21 times people suffered the abject humiliation of mispronouncing a word in public
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On a related note the best multi-spoonerism I heard was at a work meeting when the Finance Officer was encouraging "rectal fistitude"
— gallivanting (@FergalCarty) May 24, 2018
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I once was in a meeting saying the word “segue” and pronouncing it “seg-yoo”… I couldn’t work out why people where sniggering…
— Mark Hadfield (@markhadfield) May 24, 2018
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That’s a good one. I still instinctively pronounce vehemently as veh-hem-ently.
Honestly I like people who learn words without having heard them. It tells me they’re a book nerd like me.
— curlydena (@curlydena) May 24, 2018
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A friend of mine recently told me a quote on the subject: “Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.”
— El Mosh (@im0nlyme) May 24, 2018
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I never knew that “colonel” was pronounced “kernel” until a friend heard me pronouncing it as “colon-el”. Nice enough of him to not shame me in front of others.
— Kevin Timothy (@kevintfridianto) May 24, 2018
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For years, i thought ‘tangential’ was pronounced ‘tangenital’. Oops.
— Jason MacKenzie (@jasonmackenzie) May 24, 2018
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I was saying “Netflix and Chill” as my description for “watching Netflix and chilling” for like a year. I know the feels.
— Salma Kaida (@skaida) May 24, 2018
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In a speech delivered nearly 40 years ago, I pronounced “macabre” as “mack-a-bray” & it mortifies me to this day.
— Anthony Jay Dascenzo (@jaydascenzo) May 24, 2018
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But is legendary Sheffield actor pronounced Shorn Born, or Seen Been?
— Martin Hurley (@tubconquistador) May 24, 2018
If you’ve suffered similar, then this might make you feel better.
If someone reads enough to know how to use a word they’ve never heard spoken, they should be admired, not disparaged.
— Maddie Palmer (@maddiepalmer) May 24, 2018
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This thread of 27 mispronounced words is a hilarious phonics minefield
