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Micro What? Nigella Lawson Finally Responds To Her Viral Video

The video clip from BBC show Cook, Eat, Repeat which had become the new trending issue showed Lawson pronouncing 'microwave' in a very unconventional way

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Days after Nigella Lawson's viral BBC show clip a Twitter user wrote, " Am I the only one who thought @nigella_lawson was being sarcastic when she pronounced Meecro-wave? Now, I'm starting to think she really pronounces it like that?" Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson surprised the internet by commenting, "Well, I do say it like that, but not because I think that's how it's actually pronounced." This left many relieved as Nigella was only joking

The video clip from BBC show Cook, Eat, Repeat which had become the new trending issue showed Lawson pronouncing 'microwave' in a very unconventional way. Nigella while demonstrating the procedure of making a certain baked dish said, 'Mecrowwavy' instead of its general pronunciation.

This had many people on social media talking about her "pretentious" accent and it was even labelled as 'things British people do'. After Nigella clarifying tweet, many related to her as many people have a certain way of saying things despite knowing how the word is actually pronounced. One Twitter user said, " Fun. In my family, our cycle helmets were Helmut kohls and hoodie is Yehidu Menhuim." While another user wrote, " A tv remote is trecemole in our house. One of the kids said it and it stuck."

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One Twitter user, who might have misunderstood the joke, took a dig her Lawson and said, "Weren't both your parents poets? lol Pretty sure you have more solid grasp of English than most of us."

Nigella Lawson started her chef career in the late 1990s and soon shot to fame. Today she is a household name for she is a well-known chef, writer and a public figure.

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