molybdenum

This morning I had the joy of hearing a White South African Newscaster mispronounce the word Molybdenum as - wait for it:

Molly-bed-num


This person's name is Glenn Lewington of Classic Fm 102.7

It is bad enough that Classic Fm has two super intelligent black women commentators who mispronounce everything they can think of including "Spartial"for  Spatial.  But this is a white man who does the business section for Classic Fm.

If this is the standard of education of South Africans I am not surprised that they cannot get jobs in other English speaking countries.  My biggest peeve is that it is the public hearing these mispronunciations thinks that they are correct.  Another example is A-wry pronounce as awe-ry.

I have a personal collection of Africanisms which are far more fun than the old English Sow-theffrican Inglish of Rawbone Malongs "Ah Big Yaws" published in 1972.

I heard this on the bus, "You must go to You no vessity to git an akudamik edookashon."

Another:  The emmy kennel had a sekketerry who wekked on a compoota."

Again thank you Glenn for cheering up my day.