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#351: Feb 23rd 2019 at 2:53:18 PM

Apparently the word 'eco' is pronounced 'eeko' not 'echo'.

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Mroh Since: Dec, 2018
#352: Feb 23rd 2019 at 7:09:42 PM

I literally still cannot say Worchestershire.

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#353: Feb 25th 2019 at 10:20:20 AM

had a hard time pronouncing railroad for some time

She/they. Hirrus Clutumnus is my comfort character
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#354: Feb 25th 2019 at 12:13:29 PM

I still tend to mispronounce "awareness". That in addition to "Zeus" and a couple other things.

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#355: Mar 2nd 2019 at 4:27:49 AM

I still say piece like pie ace even if my teacher says it’s like peace.

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#356: Mar 2nd 2019 at 7:45:27 AM

Epitome. I keep wanting to pronounce it epi-tome instead of eh-pi-tah-me.

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#357: Mar 3rd 2019 at 5:37:51 AM

[up]Me too.

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#358: Mar 4th 2019 at 1:10:30 AM

[up][up]...wait what it's not pronounced epi-tome? Oh dear...

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#359: Mar 8th 2019 at 3:23:52 AM

I used to pronounce "lmao" as "le meow" in my head.

I still do sometimes.

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#360: Mar 15th 2019 at 11:08:17 AM

I thought it was 'geh-stalt' instead of 'jhe-stalt.'

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#361: Mar 15th 2019 at 3:54:32 PM

Apparently sanguine is pronounced like win instead of ine.

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#362: Mar 18th 2019 at 12:46:18 AM

So I just found out recently that Touhou is actually pronounced "toe-hoe", not "too-hoo". Oops.

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#363: Mar 28th 2019 at 5:26:43 AM

Dishevelled is "dish-hevelled", not "diss-hevelled".

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#364: Apr 19th 2019 at 8:39:45 AM

[up][up][up][up] What do you mean it's not "geh"?! It's a German word, for God's sake...

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#365: Apr 21st 2019 at 12:31:12 PM

"infamous" as "In-FAH-mous", not "In-FAY-mous".

Edited by AutisticAlivia on Apr 22nd 2019 at 11:30:29 AM

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#366: Apr 21st 2019 at 8:21:10 PM

[up]I think it's "IN-fah-mus".

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#367: May 17th 2019 at 8:39:10 AM

For years I thought "lapel" rhymed with "staple."

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#368: May 17th 2019 at 8:48:16 AM

Turns out 'carbine' is pronounced car-BEAN and not car-BINE.

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#369: May 17th 2019 at 8:50:17 AM

The cactus is pronounced "sa-WA-roh", not "sa-GA-roh".

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#370: Jun 25th 2019 at 11:20:09 AM

SO MUCH. It mostly applies to Pokemon names (Staravia, pronounced it as star-RAH-vee-uh until I found out it was star-RAY-vee-uh, and Aegislash, pronounced it as ay-ji-slash until I found out it was EE-ji-slash, which I think sounds weird). Whenever I read Anne of Green Gables, I always thought the town Avonlea was pronounced uh-VAWN-lee-ah but only recently did I find out it's actually pronounced Ah-vin-LEE. Yeah, I felt pretty stupid.

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#371: Jun 27th 2019 at 3:08:22 PM

I used to pronounce 'Siobhan' and 'Penelope' as 'See-yob-han' and 'Penny-lope'.

The best bit is I did know the correct pronunciations as words and I knew they were names, but I thought they were different names.

Edited by Murataku on Jun 27th 2019 at 8:08:44 PM

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#372: Aug 16th 2019 at 10:19:58 AM

When I was 10 or so I would prounounce thin as fin. I still notice myself sounding it out.

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#373: Aug 21st 2019 at 3:33:32 AM

[up] (x6) ...wait, you mean it doesn't?

Speaking of Pokémon names, it's a common one but I used to pronounce "Gyarados" as "jy-AH-ra-dos" instead of "GAIR-a-dose". Doesn't make much sense though, if you ask me.

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#375: Oct 22nd 2019 at 10:51:21 AM

[up]Me too.

I used to think "Penelope" was pronounced "PENN-el-ohp."

@Murataku: Oh dang, I didn't even notice your post until after I did mine. XD

Edited by DrNoPuma on Oct 22nd 2019 at 1:51:59 PM

I haven't played the particular game that Tango is from, but still... robo kitty. :D

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