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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 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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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[–] TheBiscuitLout@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago (2 children)

One of my friends once called me pedantic, and I got to correct his pronunciation of it - he stressed the first syllable. One of the high points of my life.

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Someone is peDANTic, but they themselves are a PEdant. Probably why they made that mistake

[–] SeabassDan@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

But did they say Ped-ant or PEE-dant?

[–] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Like how we can reCORD some music and release a a REcord

Or make some COMpost by putting those scraps in the comPOST

[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

I still put scraps into the COMpost, but only the comPOSTable scraps.

[–] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I had a similar thing with the word contrarian!