So, that's why he's unpopular

I made a friend about half a year ago. He was a talented person but he kept complaining to how people around him didn't like him much. I felt sorry for him and for a long while didn't quite understand why he was unpopular among his colleagues.

Then, a few days ago, I was driving to a place with him. I talked about the meaning of certain lyrics, and mentioned the word "era".

"eeee- ra", he said.

"Hur?" I was puzzled.

"eee- ra."

So he's trying to correct my pronunciation I guess. "Era." I said.

"eeee- ra, not error, eee- ra"

"Era."

"eeee- ra"

"Era"

"eeee- ra"

"..... Eeeee ra"

And then he stopped correction me.

Don't get me wrong. I don't mind someone spend time to correct my pronunciation. But I can see how other people may find it irritating, and wonder if that's one of the reason why he's unpopular among his peers.