# "Correct" pronounciations that people have given up on **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciations-that-people-have-given-up-on/734246 "2015-10-11T07:34:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciations-that-people-have-given-up-on/734246/221 "2015-10-25T18:03:35Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > This one has gone around the bush several times in this thread already. > > So which pronunciation do you think is correct & which one are others correcting you to? One is “Fort” and the other is “Fortay”. But which is which? I say “Fort” and get corrected to “Fortay”. ---
**Author:** ![CoastalMaineiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciations-that-people-have-given-up-on/734246/222 "2015-10-25T18:03:51Z")
I believe the border town of Calais, Maine was named for the French city of Calais, but nobody from the town, or elsewhere in Maine pronounces it “cal-ay,” it’s always “cal-us,” accent on the first syllable, and has been for as long as I’ve been alive. Roger Miller’s mispronunciation of the city of Bangor in “King of the Road” seems to have stuck for much of the U.S., except for Maine, where it is still pronounced “bang-gore,” accent on the first syllable. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciations-that-people-have-given-up-on/734246/223 "2015-10-26T17:09:03Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Krogers everybody puts the S on it. > > one of these days Kroger will give up and add one too. > > Goes back to the early days when many groceries had an S. Albertsons, Wegmans etc A lot of small grocers used S to. Bill’s Grocery Tom’s Grocery I grew up in Massachusetts where Friendly restaurants started. To this day, Friendly’s" grates on my nerves. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciations-that-people-have-given-up-on/734246/224 "2015-10-26T18:27:08Z")
The chain has officially been “Friendly’s” for 25 years. Take it up with corporate. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciations-that-people-have-given-up-on/734246/225 "2015-10-26T20:51:25Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Krogers everybody puts the S on it. > > one of these days Kroger will give up and add one too. Guess what their 800 number is? It isn’t 1-800-Kroger, that’s too short. The had to make it one letter longer. “N-E-S-T-L-E-S” Nestles makes the very best … choclate. Not anymore, it’s “Nestle” but it’s still “Nestles” to a lot of folk. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciations-that-people-have-given-up-on/734246/226 "2015-10-26T21:29:46Z")
Some people still mispronounce mischievous, even though there has never been an I after the V and the pronunciation miss-chee-vee-us appears in no dictionary. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-pronounciations-that-people-have-given-up-on/734246.md?page=11)