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Trumble
03/13/2024
05:00 AM
#51
Ghoti

"Fish"
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blistr
03/13/2024
05:00 AM
#52
TMOG posted...
Ghoti

Lol. I see what you did there
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sfcalimari
03/13/2024
05:06 AM
#53
ai123 posted...
The British pronounce a lot of French words wrong.

I think it's done deliberately to piss them off

Beauchamp really annoys me. It's an easy French pronunciation, it's spelled correctly like it would be in French instead of butchered like a lot of loan words, yet some Brits hundreds of years ago decided it should be said "beecham."
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Shotgunnova
03/13/2024
05:14 AM
#54
dwr budr
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Letsago
03/13/2024
05:38 AM
#55
Favre. That name has the most nonsensical spelling compared to pronunciation imo. You literally just treat the r as though it comes before the v even though it doesn't
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Dark_Arbron
03/13/2024
05:39 AM
#56
Genghis Khan
Cao Cao (and by extension his son Cao Pi)
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SiO4
03/13/2024
05:46 AM
#57
Paragon21XX posted...

The person who isolated the element spelled it aluminum, but a contemporary of his wanted to spell it as aluminium in line with sodium and potassium which Davy had also isolated and named.


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Ricemills
03/13/2024
05:50 AM
#58
Anyway, the topic is pretty ironic since English is not a phonetic language.

For example, Ironic is pronounced Eye-ronic instead of "eeroneec"
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Dark_Arbron
03/13/2024
06:00 AM
#59
Ricemills posted...
Anyway, the topic is pretty ironic since English is not a phonetic language.

For example, Ironic is pronounced Eye-ronic instead of "eeroneec"

Its probably more accurate to title it words that arent pronounced the way you would assume them to be given their spelling and your understanding of the rules of your language.
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Ricemills
03/13/2024
06:15 AM
#60
Dark_Arbron posted...
Cao Cao and Genghis Khan arent English names either but they are their English approximations, so at a glance youd think Cao Cao is Cow Cow, when its actually Tsao Tsao, and Genghis Khan if I recall is closer to Chingiss Han, though Im not super confident on that.

Yup.
English speaker usually assume Cao is pronounced with hard C, and people made joke of Cao Pi's name because of it.
Ts'ao Ts'ao is from Wade-Gilles spelling, an attempt to romanized chinese letters.
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AbstraktProfSC2
03/13/2024
06:20 AM
#61
_Unowninator_ posted...
Anything with a silent letter

lasagna
bologna

what letter is silent in lasagna?
do you actually pronounce it "Lasana"
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PurpleOutsider
03/13/2024
07:01 AM
#62
Coach K, Mike Krzyzewski's last name. Shi-chef-ski.
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Ricemills
03/13/2024
07:03 AM
#63
AbstraktProfSC2 posted...
do you actually pronounce it "Lasana"

Lasaa?
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Dark_Arbron
03/13/2024
07:05 AM
#64
AbstraktProfSC2 posted...
what letter is silent in lasagna?
do you actually pronounce it "Lasana"

I think they mixed up silent letter with soft letter.
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Thompson
03/13/2024
07:16 AM
#65
I still think "choir" is one of the most counterintuitive words of the English language.
One might easily think it's the same as "chair", just with the vowel being an "oi" sound of sorts.
But no, it's pronounced "kvai-er".
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_Valigarmanda_
03/13/2024
07:19 AM
#66
PurpleOutsider posted...
Coach K, Mike Krzyzewski's last name. Shi-chef-ski.

Those Polish names... I had teacher, Mr. Blazcowietz (pronounced Ball-o-chev-itch??)

Just like Coach K, we called the dude Mr. B
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Dark_Arbron
03/13/2024
07:20 AM
#67
Thompson posted...
I still think "choir" is one of the most counterintuitive words of the English language.
One might easily think it's the same as "chair", just with the vowel being an "oi" sound of sorts.
But no, it's pronounced "kvai-er".

Im glad Id only ever typed the word denouement and never had cause to say it aloud before finally hearing it pronounced, so I didnt end up sounding like an idiot.

I wasnt so lucky with debut though
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B18Champ
03/13/2024
07:20 AM
#68
Ennui
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Dark_Arbron
03/13/2024
07:21 AM
#69
B18Champ posted...
Ennui

Thats another word I was lucky to hear someone else say first
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AbstraktProfSC2
03/13/2024
07:22 AM
#70
Ricemills posted...
Lasaa?

its pronounced that way
but its not a spanish word. Lasagna is derived from Italian
Talk about backseat fishing.
Ricemills
03/13/2024
07:28 AM
#71
Champagne

Both the original pronunciation and English pronunciation are weird.
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Dark_Arbron
03/13/2024
07:29 AM
#72
Ricemills posted...
Champagne

Both the original pronunciation and English pronunciation are weird.

The French love some sham-pagg-knee with their ess-car-got.
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tankboy
03/13/2024
07:32 AM
#73
Often
_Valigarmanda_
03/13/2024
07:33 AM
#74
Fly in a gyrocopter, or get your gyro with extra tzatziki
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Dark_Arbron
03/13/2024
07:33 AM
#75
tankboy posted...
Often

Ive heard it pronounced with and without the silent t often.

