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Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Troperfrom95 Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast from Ohio Since: Feb, 2016
Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast
#252: May 29th 2016 at 3:57:09 PM

I pronounce "genre" as "John-re". I also pronounce "sausage" as "sow-sage".

Ya, I'm weird like that...
war877 Grr... <3 from Untamed Wilds Since: Dec, 2015 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Grr... <3
#253: May 29th 2016 at 11:16:56 PM

People here say parmesan as PAR-mah-zahn.

[up][up]I am having trouble finding a pronounciation guide, but I always read Leah as Lee.

TroperNo9001 Dragon in Waiting from the Dollhouse (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: I turn to stone when you are gone
Dragon in Waiting
#254: May 29th 2016 at 11:19:48 PM

I always pronounce Bea as if it rhymes with Leia, though that might just be part of my Filipino accent.

[down]Yes.

edited 30th May '16 8:20:16 PM by TroperNo9001

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MoreFace Is something the matter? from Somewhere Millions of Miles Away Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Is something the matter?
#255: May 30th 2016 at 3:20:54 PM

[up] You're Filipino??

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Shishkahuben (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
#256: Jun 1st 2016 at 7:09:57 PM

Up until halfway through college, I was convinced 'ethereal' was pronounced in a way consistent with the word 'urethra.' No one ever said it out loud.

'Eidolon,' too, is spoken to rhyme with ride-along. I looked it up, and it's 'eye-DOLE-un,' but the correct pronunciation refuses to stick.

edited 1st Jun '16 7:12:15 PM by Shishkahuben

TroperNo9001 Dragon in Waiting from the Dollhouse (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: I turn to stone when you are gone
Dragon in Waiting
#257: Jun 2nd 2016 at 6:38:13 AM

The latest episode of Extra Credits taught me the correct pronunciation of Mojang: "MOH-yang", because it's Swedish.

Still waiting for someone to break him free...
FirstSnow Since: Nov, 2014
#258: Jun 2nd 2016 at 8:18:38 AM

Banal. Thought it was pronounced emphasizing the "ba" syllable, not like banana.

gregnes2000 Since: Apr, 2015
#259: Jun 2nd 2016 at 8:46:30 AM

I always pronounced Jhonen Vasquez and Jo-nehn Vahs-quehz. It's actually pronounced Yo-nehn Vahs-kehz. Can you blame me for getting that wrong? I mean look at that spelling!

edited 2nd Jun '16 8:48:21 AM by gregnes2000

MoreFace Is something the matter? from Somewhere Millions of Miles Away Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Is something the matter?
#260: Jun 6th 2016 at 4:05:15 PM

[up]@256

edited 6th Jun '16 4:05:31 PM by MoreFace

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DrNoPuma Streaky from the land of Humorous Hyenas (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: Married to the music
#261: Jun 15th 2016 at 7:05:34 PM

Surely I can't be the only one who used to think that Sigmund Freud's last name was pronounced "Frood"?

Very good kitty
SmartGirl333 New account is voidify Since: Nov, 2014
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#262: Jun 15th 2016 at 8:12:26 PM

[up]raises hand

war877 Grr... <3 from Untamed Wilds Since: Dec, 2015 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Grr... <3
#263: Jun 15th 2016 at 8:36:49 PM

I used that pronunciation for years. That's what you get for reading ahead in the psychology textbooks.

It took me longer to shake freudian as froodian.

edited 15th Jun '16 8:39:16 PM by war877

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#264: Jun 15th 2016 at 8:41:59 PM

And now everybody thinks Freud is the world's biggest geek. tongue

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
lewattoo The IRL Madeline plushie from Planet Auguste Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The IRL Madeline plushie
#265: Jun 19th 2016 at 9:57:28 PM

680x0 is officially pronounced sixty-eight oh-ecks-oh. I prefer to pronounce it six-eighty-exty, much like Intel x86 names are pronounced eighty-ecks-eighty-six.

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SmartGirl333 New account is voidify Since: Nov, 2014
New account is voidify
#266: Jun 20th 2016 at 1:49:23 AM

Really? I would pronounce that as six-eighty-ex-oh.

MikeK Since: Jan, 2001
#267: Jul 6th 2016 at 10:02:19 AM

"Quixote" (as in Don) is apparently pronounced "key-hote-ie". This has the unfortunate side-effect of making the full name sound like Donky Hotey, like some crappy parody of old cartoons.

There was a Hanna Barbera cartoon called The Adventures Of Don Coyote And Sancho Panda, which was sort of a kid-friendly, Funny Animal take on the premise of the novel.

I forget where I first encountered the word "fascist" as a kid, but I interpreted it as "facist" and thought it had something to do with being prejudiced against someone for their facial features. Even when learning the correct definition the "face-ist" pronunciation stuck with me a little while.

edited 6th Jul '16 10:11:28 AM by MikeK

CamelCase This is an actual screenshot. from beyond the fourth wall Since: Jul, 2016
This is an actual screenshot.
#268: Jul 15th 2016 at 5:11:47 PM

Vince Guaraldi's last name as "Jiraldee" instead of "Gyooraldee".

edited 16th Jul '16 12:36:51 AM by CamelCase

ME!? You want ME to be the director of your Christmas play?!
DrNoPuma Streaky from the land of Humorous Hyenas (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: Married to the music
#269: Aug 9th 2016 at 1:34:25 PM

I thought "faux" was pronounced like "fox"!

[down] Yeah, I just learned that today! I thought "faux pas" was pronounced "fox paws"!

edited 9th Aug '16 5:08:24 PM by DrNoPuma

Very good kitty
SkeletalPumpkin Since: Mar, 2015
#270: Aug 9th 2016 at 3:08:52 PM

[up] ...you mean it isn't?! *googles*

...yeah, apparently "faux pas" is pronounced "foe paw". Dang.

Halberdier17 We Are With You Zack Snyder from Western Pennsylvania Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
We Are With You Zack Snyder
#271: Aug 9th 2016 at 4:06:47 PM

I thought I was pronouncing Kielbasa wrong my whole life because people on TV pronounce it completely different than everyone in my area. Turns out we are pronouncing it the correct way it is pronounced in Poland but we always use the plural form of the word.

edited 9th Aug '16 4:07:32 PM by Halberdier17

Batman Ninja more like Batman's Bizarre Adventure
war877 Grr... <3 from Untamed Wilds Since: Dec, 2015 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Grr... <3
#272: Aug 9th 2016 at 8:03:20 PM

Maybe it is Canadian enunciation, but I have always pronounced faux pas, as foe pah.

Fox paw, pshah!

Tre could be worse from the front to the back, that's where I was at (Unlucky Thirteen) Relationship Status: Singularity
could be worse
#273: Aug 13th 2016 at 4:54:50 AM

w/r/t "faux pas"

there's actually a joke in my book about that one

Tre has to correct Nora because she thinks it's pronounced "fox pass"

oh, that's why I need this binary mind //
TotalWeirdo Weirdo from idfk Since: Aug, 2016 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Weirdo
#274: Aug 13th 2016 at 12:34:37 PM

Ironically, pronunciation. I said it like "pronounce-iation" for a long time.

Getting hit with a fish has GOT to be humiliating. (They/them, please)
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#275: Aug 13th 2016 at 4:25:49 PM

When I was a very young kid, for a while I accidentally pronounced "Tanzania" the same way you pronounce "Tasmania."

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!

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