Word pronunciations that piss you off

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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > Word pronunciations that piss you off

Moridin920: Nov 15, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

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HYPERBOLIC
Literally pronounced like hyper-bolic. Why the gently caress doesn't this follow the way "hyperbole" is pronounced? If it was pronounced hy-perb-o-lick it would sound much less clunky, ya know?

Something to do with the 'ic' modifying the way the 'o' is pronounced. Like, anabolic.

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HOMOGENEOUS
Same poo poo with this one. Homo-geneous. Why isn't it pronounced similar to homogenized? So ho-mahg-enous. The way it is pronounced is like if a second grader saw it in a textbook and tried to say it.

I agree about this one.

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Moridin920: Nov 15, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

Also this one is just people saying the word wrong but if you say "turrent" instead of "turret" get hosed thanks.

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