I used to pronounce detritus as de-trih-tus instead of de-try-tus. Learning words through reading and never hearing them out loud can be tricky.
Yes. I read way above my grade level when I was a kid so I read words that just didn't come up in conversations with kids my age. I remember learning the real pronunciation of "macabre" and my mind was blown lol
Growing up as toddlers my sister and I couldn't say "Love you" so we said lalloo. To this day my parents and sister and I always end calls/emails/texts with lalloo. I love it.
I couldn't say my brother's name as a kid (Drew). So I called him Dew...Bob. Where did the Bob come from? No one knows. I still call him that.
I also apparently used to ask at every restaurant we went to "Do they have dinks of watie (Watt-LongE)?" My dad still does it when we go out to eat and I think it's adorable. It will never annoy me.
further, my sister could never remember the term "toast" for cheers at a table or something. She knew it had to do with bread, and she would always say "let's sandwich!!" instead of 'let's toast!" haha
The first meal of the day will always be "breffus" according to mom. After 40 years of hearing it, it still drives me up the wall.
See also: "warsh". That's a Midwestern thing (I think) so for whatever reason it doesn't bother me as much. But *I* pronounce the word correctly I swear!
I used to pronounce detritus as de-trih-tus instead of de-try-tus. Learning words through reading and never hearing them out loud can be tricky.
Yes. I read way above my grade level when I was a kid so I read words that just didn't come up in conversations with kids my age. I remember learning the real pronunciation of "macabre" and my mind was blown lol
Post by cabbagecabbage on Jun 5, 2017 13:28:00 GMT -5
TrivAY is killing me. My husband and I fight about the pronunciation of clandestine.
I once did an English project on Jeremy Bentham and called him Jeremy Bent Ham in my presentation. I was so embarrassed to learn it was Benth-um.
DH, in addition to mispronouncing clandestine, pronounces the G in singer, hanger, etc so they all sound like anger. Sing-Grr, Hang-Grrrr. It gets under my skin.
Post by litskispeciality on Jun 5, 2017 13:38:37 GMT -5
I used to say "horned" in on, instead of "hoened" or however you spell it. Finally stopped when a woman I work with thought I was "horny" lol. I also thought it was "for all intensive purposes".
Yes. I read way above my grade level when I was a kid so I read words that just didn't come up in conversations with kids my age. I remember learning the real pronunciation of "macabre" and my mind was blown lol
epitome. I pronounced it Ep-eh-tome forever.
Same here. I still catch myself doing this when I read. Save
Post by lemoncupcake on Jun 5, 2017 13:50:12 GMT -5
When I read the word biopic I always think in my head bi-opic instead of bio-pic. I (thankfully) don't think I've ever had the need to say it out loud and embarrass myself.
"You. You and your crazy life. You and your geographic anomaly. You and your drunken lesbianic ways and terrible navigational skills." - ProfArt and her holy baby
When I read the word biopic I always think in my head bi-opic instead of bio-pic. I (thankfully) don't think I've ever had the need to say it out loud and embarrass myself.
I had no idea it was bio-pic until just now. Makes total sense, but I don't think I've ever heard the word aloud, and I'm sure that I've never said it.
I always mispronounce 'gesture.' I don't know why. I pronounce it like the game, Guesstures. I have to think about it every time.
I FULLY blame this game for why I can't say "gesture" at first pass. I knew the game before I ever heard the word gesture spoken, and it fucked me up for life. Lol.
I have a hard time with "colloquial" (it usually comes out "colloqwuh-wull" if i don't think about it first 😂ðŸ˜) and "rural" ("rrrrrrrl").
I always mispronounce 'gesture.' I don't know why. I pronounce it like the game, Guesstures. I have to think about it every time.
I FULLY blame this game for why I can't say "gesture" at first pass. I knew the game before I ever heard the word gesture spoken, and it fucked me up for life. Lol.
I have a hard time with "colloquial" (it usually comes out "colloqwuh-wull" if i don't think about it first 😂ðŸ˜) and "rural" ("rrrrrrrl").
I never had an issue with this until 30 Rock. Now I pronounce it, catch myself, and laugh. It's really charming and not at all alarming in public.
"You. You and your crazy life. You and your geographic anomaly. You and your drunken lesbianic ways and terrible navigational skills." - ProfArt and her holy baby
My sisters still say "veergo" for Virgo because that's how I used to pronounce it when I was young. Another "read it before I ever heard it spoken" thing.
My mom pronounces burglar as "burg-u-lar", and, unless she thinks about it, Edgar as "Egdar". My dad can't say Charlie, he says "Cholly" instead.
The first meal of the day will always be "breffus" according to mom. After 40 years of hearing it, it still drives me up the wall.
See also: "warsh". That's a Midwestern thing (I think) so for whatever reason it doesn't bother me as much. But *I* pronounce the word correctly I swear!
The first meal of the day will always be "breffus" according to mom. After 40 years of hearing it, it still drives me up the wall.
See also: "warsh". That's a Midwestern thing (I think) so for whatever reason it doesn't bother me as much. But *I* pronounce the word correctly I swear!
I think this is an Indiana thing?
Is it just Indiana? You could be right--that's where I'm from! Lol
The first meal of the day will always be "breffus" according to mom. After 40 years of hearing it, it still drives me up the wall.
See also: "warsh". That's a Midwestern thing (I think) so for whatever reason it doesn't bother me as much. But *I* pronounce the word correctly I swear!
I think this is an Indiana thing?
Family from Kansas and Ohio say warsh, too.
elleblue, I had professors say it both ways, but the most common, and the way I first heard it, was de try tus.
I don't generally mispronounce, but there were some words I read in print incorrectly and didn't realize until an embarrassingly long time were the same words as those I could say and use correctly. Segue comes to mind.
I used to say "horned" in on, instead of "hoened" or however you spell it. Finally stopped when a woman I work with thought I was "horny" lol. I also thought it was "for all intensive purposes".
It isn't "horned in on?" I thought it was a reference to an animal using its horns to accomplish something. Off to google. (Yeah, I'm pretty sure you were right the first time. Horned in.)