I've noticed that most people pronounce 'September' wrongly.
Majority of Nigerians, including the highly educated ones, pronounce this word as

'Sect-ember'

Please and please, according to Wikipedia, the correct pronunciation is:

/sepˈtembər/

I mean Sep....not Sect!!


A funny experience:
A man I hold to a very high esteem, a Ph.D holder who has traveled to several countries, actually pronounced this same word as 'Sect-ember' today....Due to the respect I have for this man, I was forced to pronunce it the same way too(the wrong way) throughout our conversation in order not to make him feel embarrassed. After I was done with my task on his laptop, I quickly opened his Firefox browser and searched for the Wikipedia page which transcribed 'September' with the correct pronunciation and set it as his Home page on Firefox. I also copied the link and set it as the home page for all the other browsers in his laptop, just in case he chooses not to use Firefox.
So, whenever he opens any of his browsers, the first thing he'd see is the page explaining the correct pronunciation of September. Lol, hope this helps.

I'm safe because he wouldn't even suspect I did it and God knows I was only trying to help

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Strange. I've never heard anyone pronounce it as 'sect' , even the less literate ones

Whats d big deal. So far we understand wat he is sayin. we cari eng for head pas thos that started it.

dulux07:
Whats d big deal. So far we understand wat he is sayin. we cari eng for head pas thos that started it.

Coming from a guy whose signature says "knowledge is power"....Okay o.
I believe someone will find this useful.
Enjoy your weekend.