It happens to the best of us: You pronounced a word wrong, and someone calls you out on it. You didn’t even know you were saying it incorrectly, and had been for who knows how many years. Get a checkup on your skills with this quiz that dares to ask, “Am I saying that right?” (Answers are at the bottom of the post; keep scrolling.)

1. Primer

• a) pry-mer
• b) prih-mer

2. Cupboard

• a) cub-urd
• b) cup-board

3. Antennae

• a) an-tenn-ay
• b) an-tenn-ee

4. Gyro

• a) yee-row
• b) jy-row

5. February

• a) feb-ruh-airy
• b) feb-ROO-airy

6. Jewelry

• a) joo-uhl-ree
• b) joo-luh-ree

7. Data

• a) dah-tuh
• b) day-tuh

8. Coupon

• a) koo-pon
• b) kee-yoo-pon

9.Solder

• a) sol-dur
• b) saw-dur

10. Preternatural

• a) preh-tur-natural
• b) pree-tur-natural

11. Mischievous

• a) miss-chu-vuss
• b) miss-chee-vee-uss

12. Caramel

• a) kar-mul
• b) kar-uh-mel

13. Everest

• a) ehv-uh-rest
• b) eve-rest

14. Asphalt

• a) azz-fault
• b) A-sss-fault

15. Comfortable

• a) kum-fuh-tuh-bull
• b) kum-fer-tuh-bull

16. Hors d’oeuvre

• a) or-durv
• b) or-derv

17. Niche

• a) nitch
• b) neesh

18. Rural

• a) roo-ruhl
• b) rerr-uhl

19. Tinnitus

• a) tih-ny-tuhs
• b) tih-ny-tis

20. Nuclear

• a) noo-kyuh-ler
• b) noo-klee-err

21. Quinoa

• a) keen-wah
• b) kwin-oh-uh

22. Temperature

• a) tem-per-uh-chur
• b) tem-pruh-chur

23. Viscount

• a) vye-kount
• b) viz-cownt

24. Realtor

• a) ree-la-tor
• b) ree-uhl-tor

25. Sherbet

• a) shur-bit-bit
• b) sher-bert

Answers:

1. b), 2. a), 3. b), 4. a), 5. b), 6. a), 7. b), 8. a),  9. b), 10. a), 11. a), 12. b), 13. b), 14. b), 15. a), 16. b), 17. b), 18. a), 19. a), 20. b), 21. a), 22. b), 23. a), 24. b), 25. a)