We mangle for fun and often wondered if our kids would ever learn to speak properly. They did and even learned to pun...oh dear!

But my pet peeves, fed regularly. Jewlery. Is jewelry that hard to say? And mis-used quotes. "Free" Well I guess nothing ever is. Apostrophes. I appreciate the idea that people put these in when a word scares them. Our school menu usually features Shepherds Pie and Taco's. My mother-in-law pronounced a word nye-veet. It took me a while to realise she meant naivete. And she was an elementary school teacher. Her son, (not hte one I married) will choose a mispronounciation and continue to use it in the face of any correction. "That's how it's pronounced here." Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!

I don't tend to mind dialectical differences. Makes it fun to listen.

CamiSu