Simple Words That People Keep Mispronouncing

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At One Point Or Another, You May Find Yourself Humbled.

So, it turns out that no one may be safe in this enlightening reality check of an AskReddit thread that has people angrily expressing their various grievances with the different ways that people mispronounce seemingly simple enough words. 


Should you find yourself confronted by the realization that you too have been fueling the blissfully ignorant fires of a widespread, all too commonly mispronounced word, let the shock settle, and truck onwards to help in the good cause of chipping away at the mispronounced word by actually pronouncing it correctly.


(And wait until you see all of the place names that people mispronounce.)


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Not Only Will Folks Mispronounce This, But The Misspellings Are Quite Common Too.

Seriously though. 

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An Entertaining Hybrid Mispronunciation To Be Sure.

When will these simple mispronunciations end? 

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Oh No, Say It Ain't So.

Honestly, this can be a tricky name to remember to pronounce correctly. Even though Cillian Murphy's work is only continuing to get better over time. 

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This Might Be One Of The Most Common Fails Of The Bunch.

You needn't be a nuclear scientist to pronounce the word, "nuclear", correctly. 

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But, This One Is So Much Fun To Mispronounce.

People seem to err on the side of intentionally mispronouncing this word, even when they're ordering from Chipotle's secret menu.

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Didn't See This One Coming.

Now this is pretty wild. A new strain of mispronunciation absurdity, for sure. 

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Very Frustrated With This.

Kind of hilarious. Absolutely mind-boggling. 

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Okay, This Word Can Prove To Be Tricky Enough.

Not sure why this word is as tricky to consistently pronounce correctly as it is, but it's not a rare occurrence to overhear someone order themselves a nice autumnally inspired Turmeric Chai Latté from the Starbucks secret menu, only to mispronounce "Turmeric" into oblivion and beyond. 

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Yep, This Is Too Real.

And then we have one of those cases that just hurts to look at, and definitely to hear. 

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There's Nothing Mischievous About This.

Yeah, we have a humbling one here. 

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Oh Boy, 'Conversing' Will Get Ya.

There's something playful though about saying "conversating", no? 

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An Instance Where The Attempt To Sound Big Brained Totally Backfires.

Oh yes, this one is wildly common indeed. 

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And They Had To Go Cancel "Santa Clarita Diet."

Many a time can one overhear this one when out in the wild. 

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Yes, This Is So True.

So many extra and entirely unnecessary "S's" and so little time.