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Go ahead, let's hear them. I have two that come to mind. Please excuse my attempts to convey pronunciation, I don't fully understand the official way to do it, and you probably don't either, so I basically just sound it out in writing. 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? 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. Please share word pronunciations that you hate!
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Gyro is another one that I have a problem with, but it's different from the words I originally posted. The correct pronunciation seems to be something like year-oh, but everyone seems to say it slightly different, with different emphasis and flair. Then you have the people that have just given up and say gy-ro, like rhymes with pyro. This is pretty accepted, which is kind of annoying because it is just lazy and wrong, but on the other hand, people trying to say it exactly like they would in Greece is also annoying. Kind of a no win situation with that word.
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Feb 16, 2017 18:01
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I know the creator of the gif says it is pronounced like jif, but does he really get to decide that? I prefer gif, but I think jif is still technically considered correct? I don't know, but it's annoying.
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Feb 16, 2017 18:26
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Teikanmi posted:It IS pronounced like that, you're just an idiot. Everyone says "huhmah-juhnized" except you, moron. I don't think you read my post very thoroughly, bud. 
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Feb 16, 2017 18:32
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Teikanmi posted:Huhmah-juhnous Well I agree that is how that word should be said, but if you are pronouncing it like that you are incorrect. Sorry.
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Feb 16, 2017 18:45
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Sheep-Goats posted:Homogenous and homogeneous are technically two different words but they have similar meanings and in many places homogenous is taking over both uses and pronunciations. Well thank god for that, I just remember hearing the homo-geneous pronunciation in science classes and thinking how dumb it sounded.
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Feb 16, 2017 19:09
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I'm legit surprised that Ex-presso isn't a formally accepted pronunciation because it seems like goddamn everyone says it.
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Feb 16, 2017 20:05
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Sheep-Goats posted:It is Oh, the first online dictionary I pulled up didn't list it and I was too lazy to look up any others. 
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Feb 16, 2017 20:08
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My father says warsh and Warshington. I used to make fun of him for it, but I think it legit made him feel bad so I stopped, I suppose it's not his fault he was raised in Missour-ah.
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Feb 16, 2017 20:38
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Hardawn posted:My grams said oye-ange fit orange and my dad says torlet for toilet There is some David Sedaris story about his old neighbor lady that always says terlet, it's such a goofy pronunciation and I'm sad I've never heard anyone actually say it.
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Feb 16, 2017 20:42
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smug n stuff posted:interesting that Oxford dictionary pronunciation gives this pronunciation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFfAbnPHt0I As has been discussed those are two different words and apparently the top one is starting to replace the bottom one, which is good news for civilized society.
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Feb 16, 2017 20:44
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Hobologist posted:'Carmel' for 'caramel.' The word has a loving A in it. I try to pronounce this with the extra syllable but I often don't out of habit. Caramel just sounds tastier than carmel anyway, there's no reason not to say it.
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Feb 16, 2017 21:45
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Sheep-Goats posted:The reason is "caramel" is a little too fey and continental for my tastes. Shaq begs to differ.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiHkPjRkyIU
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Feb 16, 2017 21:57
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Teikanmi posted:Ore-gone instead of Orgehn For some reason everyone in Minnesota says Ore-uh-gone. It was really annoying.
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Feb 17, 2017 06:21
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This is kind of a different thing, but there was a lady at the last company I worked for who was a vice president of the company and she always said "I seen" instead of "I saw" and no one had the balls to say to her, hey you sound like a dumb loving hick.
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Feb 17, 2017 06:44
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Mu Zeta posted:When I heard how the Top Gear hosts pronounced "Hyundai" I thought I had been raped. Haha, high-un-die, that's funny, never would known that if not for that clip. eSports Chaebol posted:I'm p sure the word "sixths" violates English phonotactics and should be stricken from the lexicon or maybe we can donate it to some Slavic language I just said "sixths" out loud and my mouth produced a sound I didn't even know I could make.
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Feb 17, 2017 16:02
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What is the correct way to say Porsche? Seems people always used to say it as one syllable but now people are saying it with two. Are people just extra douchey now or was it being pronounced wrong before?
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Feb 17, 2017 16:52
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Hardawn posted:Don't people say Audi differently, I'm sure that upsets someone I have always said it like "oddie" but i think "ow-dee" is actually correct?
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Feb 17, 2017 16:57
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I have some BBC show about natural disasters on right now and the way they are saying hurricane is very annoying. It sounds like hurra-kin.
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Feb 18, 2017 22:26
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biopic is another one... seems like it should be bi-opic, it flows better. Instead it is the clunky bio-pic.
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