“Was you ever bit by a dead bee?”
I live in CA, but have lived in the north, south, and east, as well. I’ve heard it all over, but maybe from transplants. I’m amazed o how often I hear it on television. In fact, just the other day on one of the political talk show, Hardball I think, one of the pundits (I forget which one) uttered it. I hear it often.
I was feeling great shame, for I often say “th”. Why do all of you hate the Irish? Got all those leftover “th” sounds from t’ings like “t’ousand” that have to go somewhere…
I say “nukular” just to piss you off, however. 
My dad pronounces it “heighth”. He’s originally from Nebraska. He also pronounces the “ch” in “architect” like the “ch” in “chalk”, and leaves the “t” off the end.
Interesting that “heighth” is current usage in Ireland.
The second variant of “height” that OED lists is actually “highth”. Some early usages:
So it’s archaic at worst.
I live in Canada (south-western New Brunswick) and our math teacher always said “heighth” when we were learning things like volume and area. Our chemistry teacher, who took a course in nuclear medicine, pronounces “nuklear” as “nukular”. I recently came across someone who wanted to buy an oh-belisk for her garden, and little kids are always eager for a trip to the liberry. Is it true that if my face is constantly cringing, it’ll stay that way forever?
Never heard that one! And I agree that it should be spelled (spelt ) heightth, since most people seem to pronounce the “t” before the “th”. You can look that up in the libary.
My cousin, who was from Iowa, used to say “hangabur” for hamburger. We teased her mercelessly.
The Brits make up for it with their cute and impossibly weird pronunciation of Aluminium using 5 syllables.
Hey, we invented both spellings, thank you very much! Do you want to change the spelling of Americium, too? 
My Momma used to say ‘heighth’. Then she died. Draw your own conclusions.
I agree with you and I’ve complained about that on this board more than once, but not as frequently as the superfluous apostrophe in the possessive form of “its”.
But the errors I hear most frequently are “I seen her at the movies.”
and “Him and her went to the movies with Joe and I.”
I hear national figures do this on tv.
Double AAARRGH.
You might be very interested, then, in free variation.
I can’t even think of how that’s pronounced. Am-ere-uh-see-um? We visited some friends in England and had them say “Aluminium” just because it was so much fun to hear. Al-loo-min-ee-um. Love it!
Am-er-EE-see-um.
As a kid I was always confused that only in America could you find aluminum. What was this mystical think they made sidings from. I didn’t have a clue what sidings where either but that was the lesser of the two from my POV.
I was disapointed to find out it was just aluminium.
What’s even worse is the use of “pacific” when the speaker means to say “specific.” “Could you be more pacific?” :rolleyes:
I got reprimanded in Sunday School when I was maybe eight or nine for correcting the teacher when she said “heighth.” Granted, I was a little asshole about it, but I was right!
At first, I couldn’t understand what the OP was talking about.
“heigth” just did not ring a bell for me. I played with pronunciation a little and then “heighdth” rang a bell. Sounds correct next to length and width.
Now I have to worry about inadvertantly using the wrong pronunciation in the future. Damn !
Not only Clockwork Orange but also Catcher in the Rye!