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For me it was "awry" and "lichen". I didn't even recognize "lichen" when I first heard it spoken (on an episode of QI). There are quite a few others that tripp
by dmitriid 6y ago
For me it was "awry" and "lichen". I didn't even recognize "lichen" when I first heard it spoken (on an episode of QI).
There are quite a few others that tripped me up over the years like "cleanliness".
In general, "Chaos" aka "Dearest creature in creation" shows this problem (I would still struggle to read it even if I know every word there): https://pages.hep.wisc.edu/~jnb/charivarius.html https://pages.hep.wisc.edu/~jnb/charivarius.html
- etbebl 6y agoYeah, I'm a native speaker and I still pronounce "awry" as "AH-ree" in my head sometimes. I think I saw it in print a lot before I heard it.