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There's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know about (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I'm probably still doing it with some word.

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[-] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Sequel server grinds my gears.

[-] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Wait until you hear stuhd, that's how we agreed to pronounce std because "ess tee dee" would have been awkward.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Well fsck that.

[-] waz@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I like pronouncing numpy so that it rhymes with lumpy just to make people uncomfortable.

[-] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

That's how I've always read it...

[-] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Lol at my job someone referred to "E T C" and I was completely baffled until he actually typed it out, /etc... I just call it "ets" because it's short for "et cetera"...

[-] ytg@feddit.ch 1 points 8 months ago

Squeal server even more

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