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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > Word pronunciations that piss you off
 
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Nov 18, 2009

OctoberBlues posted:

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!

I like to pronounce hyperbole as hyper-bowl. Like some sort of football bloodsport event where knives and jetpacks are involved.

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