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re: Which word do you have problems pronouncing correctly?
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:38 am to SallysHuman
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:38 am to SallysHuman
quote:
Yes! Is it like grape or like ginger? To this day I still don't know.
That's because there's no right answer
Basically, the entire tech world pronounced it with a hard g (grape). Then sometime later, the guy who invented the standard said that he always said it with a soft g (he phrased it as like JIF peanut butter) in his head.
So if you believe the creator has the right to name it, full stop, it's a soft g. If you believe that once the creation is out in the wild, the world gets to name it, it's a hard g.
ETA: I pronounce it with a hard g and will absolutely make fun of anyone who pronounces it with a soft g, creator's wishes be damned
This post was edited on 9/19/25 at 10:48 am
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Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:39 am to TigerBait1971
Rivalry
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:39 am to TigerBait1971
For a long time, I said, "For all intensive purposes" instead of "For all intents and purposes"
This post was edited on 9/19/25 at 10:40 am
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:44 am to Merica
Cavlary v Calvary
Used to trip me up.
Used to trip me up.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:45 am to TigerBait1971
Statistics
Usually I say sta-tickets or something similarly retarded
Usually I say sta-tickets or something similarly retarded
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:48 am to GreenRockTiger
Been listening to some charlie kirk stuff and he always pronounces nuclear as nuke u ler.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:50 am to SallysHuman
quote:I think I know why
Cavlary v Calvary Used to trip me up.
I know it is February
But I say Feb u rary
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:53 am to LSURussian
quote:
I always stumble pronouncing the word "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis."
I always just shorten it to pneumoconiosis. It's good enough.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:55 am to TigerBait1971
Massachusetts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:57 am to TigerBait1971
isolationist
Posted on 9/19/25 at 11:01 am to TigerBait1971
I dont know about pronouncing but I spell "Restaurant" wrong every time
ETA: I initially spelled it wrong in this post. Thank you spell check
ETA: I initially spelled it wrong in this post. Thank you spell check
Posted on 9/19/25 at 11:01 am to TigerBait1971
ask is a tough one
I usually just say axe
I usually just say axe
Posted on 9/19/25 at 11:18 am to TigerBait1971
Not me, but it’s a pet peeve of mine when people pronounce Frustrate as “fusstrate.”
Posted on 9/19/25 at 11:31 am to TigerBait1971
The word alfalfa gives me anxiety.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 11:37 am to ob1pimpbobi
Empanadas
Gyros
Gyros
Posted on 9/19/25 at 11:47 am to TigerBait1971
A highly intelligent attorney of 27 years I have worked with for 20 of those years cannot say “substantive.”
This post was edited on 9/19/25 at 11:48 am
Posted on 9/19/25 at 11:49 am to TigerBait1971
Acapulco
Posted on 9/19/25 at 11:50 am to litenin
Cool -Whip
Posted on 9/19/25 at 11:56 am to SaintEB
Also the way I say
Milk
&
Pillow
Milk
&
Pillow
Posted on 9/19/25 at 11:58 am to TigerBait1971
Indigent
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