Ms Lawson told the BBC she was contacted by many fans who shared mispronunciations that they had inherited afterwards.
She said: “So many families do have that – so they mispronounce a word because a child in the family could never say it properly and that’s become part of their family language, or just because they make jokes and they stick.”
Last year the chef and food writer said many people at Christmas overeat because they felt they should be “picking at things non-stop” throughout the day and urged people to eat for pleasure rather than for the sake of it.
She added that “obscene overindulgence” should be avoided and to avoid feeling overly full you should skip the “madness” of starters before the traditional dinner.
This year she advised that festivities should ditch traditional Christmas cake and instead opt for a more family-friendly chocolate cake.
“Much as I love a slice of dense, damp Christmas cake, especially when eaten with a slice of strong, sharp cheese, I am surrounded by those who abominate dried fruit in all its seasonal manifestations,” she told the Sunday Times.
“If no one in your family likes dried fruit, there’s no point having a Christmas cake gathering dust or just being eaten on sufferance. If chocolate cake appeals more, go for it.”
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