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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I'm probably still doing it with some word.

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[-] TheBiscuitLout@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

One of my friends once called me pedantic, and I got to correct his pronunciation of it - he stressed the first syllable. One of the high points of my life.

[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Someone is peDANTic, but they themselves are a PEdant. Probably why they made that mistake

[-] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Like how we can reCORD some music and release a a REcord

Or make some COMpost by putting those scraps in the comPOST

[-] Silentiea@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

I still put scraps into the COMpost, but only the comPOSTable scraps.

I had a similar thing with the word contrarian!

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