Prostate: The late mayor Tom Menino of
Boston on a public service announcement:
“Together we can beat prostrate (sic)
cancer.”
Names mispronounced: Ray or Dave Davies
of the Kinks: should be “daviss” not
“day-vees”.
Have heard Britishers pronounce Michigan
as “Mitch-i-gen”.And what’s with lieutenant as “lef-tenant”?
Had a Belgian intern who pronounced
Michigan ··· mitch-chikan
Buffalo ··· Boo-follow
"Because it's the correct pronunciation.--Nomad, London England"
As Twain said, Brits and Americans are separated by a common language.