InevitableSwing [none/use name] to askchapo • 1 year agoWhat is a word you realized you were pronouncing wrong until you heard someone else say it?imagemessage-square101 fedilinkarrow-up154
arrow-up154imageWhat is a word you realized you were pronouncing wrong until you heard someone else say it?InevitableSwing [none/use name] to askchapo • 1 year agomessage-square101 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarePeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.comhexbear14·1 year agoParadigm. I pronounced it para-dig-m, like an idiot linkfedilink
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]hexagonhexbear5·1 year agoTo me that makes it sound like an insect - It's kinda like a no see em but bigger with a worse bite. No see em is another name for biting midges link
minus-squareaveragedrunk@lemmy.mlhexbear3·1 year agoI like that one. It was one of mine. Two others were macabre and segue. There were a LOT more. I read a lot so I saw a lot more words in print than I heard growing up. linkfedilink
Paradigm. I pronounced it para-dig-m, like an idiot
To me that makes it sound like an insect - It's kinda like a no see em but bigger with a worse bite.
No see em is another name for biting midges
I like that one. It was one of mine. Two others were macabre and segue.
There were a LOT more. I read a lot so I saw a lot more words in print than I heard growing up.