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- Katie Waldeck
- January 22, 2013
- 2:00 pm
- 294 comments
1. Cache.
Common Mistake: Ka-shay.
But It’s Actually: KASH, like the kind you spend.
It’s not uncommon for people to confuse the pronunciation of cache, something hidden or a hiding place, with cachet, meaning prestige or superior status. But they’re not the same word, and they should be pronounced differently!
2. Utmost.
Common Mistake: Upmost.
People often swap a “p” for a “t” in the word utmost, which means the most extreme or situated at the farthest away point. Upmost, however, is a word, meaning at the top of something, such as, “on the upmost shelf.” However, it is uncommon in American English, and almost always used as an erroneous replacement for “utmost.”
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Katie Waldeck
Katie is a freelance writer focused on pets, food and women’s issues. A Chicago native and longtime resident of the Pacific Northwest, Katie now lives in Oakland, California.
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294 comments
+ add your ownthanks, although most of these aren't even common words :)
@Mar...you are correct that these people are typing(spelling/saying) this incorrectly.
First, it should be sense....but the sentence should read: this does not make any sense.
Interesting, mostly because I am Spanish speaker so very grateful to learn a better English. Now I am curious, had read some times people saying "this don't have since" and I wonder if they had to use "this don't have sense", please forgive my ignorance and explain me what word is correct.
Yay! I do not mispronounce any of these words.
In Australia we dont say alooominum...but we DO say. Al u...min...i...um. I dont think I have hear anyone say Banal incorrectly and least of all me. I love words but I do the big cringe bit when I hear simple words incorrectly spoken. The list of words would fill a book!
Thanks for sharing.
I hear people say "heighth" all the time. And what is this trendy phrase "Oh, no she dinent" all about?
Interesting article,
Thank You for sharing.......
interesting article and very interesting comments!
thank you everyone!
I have pet peeves also, but too numerous to mention in today's world, when working with young and old.
I am guilty of mispronouncing "banal" - oh and thank you to the person who agrees with my pet hate "I couldn't care less" is the correct version, and I get quite agitated when seeing "I could care less" (although I have a feeling that comes more from Yiddish sarcasm than English, but I could be wrong but it would then have the inflection of a question: "I could care less?"
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