is futile to class these language variations as errors; the whole language is the product of errors over time. A language is merely an average of the different ways a given group of people speak. The average is only useful to ensure that those using the "language" can understand one another. Language is DYNAMIC and whatever your attitudes to it may be they're most likely irrelevant to the language itself. Additionally, if you want to pronounce "dificile" as it is in Latin, then don't pronounce it like an Italian word, but as "di-FI-ki-lay" -- as it's Latin. Any pronunciation of it's hardly going to stop you from being understood in an English-speaking context, however. And Jason (247)? Maybe the people you're talking about are saying sward not sword ... All of this wash/"warsh" discussion is just like "off" vs "awf" -- it's a matter of regional and social dialectology, not of mistakes. College professors and other people who like to try to sound erudite have adopted the abomination "pro-suh-SEEZ". Despite the fact that organizations full of similarly pretentious folks have approved "prah-suh-SEEZ" as an acceptable pronunciation, etymologically speaking the only way to pronounce the word is "PRO-cess-es." Kristina on December 10, 2008 6:53 pm I really can't get my tounge around "Worchestershire sauce". But maybe that is just my mistake? Any tips? Samuel Wright on December 10, 2008 7:52 pm Thanks for this... love it. I occasionally feel that I need to beat my Father-in-law in the head with a