Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 days agoMispronouncing wordslemmy.worldimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down114
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minus-squareThatGuy46475@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·4 days agoI had only seen the word “tarot” in balatro until an NYT connections game that had it in the “words with silent letters” category
minus-squareKühlschrank@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoI’m sort of nerdy about language and that little thing always fascinates me
minus-squareReyali@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoMany years ago I saw a TIFU on reddit about a person who mispronounced “banal” while on a call with many people. I will always be grateful to that person’s fuck up for correcting my mental pronunciation of that word, lol.
minus-squareanguo@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI used to think “pear” sounded the same as “pier”. Same goes for “tear” and “tear”.
I had only seen the word “tarot” in balatro until an NYT connections game that had it in the “words with silent letters” category
I’m sort of nerdy about language and that little thing always fascinates me
Many years ago I saw a TIFU on reddit about a person who mispronounced “banal” while on a call with many people. I will always be grateful to that person’s fuck up for correcting my mental pronunciation of that word, lol.
I used to think “pear” sounded the same as “pier”. Same goes for “tear” and “tear”.