Are you referring to audio speakers, if so it is “woof” being pronounced as “wolf”.
Bring/Take.
New Yorker with whom I used to work, “Will you bring this beer to table 20.”
Me, “No, but I’ll take it”
I worked for a company that had orientation for new employees, after which they were “orientated”. I think it could be argued that they had gone through the process of orientation, and that they were therefore orientated, but it bugged the hell out of me.
I worked with a guy at the airport who would talk about “cancelated” flights.
Something that I’m sure is correct, but sounds wrong to me…
The sports casters make comments, or give commentary, so they should be called “commentors”, not “comentators”. Or is there some other base to the word of which I am not aware? Irregardless, it’s a mute point.
How about, when accountants need to run some reports, not by the calendar year, but by the physical year?
When you don’t want to pay full (retail) price for something, sometimes you can try to buy it ho-sale.
“Fear” has a long /e/, so it doesn’t apply. Short /e/ and /a/ have very distinct sounds most of the time, but when followed by an /r/, the distinction becomes muddled. Not exact rhymes, but very close. The same thing happens with short /i/ and short /u/ (shwa); very distinct in most instances, but become nearly indistiguishible when followed by /r/: fit and fat are quite easily distinguished, fir and fur are pronounced virtually the same. The general rules, however, apply only to American English.
You may hear a clear difference in pronunciation where you live, but in the US, few would.
I’ve been in the area for the past 13 years during that time I don’t recall hearing anyone call the place “Warshington.” I fact, the only person I know who pronounces it that way is my Wisconsin-raised dad.