Words

Words I Do Not Pronounce Consistently *

• Economic (eh and ee)
• Route (ow and oo)
• Caramel (car and care)

Words Some People Think It Is OK to Pronounce Either Way, But They're Wrong

• Mueller (miller always, never myoo-ler**)
• Lawyer (law-yer, not loyer)
• Pecan (pick-ahn, obvs)
• Syrup (not sear-up)

Words I Cannot Pronounce

• Muir (as in Woods)

*VOTE!

**It makes me cringe that I even had to type that out. Actually, all of those but "loyer" are pretty awful.