It's awkward when you mispronounce a word because you've only seen it written down, amirite?

...Dachshund. Apparently not pronounced Dash-shund.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

:O how is it pronounced?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Sorta like Doc-sund.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yup. Looking back, I think I actually pronounced it like DASH-hund.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Lingerie.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Ravenous. One time, my friend's mom pronounced "chaos" chah-oss in front of her entire class while reading shakespeare

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Allele.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Chameleon

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That's literally the stupidest gap in knowledge.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Whatever, you think the north pole doesn't exist.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Gif.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Meme

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Epitome.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Infamous :( I said it like: In- famous

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Homage

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I said HOME-idge then AHM-idge, but I think it's oh-MAHJ... like french sounding.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Respite and assuage.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Premise. Pronounced it like demise. Also, for years I read fervently as feverently...

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Lascivious the only word I have mis pronounced

by Anonymous 11 years ago

so many of the PSAT words I'm now studying

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Preface and Reprise. For a while I thought they were pre-face and ruh-prize.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

So, just between you and me, how exactly are you supposed to pronounce "preface"? Just to make sure you actually know, of course. wary

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I //believe// it is preh-fiss, haha.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Subtle. I would always pronounce the 'b' so I'd say it like, "Sub-tell". But then I saw an episode of House where Cuddy said it, and I was like, "Ooooh..." So now I pronounce it the right way, hopefully. And if it's still wrong then, well, I blame House.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Awry ah, the joys of reading but not being social enough with other intelligent people to know how the fuck to pronounce your fancy newly acquired vocabulary.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I pronounced it some weird fucked up 'Awww-ree' or something. Then someone said 'Uh-Rie' and I'm like how do you spell that? A-W-R-Y... And I was like OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Same. It's funny because I was trying to use it in a paper and I asked my teacher how to spell it and pronounced it awree. I didn't know how to spell it or say it!

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I always pronounced debacle with the emphasis on the first 'e,' and I always pronounced David Guetta like Gwetta

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It's not awkward when you mispronounce a word because everyone does it and it then becomes an awesome opportunity to learn how it's actually said from whoever you're talking to.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

AlphaKennyBody

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Omnipotent.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Melee - Mee-lee.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Wait, it's pronounced mee-lee? I thought it was meh-lay or something.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It's pronounced 'may-lay' but I didn't know that.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Oh, okay. Just making sure.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Arborvitae

by Anonymous 11 years ago

yum yum

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Integral. I thought it was in-teg-ral for the longest time.

by Anonymous 10 years ago