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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 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You can't pronounce worcestershire right. Nobody knows how it should be pronounced.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

The pronunciation is easy, but seemingly completely disconnected from the spelling.

Wooster Shur.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

We just say "pass the what's-it-here sauce"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It's wash your sister sauce

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

More sense than any other pronounciation I've heard really.