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I consider myself fairly literate and a decent communicator. Until recently I pronounced ‘segue’ how it is spelled. No one ever corrected me. I shudder to thi
by tchock23 2y ago
I consider myself fairly literate and a decent communicator.
Until recently I pronounced ‘segue’ how it is spelled. No one ever corrected me.
I shudder to think about the meetings where I pronounced it incorrectly.
- blackhaj7 2y agoThat is how it is spelt?!! I had something similar: in front of quite a few people I said “albeit” but rather than pronouncing it “all be it” I said “al bite” as I had said it all my life. Mortifying
- latentsea 2y agoIt took me until about my mid 20s to be confident of how to read it aloud whenever I saw it in print. I could use it and understand it verbally, but everytime I would see it written down it just never felt right for some reason.
- kyleyeats 2y agoThis happens to people who read more than they talk. I never hold it against them.
- Loughla 2y agoAnytime someone mispronounces an obscure word, I actually tend to hold them in higher regard. Because like you said - that means they spend more time learning than they do with their mouth open. That's a good thing.
- Yodel0914 2y agoMine was 'bourgeois' (amongst many others, but that one stands out).
- dgfitz 2y agoI verbally pronounced epitome "ep-a-tome" for a long time because I had read it a billion times, understood usage and context, but never put together "e-pit-a-me" is spelled epitome.