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Can you say shibboleth
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Same here, but I knew the correct pronunciation of the word when spoken, I just didn't know they were the same damn word. When it finally clicked in my head, I about slapped myself.
Dude, that's how I was with dachshund. I heard it spoken and assumed it was spelled something like "doxen", and then in my head I pronounced dachshund as "dash-hund"
TIL...
Same here for "pique".
I learned "piqued" when I was reading as a kid but I pronounced it "pee-khwhy". So very wrong haha
..I don't know how to pronounce that word either
Like peak . " My curiosity was piqued." In my example technically like peaked.
Gabriel Wyner talks about this phenomenon in the first chapter or two of Fluent Forever. Can't remember what he called it but rest assured that you are not alone in experiencing this :)