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[StevenK]

Are there any words you've been getting wrong for years that you hadn't noticed?

At some point in history I apparently fucked off the -er in drawer, and only realised I'd been doing this when someone here (probably famicommander, he's a cunt like that) pointed it out.

Just to pre-empt, any American thinking of saying the English way of spelling English words is wrong can fuck right off.

 

[neo_mao]

Aminals

 

[Heinz]

According to the rest of the English speaking world we've been getting the entire language wrong and to those people I say fuck off carnt!

 

[JoeAwesome]

Ain’t, I’mma, ‘bout to, getchu, Coke, and several other word are a part of my everyday vocabulary.

 

[Claudia Schiffer]

when i was young i kept pronouncing 'specific' as 'pacific'.

as a side note, i hate anyone that pronounces 'moot' as 'mute'. they need to die.

 

[neo_mao]

I once referred to the Radiohead song Idioteque as “idio-tech” and was corrected by a friend who informed me that it is pronounced “idiotic”.

I was so ashamed...

Spoiler:

..for listening to Radiohead

 

[fake]

Renumeration doesn't mean "payment" – it's remuneration.

I once referred to the Radiohead song Idioteque as “idio-tech” and was corrected by a friend who informed me that it is pronounced “idiotic”.

I was so ashamed...

Spoiler:

..for listening to Radiohead

This is news to me.

 

[neo_mao]

Renumeration doesn't mean "payment" – it's remuneration.


This is news to me.

I think he said he heard Thom Yorke refer to it that way in an interview or maybe live?

 

[Arcademan]

I recall going to the libary in the month of Febuary to look up something about nucular bombs

 

[neo_mao]

foilage

 

[SouthtownKid]

I'd always heard the English put extra "u"s in everything like coloUr, because secretly they wish they were Frenchies. Sounds about right.

 

[madmanjock]

I think Basic pointed out that ‘blah blah’ should be ‘blah de blah’ to me recently. I felt I perhaps learnt something there.

And Kernow hates it when I get ’your’ and ‘you’re’ mixed up. Almost as much as he hates FOOK.

I'd always heard the English put extra "u"s in everything like coloUr, because secretly they wish they were Frenchies. Sounds about right.

Because it’s pronounced ‘kul-uh’ over here instead of ‘kuh-luh’.

There’s lots of interesting examples of how we pronounce words differently across the globe!

 

[NeoSneth]

Environment
that R all over the place until I locked it down. then one day I noticed it was "iron"ment

 

[@M]

I mispronounced vinyl, cretin, and respite when I was younger. There are probably others, but, those are the ones that come immediately to mind.

 

[StevenK]

I could fill a whole thread with song lyrics I've misheard

 

[100proof]

I just noticed this one recently... is there a reason why no knows the difference between rogue and rouge? Seems like nobody ever gets that shit right.

 

[StevenK]

I just noticed this one recently... is there a reason why no knows the difference between rogue and rouge? Seems like nobody ever gets that shit right.

Pet hate - loose for lose. You see that a lot.

 

[GohanX]

I keep typing "deez" instead of "these" for some reason.

 

[JoeAwesome]

Mickey these nugs

 

[FAT$TACKS]

Stachew

 

[Neodogg]

Pet hate - loose for lose. You see that a lot.

That’s an eazy one:
roker’s mom is loose…
everyone is at a lose of why she doesn’t charge…

 

[Mac91]

I always say minellium instead of millenium. Or tribble instead of triple.

 

[Lagduf]

You could say treble for triple.

 

[JoeAwesome]

I forget I say “pecan” instead of “pecan”

 

[jro]

I used to employ a part-time librarian who thought the word was pronounced "libary." She had a degree in Libary Science and everything. Then the library closed and she was just the office manager and it wasn't funny anymore.