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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Truth...hah! I still have words I have to look up on the sly on the internet and click one of those definition services that will pronounce the word for you so I don't sound completely wrong.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I pronounced epitome epi-tome for the longest time. Now as I read, I pop onto Google when I encounter something I'm unfamiliar with. And I'm 36, my job has me fairly familiar with the English language, but I swear some writers discover a word and they're like "can't wait to use this two or three times in the next couple chapters."

    It's that and character/place names, but character names are dangerous lookups, spoiled a plot in WoT looking up how to pronounce Moraine. And the worst part is her name's pretty obvious, but I fucking looked it up anyway. I thought Hermione was obvious as a kid, but that's probably because I transposed the I and O, now that I think about it.

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