# What words do you \*intentionally\* mispronounce? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 20, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-intentionally-mispronounce/176374 "2003-05-20T20:13:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-intentionally-mispronounce/176374/101 "2003-05-23T21:47:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by catnoe \* > **The cereal ‘Fruit and Fibre’ is pronounced “Fru it 'n Feb bre”.** I do this too! Or, er, I would, if I ever actually talked about the cereal anymore. But honest, I’d say it like that if it ever came up! ---
**Author:** ![ace22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@ace22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ace22)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-intentionally-mispronounce/176374/102 "2003-05-23T22:15:47Z")
I use “li-berry”, “foilage”, and “nucular”, but mostly to irritate my friends. (I am SUCH a great person! :o ) But here’s a few: Nazi --\> pronounced like “snazzy” and these I understand are a matter of accent, but since I’m not from the places that pronounce them this way, I would call it intentional mispronunciation on my part: Tomorrow --\> to-more-oh Creek --\> crick Schedule --\> shed-ule (in honor of my 10th grade english teacher) ---
**Author:** ![confiteor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@confiteor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/confiteor)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-intentionally-mispronounce/176374/103 "2003-05-24T00:13:49Z")
Nerrer-cecily for necessarily. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-intentionally-mispronounce/176374.md?page=5)