d<\/EM> at the end, but it\u2019s worth it. And never omit the d<\/EM> if you\u2019re using the term in a written communication or people will think you were raised in a hollowed-out tree trunk somewhere.<\/p>\n#6: Used to\/use to<\/h3>\n
Same as above.<\/p>\n
#7: Anyway\/anyways<\/h3>\n
There\u2019s no s<\/EM> at the end. I swear. Look it up.<\/p>\n#8: February\/Febuary<\/h3>\n
As much as it galls me, there is an r<\/EM> between the b<\/EM> and the u<\/EM>. When you pronounce the word correctly it should sound like you\u2019re trying to talk with a mouthful of marbles \u2014 FEB broo ary<\/EM>.<\/p>\n#9: Recur\/reoccur<\/h3>\n
Though the latter is tempting, it\u2019s not a word. And again, why add another syllable if you don\u2019t need it?<\/p>\n
#10: Mischievous\/mischievious<\/h3>\n
I know, I know, it sounds so Basil Rathbone to say MIS cha vous<\/EM>, but that\u2019s the right way. Mis CHEE vee us<\/EM> is more commonly used, but it\u2019s wrong.<\/p>\nAnd last but not least, my personal all-time pet peeve \u2014 the word often<\/EM>. It should be pronounced OFF un<\/EM>, not OFF tun<\/EM>. The t<\/EM> is silent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Written by Toni Bowers Right or wrong, people often judge you by the way you pronounce things. Say a word incorrectly and POW \u2014 they\u2019ve pegged you as a provincial, poorly educated moron. Toni Bowers offers a list of commonly mangled words so you can double-check your own pronunciation. Previously, TechRepublic ran an article about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}