Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

You wouldn't know it from the commercial advertisements, but the letter "h" in the word "vehicle" is silent. That's right: The word is pronounced "VEE-i-kel," not "vee-HIK-el." I heard an ad on the radio yesterday in which the pitchman said, "We have the best pre-owned vee-HIK-els in the Metroplex." At first, I thought it was a joke, but then I realized that it was serious. The man had no idea how to pronounce the word. Perhaps the mistake derives from the fact that "vehicular" is pronounced "vee-HIK-ye-ler." Does this bother you as much as it bothers me? How much should it bother me?