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| Wrong | Right | |
| card shark | cardsharp | |
| chomp at the bit | champ at the bit | “Chomp” has probably replaced “champ” in the U.S. but we thought you might like to be reminded that the vowel should be [æ] not [o]. |
| diptheria | diphtheria | The “ph” in this word is pronounced [f], not [p]. |
| Heineken remover | Heimlich maneuver | This term is mispronounced many different ways. |
| often | ofen | DON’T pronounce the [t]. |
| sherbert | sherbet | |
| spitting image | spit and image | The very spit of someone is an exact likeness. |
| tenderhooks | tenterhooks | Tenters are frames for stretching cloth while it dries. |
| ways | way | “I have a ways to go” should be “I have a way to go.” The article “a” does not fit well with a plural. |