Ansell’s Ductionerry of Mispronounciations

A bug thenk yoe to those who contrubuted. Hair nairw is the first edution:

Air – how

Air gun? – How are you going?

An enemy – anemone

Another thing coming – another think coming (my own mistake!)

Any fink – anything

Ardest – artist

Asterix – asterisk

Athol eat – athlete

Awso – also

Axe – ask (African American)

Bairww – bell

Baww – ball

Beer – bare

Biww – bill

Bling cut – blanket

Blowen – blown

Bug – big

But – bit

Buww – bull

Can date – candidate

Car mourn – come on

Ceremoany – ceremony

CerVIEcal – cervical

Cheer – chair

Chlorine – clawing

Cloyed key – Clyde Quay

Coined – kind

Congradulations – congratulations

Cooww – cool

Cruel accounting – accrual accounting

Cut – kit

Cut shin – kitchen

Deer – dare

De tier rating – deteriorating

Deteriating – deteriorating

Devoid – divide

Droring – drawing

Ella funt – elephant

Every fink – everything

Fear – fair

Febree – February

Febuary – February

(Jeanette) Fitzsimmons – Fitzsimons

Foyt – fight

Foined – find

Floin – flying

Freud – fried

Freud chuckin’ – fried chicken

Freud eh – Friday

Furs day – Thursday

Godiv Neigh Shuns – God of Nations

Goid – guide

Growen – grown

Head – had

Hedant – hadn’t

Heenious – heinous

Heenis – heinous

Hoy – high

Hoyts – heights

Hunt – hint

HurriCANE – hurricane (hurrikin)

Hut – hit

I head the baww – I had the ball

Kea – care

(John) Keys – Key

Kil-omm-etre – kilometre

Kim Yoon Tee – community

Knowen – known

Larva – lover

Lectral ptishun – electoral petition

Lemming tin – lamington

Lenth – length

Liberians – librarians

Lieberry – library

Loin – line

Luddle butt – little bit

Mischievious – mischievous

Moined – mind

Moyle – mile

Muwk – milk

Myzild – misled

Nigh – no

Noyce – nice

Nucular – nuclear

Optune tea – opportunity

Perogative – prerogative

Piss cryption – prescription

Pitcher – picture

Problee – probably

Pronounciation – pronunciation

Quoits – kites

Renumeration – remuneration

Reuter – writer

Sad day – Saturday

Saline – sailing

Sheer – share

Showen – shown

Shovelry – chivalry

Shut – shit

Sidiv – sort of

Sievin’ – seven

Skier – scare

Sko – let’s go

Skoda bed – let’s go to bed

Skoi – sky

Skunk – skink

Slut – slit

Smaw -small

Spaykung – speaking

Spear – spare

Spoyce – spice

Sput – spit

Stray Leah – Australia

Sut dairn – sit down

Taww – tall

Thenk yoe – thank you

Tier – tear

Toyah – tire, tyre

Troy – try

Try Athol on – triathlon

Uk setra – et cetera

Un – in

Unvoice – invoice

Voice – vice

Vunrubble – vulnerable

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