On the pronunciation of kilometer: one dictionary says that the pronunciation "kil-OM-eh-ter" was based on a "false analogy with 'barometer'".

Words that end in "-ology" refer to the study of something, not the thing itself. "Psychology" means "the study of the mind" yet people use it as if it meant "mind" or "the function of the mind" when there is no suggestion that anything is being studied. And they use "psychological" as if it meant "mental" (of the mind). (Not to mention the Brits who use "mental" to mean "crazy"!) Likewise, "ecology" means "the study of the environment" but people use it as if it meant "environment", as in, "The ecology here is disturbed", meaning what? That scientists are being disturbed in their study?

People say "not to mention" and then mention the very thing they said they weren't going to mention! (Oops! -See above.) Or they say, "needless to say", and then say something that is very needful to say.

Someone asked for the coinage of a new "gender-free pronoun", so that we wouldn't have to say "If anyone has a suggestion, [he/she/they] should post it here". English already HAS a gender-free pronoun: "it"! We would just have to get over our illogical resistance to using "it" to refer to an adult human being. We already say (sometimes), "The baby lost its mother" or "The dog lost its bone". Why can't we say, "The teacher lost its temper"?

The word "thusly" seems silly and superfluous to me, since "thus" is already an adverb. Yet you hear even educated people say, "Aristotle explained it thusly."

It seems obvious to me that the verb "associate" should have a "sh" sound in it, since it comes from the same root as "social", "sociable", and so on. But a lot of people say "a-so-see-ate". Yet I wouldn't pronounce "society" with a "sh". It just goes to show how inconsistent the English language is.

How did we get started pronouncing "chemotherapy" as "KEE-mo-therapy"? Shouldn't it be "KEM-o-therapy", to be consistent with "chemical", "chemist", and "chemistry"?

And why do so many American doctors and nurses (and one former chemistry teacher of mine) say "SAWNT-i-meet-er" (the French way) instead of "SENT-i-meet-er" like everybody else? Shouldn't it be consistent with "cent", "century", and "centennial"?

Kids, and even some adults, seem never to say "my friend" but always "a friend of mine" pronounced as one word, "friendamine". I am eagerly awaiting the plural, "these two friendamines".

News commentators these days of fond of the phrase, "political pundit." Trouble is, a lot of them pronounce it with an extra N: "pundint."

I haven't quite figured out the purpose and meaning of "hey", but I'm hearing it more and more, for example, "We get criticized for this but - hey! - we do it all the time." "I thought it over and decided - hey! - life is too short."

The most bizarre recent fad is the repetition of the word "is", as in "The problem is, is that nobody listens." or "My point is, is that you're being inconsistent." This happens especially when people are arguing. The speaker emphasizes the first "is", then pauses slightly, then repeats it with much less emphasis. This is happening far too often to be merely a case of stuttering.