You would probably be amused by the ways fellow swedes mangle english words.

I used to work at a place where the CAD system Microstation was used. Instead of "Mike-rowe-stay-shun" most people said "Myck-ro-staw-choon"

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I'm glad when my mispronunciation of words alienates people. It quickly gets out of the way a relationship that would have failed somewhere along the line anyway....

I used to say "for all intensive purposes" as well, just like my whole family, until I read "all intents and purposes" in a book. I also used to spell cemetery "cemetary" but I blame that on Pet Sematary.

My woman said "stragedy" instead of "strategy" for years until she met me; she still says "all the sudden" as well, but just to irritate me. Heh.

Do you know how many times I have heard people (including teachers) to tell me something was "acrost" (or "acrossed") from something else?

I used to say "verily" instead of barely. They are completely different words, of course. They're almost opposites, in fact! I just didn't realize it, thinking they were both the same word until I realized "verily" didn't make sense in the context of whatever it was I was reading at the time.

I'm positive I got it from my mom though, and she still says it. I tried correcting her a few times after I realized it was wrong, but I think she's too set in her ways to change now.

"I had to sit through two days of training where the instructor kept saying "heighth" instead of "height". By the first hour I wanted to strangle her!"

And the rejoinder of the typical, ignorant American?

"Well, English is a changing language! Nothing is true! Everything is permitted! "He" is "they," and "neat!" is "fo shizzle!" Don't try to stop it! Evolution of language!"

My response to that?
I have no response. I have never been able to think of a reasonable response to this, because it is so erroneous and illogical.
It is like someone saying, "No, giraffes necks are actually short because of potato!"

My mind just-- blanks at the sheer lack of logic.
So-- we should allow any mistake in the English language to become pervasive -- because it can?
I am shocked into submission by this.

I can't think of anyone who doesn't say it jew-ler-y, so maybe it's regional.