I WON'T LET SUSIE DENT MY CONVICTION... AND IT'S MISCHIEVOUS TO DO SO

MISCHIEVOUS does not rhyme with previous. There is no I after the V. It is pronounced miss-chiv-ous, not miss-cheeve-y-ous. To insert a rogue I is wrong. It shows you have not bothered to read the word as it is written. It is slovenly.

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Susie Dent, of Countdown’s Dictionary Corner, says she no longer cares. So many mispronounce “mischievous” that the mistake might as well be correct. It’s fine. Just roll with it.