Pun not actually intended, I didnt realize until Id finished the sentence.
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Glob
03/13/2024
07:34 AM
#76
tankboy posted...
Often

I dont read that as having a silent letter.
Vivaldi7
03/13/2024
07:40 AM
#77
Thompson posted...
Choir

Gets my vote.
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Dark_Arbron
03/13/2024
07:43 AM
#78
Glob posted...
I dont read that as having a silent letter.

This might just be an Australian thing but there are some words we "skip" certain syllables or sounds in when speaking. "Often" as "offen" is a common one, and we tend to pronounce the 't' at the end of contractions like won't/don't silently - not quite "wone" but not far off it. However, if it's the last word in the sentence, we pronounce the 't'. I know I worded that very poorly but hopefully you get what I mean. More egregiously we're cheeky enough to say "forehead" as "forrid."

Another word I see pronounced two different ways is appreciate. Us commoners usually say "app-ree- shee -ate," while I often hear English teachers pronounce it "app-ree-see-ate," usually speaking a little slower.
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Dark_Arbron
03/13/2024
07:49 AM
#79
I realize I worded that last post like a botched abortion so I'll try and rephrase.

In Australia we often drop the 't' at the end of contractions like won't/don't/can't but otherwise pronounce the word as normal. It's only when it's the end of a sentence that we're inclined to say it in full.

Also, to the confusion of a German acquaintance of mine, we pronounce "favor" as "fayva," like we're half-assing the second syllable. Whereas I assume in Europe it's pronounced "fay-vore." Could also be an accent thing...
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SuperVegitoFAN
03/13/2024
07:50 AM
#80
Corpse... the millitary variant, not the dead body variant.

...considering my native language has a word with a very similar meaning, yet that kinda IS pronounced the way its written, this one took a bit of time getting used to (espicially since its not a word you see all that often)

...cost of being bilingual...
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PurpleOutsider
03/13/2024
08:04 AM
#81
Dark_Arbron posted...
Ive heard it pronounced with and without the silent t often.

Pun not actually intended, I didnt realize until Id finished the sentence.
I pronounce it with the T, but the E sounds way more like an I. Off-tin.
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SugarFlakes
03/13/2024
08:28 AM
#82
Colonel
Rendezvous
Boop
CTrunks
03/13/2024
08:40 AM
#83
Gho--

TMOG posted...
Ghoti

Dammit!
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Euripides
03/13/2024
09:04 AM
#84
mercurydude posted...


Worcestershire.
To be fair, no one knows how to pronounce that
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winstonthewhite
03/13/2024
09:07 AM
#85
For Americans: Mirror
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BlueAnnihilator
03/13/2024
09:11 AM
#86
Coup, despite what Zero thinks.
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apple1986
03/13/2024
09:13 AM
#87
Belvoir
Smackems
03/13/2024
09:15 AM
#88
Fuckin everything French

Corps
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TheOnionKnight
03/13/2024
09:16 AM
#89
Respite

I always want to pronounce it to rhyme with "kite" due to the E at the end. But apparently you're supposed to ignore the E and pronounce it to rhyme with "bit." You almost never ignore the E at the end of words like this. Frustrating.
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Cobra1010
03/13/2024
10:16 AM
#90
Bury as in burying something in the ground sounds like berry.

Steak is pronounced same as stake.
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ModernPost
03/13/2024
10:27 AM
#91
Glob posted...
Only if youre American and therefore dont know how the letter T works.
You're posting in a topic about words that aren't pronounced the way they are spelled, my guy. I think you're lost.
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Revelation34
03/13/2024
11:09 AM
#92
Guide posted...


You don't pronounce the b in subtle... Do you, anon...?


You do if you're trying to say the word correctly.
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ArchonKnight
03/13/2024
12:12 PM
#93
Revelation34 posted...
You do if you're trying to say the word correctly.
Do me a favor and Google "how to pronounce subtle"
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Revelation34
03/13/2024
12:13 PM
#94
ArchonKnight posted...

Do me a favor and Google "how to pronounce subtle"


No.
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tankboy
03/13/2024
12:18 PM
#96
I have The Correct American Accent (slight NY/NJ), which is implicitly also The Correct Global English Accent, and an Ivy education, so when I say that "often" and "subtle" both have a silent T, you can trust my authority.
(Edit: Sorry if joke not obvious)
SugarFlakes
03/13/2024
12:21 PM
#97
Thought of another one: Faade

Boop
UnholyMudcrab
03/13/2024
12:28 PM
#98
Nothing brings me quite as much unfiltered joy as watching people try to stumble through Polish words and names.
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DuuuDe14
03/13/2024
12:44 PM
#99
UnholyMudcrab posted...
Nothing brings me quite as much unfiltered joy as watching people try to stumble through Polish words and names.

The two weeks I spent in Poland were so uncomfortable because of this. Especially because I had to attend Easter Sunday mass completely in polish.
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TheMikh
03/13/2024
12:47 PM
#100
cognac
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