The U.S. Captioning Company released their annual list of the most mispronounced words on Tuesday.
Omicron, of course, was high on the list.
The list, which is in it’s sixth year running, was commissioned Babbel, a language learning platform.
“Newscasters in the U.S. have struggled with 2021′s new words and names while reporting on key sporting events, viral internet trends and emerging celebrities,” Esteban Touma, a standup comedian and teacher for Babbel Live, told the Associated Press.
“As a language teacher, it’s always interesting to see that some of these terms are usually new colloquialisms, or are rooted or borrowed from another language,” he said. “As a non-native speaker, I must confess it’s fun to see English speakers stumbling a bit for a change.”
The list of some of the year’s most common mispronunciations is as follows:
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