No, he was saying people mispronounce it ballard. I think. :confused:

 

You're correct.

 

I should have been clearer...I listed the incorrect pronunciations that drive me crazy. It SHOULD be pronounced to rhyme with the word collard as in collard greens.

One of the worst for me is when people say physical when they mean fiscal. Our Pike County Fiscal Court is commonly referred to as the Physical Court. Ohh drives me crazy.

 

Another good one is "for all intensive purposes" when the phrase is "for all intents and purposes"

 

One more that comes to mind is when people say excape or expecially when they mean escape or especially.

Fragile vs. Fragilay

Also, athlete has only two syllables. I isn't ath-a-lete or ath-e-lete.

Fragile vs. Fragilay

Wha?

 

I don't think that counts because it is Italian (eye-tal-yun)

Have you ever checked out a book at the liberry?

Those who add an s to the end of words where it doesn't belong.

 

Por ejemplo:

 

"I'm going to go to Best Buys and get me a new TV."

Couldn't care less, mistakenly referred to as "could care less".

Diabetes, pronounced as diabeetus, with accent on the last syllable. It's usually only people over 50 who pronounce it incorrectly.

 

Perhaps I'm an old soul.

axed (asked)

 

This one. If you're axing people I don't think we should be discussing it.

Ideal instead of idea

Let's go to Wal Marts!

Grandma has a bad case of ammonia.

Grandma has a bad case of ammonia.

 

Next time someone says that ask where she bought it.

Let's go to Wal Marts!

 

I have heard Wal Marks and Kmarks.

Zinc for sink. I know several people in my county that pronounce it that way.