The Top 10: pronunciations designed to trick the unwary

From ‘albeit’ to ‘segue’, those words that cause problems when seen in print for the first time

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We did unexpected pronunciations of British place names last month: Ian Rapley suggested a companion list of ordinary words whose pronunciation is, er, disputed. These are often words that people see written down and fail to associate with a familiar word they have heard.

1. Albeit. Should really be three words, all be it, meaning “although it be”, but has been crushed into one that looks as if it should sound like Al Bate. Nominated by Mary Elwin.