Would you correct someone who mispronounced a word?

I don't know, I think it would depend on the person and the situation. If I knew someone was getting ready to make a speech and they were constantly mispronouncing a word and there were a lot of people standing around. I would whisper it to them. I live in the south and down here a lot of words are mispronounced, yellow is yeller, window is winder and so on. My ex-husband has an uncle who was ordering sweet potatoe souffle read the menu and called it sweet potatoe shuffle.

I would only do that if I pretty much know the word being mispronounced as well as know the person who mispronounced it. I would not correct them infront of a number of other people but when its only me and that person. With friends, I would only do corrections by way of asking instead of insisting the correct way of pronouncing words, such as, "Isn't it suppose to be (right pronounciation of word) instead of (wrong pronounciation of word)...?" there shouldn't be sense of arrogance in asking or it would surely seem impolite even though you are only trying to help them out with their grammar.

Is it unethical? No. Impolite? Just maybe, but I've done it before. And I really don't care what people think. If someone says something wrong, I'm going to correct it. I don't get how people can't pronounce even the most basic words sometimes. It boggles my mind.

It depends. I teach in college and when I ask a student to read something or to answer a question and that student mispronounces a word, I feel duty-bound to give the correct pronunciation. When I am with some friends and they also commit the error of mispronouncing a word, I tell them the correct pronunciation. I do not do that just to anyone. I mean, I don't think I would ever to do that to a complete stranger. I don't think that it is unethical or impolite. It's just really how you correct them.

There are persons who cannot pronounce words properly. It would be impolite that you know this and then you keep on telling them that the words they are speaking is mispronounced. So I would say depends on the circumstances that one finds themselves.

No, I think it is rude and unethical. In fact my children have corrected adults & myself on different occasions & I kindly remind them in front of the people that "Adult do not like to be corrected"

Hi Hanirose, I wouldn't mind receiving one as long as it's in good intentions. So I would correct somebody too that way, preferably whom I know in simple not too noticeable manner. I think it would be impolite if the person is incapable to pronouncing it correctly and while the person is addressing an audience.

Actually i do correct my friends' and family's pronunciation. i really don't think its impolite to correct them, but it will be impolite if the way of correcting is like humiliating them. i just ignore those people that im not that close.

Usually no, but if I have some intimacy, yes, I do! Oh, sorry, I'm from Brazil, my gramatical is too bad, so if you notice some mistakes feel free to correct me!! Bye.

Hello! I correct my girlfriend's mispronounce and she correct me, for fun. But I never correct someone else. A language We speak is express our ideas and let others know about us. it not a stand. So, If I can understand something you said I can never correct you.