Heineken remover

Heimlich maneuver (or manoeuvre, Br.)

This term is mispronounced many different ways. This is just the funniest one we have heard. This maneuver (manoeuvre) was named for US surgeon Henry Jay Heimlich (1920- ).

heighth

height

The analogy with "width" misleads many of us in the pronunciation of this word.

'erb

herb

Does, ''My friend Herb grows 'erbs,'' sound right to you? This is a US oddity generated by the melting pot (mixed dialects). Initial [h] is always pronounced outside America and should be in all dialects of English.

hi-archy

hierarchy

Remember, hierarchies go higher than you might think. This one is pronounced "higher archy" and not "high archy."