Interchanged pronunciations...

It is definitely one thing to pronounce a word wrongly, and it is completely another thing to interchange the pronunciations of different words altogether! Let me elaborate on my musing a bit..

Usually, when someone mis-pronounces a word, its possibly coz he/she doesnt have the hang of pronouncing a particular syllable. So, the sound changes and you hear something different from the word's intended pronunciation. Well, understandable that pronouncing non-native languages correctly is difficult for anyone. Very well understandable. However, can any one explain the need to interchange the pronunciation of words?!! You need example of what I am referring to?

Well, wat about "test" becoming "t-a-s-t-e" and "taste" becoming "t-e-s-t"? And likewise for "west" and "waste". Wat about "let" and "late" or "met" and "mate". What is exactly the problem here? Its definitely not that they cant pronounce correctly. So then, what is it? Why do they mix it up, that too always, consistently! There is a simple rule here, really. I mean, agreed that English is a very tricky language (and thats still an understatement) but still, these words seem to follow a very simple rule, if I may :- "e" has a smaller pull than "ate"

Well, now it has come to such a pass that not only do they inter-mix pronunciations, they also use the other (wrong) word in their writing.. Sigh..

Nagumomu ganaleni

Heard someone play this on the flute in campus! Wow, it sounded divine. Unfortunately, it was some school function and I wasnt invited to listen :-(