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It's interesting how some clever people pronounce a few words differently because they've been reading way ahead of what they have the opportunity to converse a
by tremendulo 9y ago
It's interesting how some clever people pronounce a few words differently because they've been reading way ahead of what they have the opportunity to converse about.
- j_s 9y agoThis was a key part of the mockumentary web series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Pwnage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Pwnage 's schtick.
- nicoburns 9y agoI did this with the word 'awry'. I read it as aww-ree. Interestingly I also knew the word 'awry' as eh-rye from hearing it spoken, I just didnt connect up that the two were the same word.
- FeteCommuniste 9y agoI distinctly remember saying "IN-tri-gyou-ing" (intriguing) for a bit as a kid.
- khedoros1 9y agoRather than "infra-red", I said "inf-rare-d" as a child.
- stordoff 9y agoI know someone who did this with "parse". Somehow it was read as "pa-ray-se", and it stuck. Easy enough to fix, but it did cause a moment of confusion when he asked me to have a look why his "pa-ray-ser" wasn't working.
- harlanji 9y agoOne of my only favorite movie lines is from Cape Fear, where a redneck says that if someone mispronounces a fancy word it just means they've not been able to discuss what they've learned yet. My Vice Principal in HS told me to flip him a good burger someday, if it weren't for reading and being shameless I'd be doing just that with much of my class. The Guntenberg press was revolutionary for reasons.