My ignorance is based around how it's pronounced, not how its spelt. I read prodigiously, i might see a word i have read semi frequently and still be pronouncing it incorrectly in my head. I am loathe to use such words in conversation and prove to everyone I'm as stupid as they suspected, albeit as I age I do care less in that regard :)
Last one was about 8 years ago, misanthrope.
The other thing that crops up occasionally are words pronounced differently based on regional variance. I was watching an Attenborough documentary and he used arc-a-pell-aa-go and I use arc-a-pell-ego
My gf agreed with me (we're Australian), now I pronounce it the same way Attenborough does , much to my gf's annoyance but in my defence, it's called English, so I defer.
Does anyone else feel like a lot of bone apple tea comes from people who learned a word or phrase by reading it using voice to text to write about it?
My ignorance is based around how it's pronounced, not how its spelt. I read prodigiously, i might see a word i have read semi frequently and still be pronouncing it incorrectly in my head. I am loathe to use such words in conversation and prove to everyone I'm as stupid as they suspected, albeit as I age I do care less in that regard :)
Last one was about 8 years ago, misanthrope.
The other thing that crops up occasionally are words pronounced differently based on regional variance. I was watching an Attenborough documentary and he used arc-a-pell-aa-go and I use arc-a-pell-ego
My gf agreed with me (we're Australian), now I pronounce it the same way Attenborough does , much to my gf's annoyance but in my defence, it's called English, so I defer.
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