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[Khalifa Jayy]

Ok wow. This commercial about tires just blew my mind due to a specific word pronounciation:

Main Entry: mis·chie·vous Pronunciation: \&#712;mis-ch&#601;-v&#601;s, &#712;mish-; ÷mis-&#712;ch&#275;-v&#275;-&#601;s, mish-\Function: adjective Date: 14th century 1 : HARMFUL, INJURIOUS <mischievous gossip> 2 a : able or tending to cause annoyance, trouble, or minor injury b : irresponsibly playful <mischievous behavior> — mis·chie·vous·ly adverb —

mis·chie·vous·ness noun usage

A pronunciation \mis-&#712;ch&#275;-v&#275;-&#601;s\ and a consequent spelling mischievious are of long standing: evidence for the spelling goes back to the 16th century. Our pronunciation files contain modern attestations ranging from dialect speakers to Herbert Hoover. But both the pronunciation and the spelling are still considered nonstandard.


I have ALWAYS pronounced the word as misscheeveeus and not misschehvus. My world is upside down. Someone please hold me.

 

[Broder Salsa]

Executable?

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

as long as you know the titanic really happened i think everything will be alright

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Reminds me of those 30 somethings that pronounce gaming "Nintendo."

Or the 20 somethings that pronounce it "PlayStation."

 

[UFRA]

It wasn't until later in high school that I realized "genre" isn't pronounced like "gen ear" LOL

 

[Rubbish King]

as long as you know The titanic really happened i think everything will be alright

this.


When i was younger i used to mistake the word original for organic... usually on the penguin chocolate bars

 

[Grakl]

Guillotine - gillatin or gillateen or giiyateen?

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Executable?

I would pronounce it like "Will"

Eggzehciutable :/

 

[Curtisaur]

I have pronounced everything correctly forever.

 

[Black Mamba]

Brits say "aluminum" all wrong.

 

[Rubbish King]

but.. if we are questioning pronunciation.... scone..or scone?

Spoiler

Brits say "aluminium" all wrong.

I think you'll find it's you yanks that say it wrong

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

I have pronounced everything correctly forever.

Who doesn't know how to pronounce everything, though? Hardly something to brag about.

 

[Like the hat?]

Is this going to be like the thread where people were saying stuff like the name Craig rhymes with the word stag?

 

[triplestation]

Guitar

It's supposed to be pronounced G'tar

But I say Gee-tar

Cause I don't give a fuck

 

[Rubbish King]

Guitar

It's supposed to be pronounced G'tar

But I say Gee-tar

Cause I don't give a fuck

.

 

[Ceebs]

Genre was the word I mispronounced for years.

 

[yanhero]

Brits say "aluminum" all wrong.

No. Brits spell it aluminium, and pronounce it accordingly.

 

[Smellycat]

Brits say "aluminum" all wrong.

No, it is not A-lOO-Mi-NUM. It is A-LU-ME-NIUM. They are right

 

[jambo]

Brits say "aluminum" all wrong.

Yanks said it wrong so much they had to change the spelling

It's aluminium!

 

[triplestation]

.

I just don't give a FUCK

son

 

[whitehawk]

Executable?

I think I say it like this...

 

[Rubbish King]

Yanks said it wrong so much they had to change The spelling

It's aluminium!

I just don't give a FUCK

son

i cannot handle you, you're way to badass man so:

or i'm going to have to call security

 

[what_rhythm]

I used to always pronounce "strength" as "strenth" because that's what thought everyone else was saying and keeping the "ng" silent. I recently realized that saying it with the "ng" makes a lot of sense, but im still not quite able to hear it when a lot of other folks say it.

That "ng" makes it 10x trickier to say but if just feels right

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

I always thought aluminium was the element and aluminum the foil product. Makes sense to me...

 

[Rubbish King]

I always thought aluminium was The element and aluminum The foil product. Makes sense to me...

Your tag hurts my brain man

 

[CLEEK]

I've never met an American who pronounces herb correctly. We even have an American guy at work called Herb who gets it wrong.

 

[B!TCH]

Reminds me of those 30 somethings that pronounce gaming "Nintendo."

Or the 20 somethings that pronounce it "PlayStation."

Or the dirty teens that pronounce it "iPhone"

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Sorry tash :'/

Also herb = urb to me. Urbs and spyses.

 

[leroidys]

I've never met an American who pronounces herb correctly. We even have an American guy at work called Herb who gets it wrong.

What the fucks a dialect?

 

[CLEEK]

An alien from Doctor Who.

 

[Scalemail Ted]

Chagrin is not "cha-grin" it is "sha-grin"... Imagine my embarrassment. Lol

 

[Kitsunebaby]

I've never met an American who pronounces herb correctly. We even have an American guy at work called Herb who gets it wrong.

We respect the word's French origins enough to not mispronounce it like you Brits


When I was little I thought hyperbole was pronounced "hyper-bowl".

 

[CLEEK]

I say hyperbole out loud the right way, but always read it in my head as hyper bowl.

 

[Slavik81]

For the longest time, I didn't notice that deprecated and depreciated were two different words

 

[Noise Pollution]

Synecdoche.

 

[Rubbish King]

Sorry tash :'/

.

you should be.

Spoiler

 

[Black Mamba]

I think you'll find it's you yanks that say it wrong

How is this possible when it's our language?

 

[Scalemail Ted]

No, it is not A-lOO-Mi-NUM. It is A-LU-ME-NIUM. They are right

The Merriam Webster dictionary app for "Aluminium" literally says: chiefly British, see also "Aluminum," which has the actual definition of the metal.

 

[Lindbergh]

'Called the brand Aunt Jemima "Aunt Jemina" for the longest time.

 

[Rubbish King]

How is this possible when it's our language?

and what language is that?

 

[Horse Detective]

Until last week, I would always say Neogaf as Neo-jee-aye-eff. As in, each letter.

I only recently discovered that it is usually Neo-gaf.

Meh.

 

[CLEEK]

Who the fuck is this Miriam Webster chick?

OED is where the word truth can be found.

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/aluminium?q=aluminium

 

[TheKaeptain]

I say hyperbole out loud the right way, but always read it in my head as hyper bowl.

Same.

 

[Black Mamba]

and what language is that?

Is this question serious? English, of course.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Until last week, I would always say Neogaf as Neo-jee-aye-eff. As in, each letter.

I only recently discovered that it is usually Neo-gaf.

Meh.

I've always referred to it as Gaf. No neo no acronym... just gaf. "Drop the neo. It's cleaner."

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

I used to read antipodes as "Anti poads", when it's actually pronounced "Anne tip oh dees". Then again, that word is so obscure nobody cares.

 

[Horse Detective]

I've always referred to it as Gaf. No neo no acronym... just gaf. "Drop the neo. It's cleaner."

Yeah, I just hate saying "Gaff" for some reason. I feel like I am referring to some obscure farm animal.

 

[Rubbish King]

Is this question serious? English, of course.

No, it was to prove the point that you are speaking english, and in england, where the english language you are speaking originates from, that is how aluminium is pronounced

 

[CLEEK]

I used to read antipodes as "Anti poads", when it's actually pronounced "Anne tip oh dees". Then again, that word is so obscure nobody cares.

Aus-GAF is going to punch you in the face.

 

[Thoraxes]

A word that probably a huge majority of people everywhere always fuck up: Prelude.

Correctly Pronounced: prel-yood

How most say it: pree-lood or pray-lood (this second one is semi-correct depending on your nation)