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iClayd
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 831
Post #21
"phlegm"
in harry potter 5 there is a chapter called "the excess of phlegm" and i read it as "fleguham" smfh
Gifted
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Member Since: 4/3/2014
Posts: 34,134
Post #22
facade - I used to say it as fa-keyd like barricade.
hooky
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 10,242
Post #23
I pronounced "roof" like "rughf"
I still do.
King Maxx
Member Since: 7/21/2012
Posts: 28,099
Post #24
Quote:
Originally posted by
Nait Phoenix
Gif. I always used to pronounce it with a hard "g". Thanks to the one who coined the name, I know how to say it correctly.
I've been saying it wrong all this time. I'll continue to use the Hard "g"
LoKoPaNdA
Member Since: 4/14/2011
Posts: 48,397
Post #25
I used to pronounce "prison" as "prishon" and "nearby" as "nearbee"
I'm not a native English speaker though
Hooligan
Member Since: 3/27/2009
Posts: 30,284
Post #26
When I was younger, I'd say "h-own-gry" instead of "hungry". Southern dialect came out extremely strong back then.
Jacob.
Member Since: 4/17/2012
Posts: 3,912
Post #27
Versace, I thought it was Ver-Sase but it's Ver-Sar-Che.
It was so embarrassing going into a department store and asking for Ver-Sase cologne and the shopkeeper looking at me like I was retarded.
Alchemist
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 9,438
Post #28
Quote:
Originally posted by
Janie
Arkansas - used to pronounce it like Kansas
mature - I used to say "
may
-churr"
is it not Arkansas like Kansas??
Hooligan
Member Since: 3/27/2009
Posts: 30,284
Post #29
Quote:
Originally posted by
Alchemist
is it not Arkansas like Kansas??
Sazare
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 34,855
Post #30
Quote:
Originally posted by
Alchemist
is it not Arkansas like Kansas??
No. It's pronounced AHR-kin-saw.
*Tim
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 7,352
Post #31
Quote:
Originally posted by
Speezy
McDonalds!
I pronounce it as MacDonalds sometimes
My friends try and scalp me for pronouncing it that way
How is it pronounced then?
Phoenixstar
Member Since: 2/12/2012
Posts: 27,814
Post #32
Creative as in Cre-Act-ive
Speezy
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 15,127
Post #33
Quote:
Originally posted by
*Tim
How is it pronounced then?
They say it is Mick-Donalds
I just say MacDonalds
alexanderao
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 43,331
Post #34
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Originally posted by
Jacob.
Versace, I thought it was Ver-Sase but it's Ver-Sar-Che.
It was so embarrassing going into a department store and asking for Ver-Sase cologne and the shopkeeper looking at me like I was retarded.
TheRoofInhabitant
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Member Since: 3/4/2014
Posts: 4,756
Post #35
Quark, just recently discovered it's meant to be pronounced quauk
Pikachu
Member Since: 3/2/2014
Posts: 5,243
Post #36
When I was really young I pronounced chaos as literally Ch-ows instead of Kay-os, and choir as ch-oi-er instead of Kwai-er.
I was a dumb kid
MysticNight
Member Since: 1/2/2014
Posts: 2,240
Post #37
Quinoa
How in any way shape or form should that be "keen-wah"?
Pierrot
Member Since: 1/2/2014
Posts: 1,109
Post #38
Common words everyone probably still mispronounces:
Often (the t is silent like in listen)
Valet (not originally from French)
Coupon (coo not cYoo)
Paradigm (believe it or not, para-dim and not para-dime is the most correct)
I kind of love etymology.
MarryTheMonster
Member Since: 3/29/2012
Posts: 28,833
Post #39
Lyrics
I used to say (and all my friends until we got older) Liericks
Devon
Member Since: 1/6/2012
Posts: 12,011
Post #40
Hallelujah. Use to pronounce it hal-ah-you-ya.
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