Divisive? di-VYE-siv or di-VISS-iv
Homage? AHM-ij or o-MAHZH
Niger? NYE-jer or nee-ZHAIR
Feel free to add any word you’ve always pronounced one way and then have heard somebody else, especially somebody in the media, pronounce differently.
As for me, I’ve always been in column 1 above.
How about you?
I am in column one all the way except I all say a slight ‘H’ in homage. I would kick somebody to the curb is they started throwing out talk like column 2.
Di-VIE-siff, HOH-midge, and NYE-jer.
Ditto.
DE-VICE-IVE
But I’m from New England, and even the locals say I don’t speak right. (I’ve worked hard to train the accent out, works well, except for when I’m drunk or tired)
Di-VISS-ive.
o-MAZH
Nee-ZHER is correct, I’m told, but my habit is to pronounce is NIE-ger, which I haven’t successfully changed yet.
–Cliffy
Divisive?
di-VYE-siv
Homage?
Depends on how it’s being used: you pay AHM-ij to someone or something, but the act of doing so is an o-MAHZH.
Niger?
NYE-jer
My own addition:
Tourist
I say TUR-ist, but most people I hear say TORE-ist.
Sked-dule
OR
Shhhhzzzsaid-u-al.
Poe-TAH-toe.
Di-VYE-sive
HOH-midge
NYE-jer
Po-TAY-to
Tom-AH-to
SHED-ule
Di-VYE-sive
Yep, like that, too.
NYE-jer
Tuh-MAY-toe
Puh-TAY-toe
Skedjule
jen-yoo-in
ver-suh-till
Di-VYE-sive
Yep, like that, too.
NYE-jer
Tuh-MAY-toe
Puh-TAY-toe
Skedjule
jen-yoo-in
ver-suh-till
eek. Sorry about the double!..and a double post that’s half an hour apart! How did that happen?
di - VYE - sive
AHM - ij
NYE - jer
to-MAY-toe
SKEDJ-yule
JEN-yoo-in
VER-suh-tile
Urinal: YER-inal (my Brit friends say “yer-AYE-nal”)
Oregano: or-AY-gano (Brit friends: “oreg-AH-no”)
Aluminum: al-OO-minum (Brit friends: “aloo-MIN-yum”)
Aunt: Ant, not ONT
Route: Root, not r-OUT (although I sometimes alternate with this one)
Caramel: CARE-amel, not CAR-mel
I’ll try to think of more. This is fun. 
Well, to be fair, they do spell it “aluminium.”
How about these two:
greasy (Is it gree-see or is it gree-zee?)
processes (Is it PRAH-sess-es or is it prah cess EES?)
Greasy: GREE-see. (But I have heard GREE-zee with regard to conditions such as roads.)
Processes: PRO - sess - sees when it’s a noun, PRO - sess - ehs when it’s a verb.
I love these threads. I am always amazed at how differently people pronounce things. So…
Divisive: Dih-VIZZ-ihv.
Homage: HOME-udj. (oh-MAZH? Seriously?)
Niger: NI-jur.
I now know that it is nee-ZHEHR because Niger is a ex-French country and the adjective form is Nigerien (ne-ZHEHR-ee-<nasal ‘ehn’>), but I can’t quite tell my eyes that. Especially since the ex-English country of Nigeria is right next door.
Tourist: TOO-ur-isst.
Tomato: tuh-MAY-doe.
Schedule: SKED-jool or SHED-jool. Varies.
Genuine: JEN-yoo-in
Versatile: VER-suh-TI-ul.
Urinal: YER-in-uhl.
Oregano: or-EGG-uhn-oh.
Aluminum: a-LOO-min-uhm.
Aunt: ant.
Route: root.
In a related series: router = ROO-durr if it’s the computer networking equipment that sends pieces of informationh down different routes, and RAU-durr if it’s the power tool that puts grooves in wood.
Caramel: CARE-uh-muhl.
Greasy: GREE-see. All the time.
Processes: PRO-sess-sess when it’s a noun or verb. I have heard people in academia use PRO-sess-eez for the plural of the noun though.
Now here’s a good one:
Secretary: SEK-reh-TAIR-ee.
Another thing: the proper way to say Oregon is ORE-g’n, not Ore-GON. Damn Easterners never get it right.
Do you pronounce New York and Boston the way the locals do?
He said, while picturing you in your corset…