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Words you have f*cked up for quite a while

Posted on 12/28/16 at 12:51 pm
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
22906 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 12:51 pm
For pretty much two and a half decades I thought awry was pronounced awe-ree.

I'm a dumb.
Posted by MadtownTiger
Texas
Member since Sep 2010
4204 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 12:52 pm to
malleable.

I've always pronounced it mal-able. Apparently, it's mal-e-able.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
422585 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 12:52 pm to
EX presso
Posted by KingBeingking
Member since Jul 2014
2388 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 12:53 pm to
I've said homage as hoe-mage a few times. It still makes me cringe thinking about it.
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
25528 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 12:54 pm to
I'm tired of hearing people frick up these two:

Nuclear (keep hearing nu-CA-lor
Realtor (keep hearing re-LA-tor)
Posted by Paddyshack
Land of the Free
Member since Sep 2015
8333 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 12:55 pm to
When I was little, my grandmother would say "you're so ornery". For years, I thought she was calling me "ordinary" because of the way she pronounced it.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
84937 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 12:55 pm to
Biopic. I still have to slow down and make sure to pronounce it bio-pic instead of bi-ah-pic (like you would pronounce bionic).

"Gif" is another one. I used to be an idiot and think it was pronounced with a hard "g", but now I'm enlightened and understand it is pronounced like the peanut butter.
Posted by OWLFAN86
The OT has made me richer
Member since Jun 2004
175943 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 12:56 pm to
Im sory

sowrry


sourie


nope cant do it,, not sorry
Posted by NewIberiaHaircut
Lafayette
Member since May 2013
11559 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 12:57 pm to
Deepithelialization

It trips me up every time I say it.
Posted by Bluefin
The Banana Stand
Member since Apr 2011
13259 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 12:57 pm to
quote:

I used to be an idiot and think it was pronounced with a hard "g", but now I'm enlightened and understand it is pronounced like the peanut butter.

Good. Very good.

Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
18568 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 12:58 pm to
Welol, not really what you're asking but I say drinken as in "I had drinken two bud lights." I don't give one shite though.
Posted by High C
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Member since Nov 2012
53815 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 1:00 pm to
Piquant
Posted by CidCock
Member since Sep 2007
Member since Feb 2011
8631 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 1:03 pm to
La-A

Dash isn't silent
Posted by PearlJam
NotBeardEaves
Member since Aug 2014
13908 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 1:03 pm to
quote:

"Gif" is another one. I used to be an idiot and think it was pronounced with a hard "g", but now I'm enlightened and understand it is pronounced like the peanut butter.

I think the wrong pronunciation is so common that it has become acceptable.
Posted by johnnydrama
Possibly Trashy
Member since Feb 2010
8710 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 1:07 pm to
Dilemma

As a kid I saw it spelled as dilemna and for probably twenty years I spelled and pronounced it with an "n" in it. I was so sure of myself that I actually corrected others on it until I looked it up and found out what an idiot I was.
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
Member since Oct 2006
39584 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 1:07 pm to
quote:

I think the wrong pronunciation is so common that it has become acceptable.


We've done this thread before. G in GIF stands for graphic, hence why some use the hard "G". The person who invented the format uses the soft "G" pronunciation, so that's the one I use. Everyone I know says the hard "G" though.
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166321 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 1:08 pm to
wife thinks scoiled is a word. combo of scalded and boiled... you scoil yourself on the hot oil...etc.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
113964 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 1:09 pm to
I struggle with the word Massachusetts and it gets worse when I actually think about saying it.
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
47507 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 1:09 pm to
Quinoa. I said Kwin-oah till I heard it ordered in a restaurant recently.
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
22906 posts
Posted on 12/28/16 at 1:10 pm to
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Biopic. I still have to slow down and make sure to pronounce it bio-pic instead of bi-ah-pic (like you would pronounce bionic).


Good example, I do the same.
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