The top 25 most mispronounced words have been revealed, including quinoa, parliament - and even ‘pronunciation’ itself.
A poll of 2,000 adults found 17% pronounce quinoa as ‘kin-oh-ah’ rather than ‘keen-wah’. And more than one in 10 (12%) have mistakenly pronounced espresso as 'ex-press-oh' instead of 'es-press-oh'.
Other commonly used words which are often confused, and have multiple varieties of pronunciation, include GIF, cache and zoology. Jewellery, sherbet and mischievous also made the top 25 list.
