BELLAMYBUDIMAN

I’ve been hearing a lot of these, and I’ve been itching to write about this for so long. But over the years I’ve heard that people say things that were not what they actually meant. So, I’ll give you the Top English Mispronunciations both verbal and grammatical. And for those of you wondering, yes, it’s “mispronunciations”, not “mispronounciations”.

1. WORTH IT vs. WORTHED
Simply put, you cannot say “this thing is worthed” while it’s supposed to be “this thing is worth it”. When they sounded the same, it doesn’t mean that it’s written otherwise.

2. DESERT vs. DESSERT
But people often say, “I want a desert after eating this.” No, you don’t or you’ll dehydrate.

3. EVENT vs. EVENT (read as “EVEN”)
If you read “event” as “even”, let me tell you this: “Event” means “kejadian”, and “even” means “walaupun” or “genap”. I don’t see how they’re related.

4. NO HEART FEELINGS vs. NO HARD FEELINGS
Seriously, if I ever had a heart feeling to you, I might’ve been as bad as gay. It’s supposed to be “no hard feelings”. Period.

5. DATELINE vs. DEADLINE
I’ve covered this on Neuro-Designs’ Blog back in March. And really, there’s no such thing as a “dateline”. It sounded more like a phone sex hotline service than something to indicate a delivery date.

6. CUSTOM vs. COSTUM
It’s “custom” sneakers, not “costum” sneakers. What on Earth is “costum” anyway? Batman’s suit?

You know, to me, this is simply a matter of ignorance. Why? Well, for one thing, if you don’t know, you could always ask first rather than spit out mispronunciations that you “think” are right. Second, if you’re writing this on a computer, there are ALWAYS spellcheckers.