Things That Drive Me Nuts #1

People mispronouncing everyday words, the latest in this case being "Inu Yasha". Two words, three syllables, how hard is it to get right? At least two people, who watch the show, have called it "In Yu Asha" in the last two days. Okay, it's not quite an everyday word, but if you watch the show you should be able to pronounce it. Apparently not. //sigh//

One I ran into in the travel industry all the time is the mangling of Puerto Vallarta, ie "Porto Vay-yarta" for us gringos. NOT "Porto La Varta" or "Porto Va Larta", although the last is at least somewhat understandable.

And now in the cooking world we have Chicken Kiev (as in Key Ev), not "Keev" or as I heard last week "K neev" (where the heck did that 'n' come from?).