Please allow me to be a total Nazi on the pronunciation of some words commonly mispronounced by Filipinos. I am in no way perfect and just wanted to give you a "for-your-information" kind of post because you don't know how much I try to control myself not to correct you when I hear you mispronounce some words so as not to embarrass you publicly. But you have to know that this is one of my pet peeves. 1. Firm/Confirm correct pronunciation: ( fɜːm)/ (con"fur"m) mispronounced as: (fEErm)/(confEErm) I don't know how this started but ever since we were in primary, secondary and tertiary education it has always been pronounced with a short "i". But nowadays I hear some people say it with the long "i". i.e. I already "confEErmed" it with him. And I was like: (?!!?!?!?!?!?!). No people it is not a trend. Even if it is, it is not good to listen to. You sound uneducated. 2. Lettuce correct pronunciation: (letis) mispro