Pronunciation Peeves.

I won’t assume that just because I am a teacher, I have a good grasp on the proper pronunciation of words.  However, I do have a few pet peeves when it comes to the way these two words should be said : jewelry and ask. I can live with the mispronounced f’s and p’s, especially in the case of Filipinos, but jewelry and ask? I can never get why people say it as “jewLEry” and “aks”. For some reason, it always gets my goat!!! I’ve checked dictionaries and even listened to tapes and online references on how it is pronounced and so far, I haven’t come across one that says jew-LE-ry. It’s gotten me to thinking: whats up with that??? Any answers?

In case you’re wondering where this rant is coming from, I’m watching an old episode of 7th Heaven and there was an episode where the dad was trying to teach his young twins about the right way to say “ask”!

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