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What are some words you used to mispronounce drastically?
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#1
turquoise. i used to pronounce it- and please don't make fun of me people at school used to.. so anyways "toy-couiser". why did i add "r" to it. LIKE DOOD! anyways, there is a little story behind this but some girl (now my best friend) came up to me and said "I can help you pronounce turquoise" and I said " yes yes yes yes" and so she sounded it out for me and helped meee! I am so grateful for her help and now we are best friends! (pls dont down vote if you dont like this..)
Final score:
8points
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#2
I know how to pronounce it but it is such a bad habit of mine i pronounce bologna like bo-log-na even though i know its pronounced bloneeeee
Final score:
6points
#3
It wasn't until I watched the movies that I pronounced Hermione the correct way. Until then, she was Hermeeown
Final score:
5points
Pearl Of the SeaWing RainWings 4 years ago
oh, like the way victor Krum pronounced it! Jk Rowling said she was worried about that so she included that one scene in gof where Hermione taught Krum to say her name...from what I've seen, it's actually a common mispronunciation!
#4
Ghoti, geyser, catasrophe...
English is not my native language
Final score:
4points
dandelion moon 4 years ago
Then it's excusable. As for those of us who still manage to mess up the first and only language we know, well....
#5
Satin, the fabric like satin, the devil.
Final score:
4points
#6
Due to swollen tonsils, all words that sounded like they start with 'r' started with 'w' and all words that sounded like they start with 'k' started with 't'. That included my own name.
Final score:
4points
that one girl who cant shut up 4 years ago
Thats what happened with me but i had surgery to get mine removed when i was like 6 but when im congested thats what happennes to me
#7
To kindergarten me, “Chaos” was pronounced “Cha-chose”.
Final score:
3points
#9
When I was little I used to say 'nuggets' like 'nyuggits' like how you'd say 'ñ' so ñuggits lol
Final score:
3points
#10
I had a girlfriend who pronounced the "re" in "macabre" - muh-cob-ruh. I didn't tell her until we were in the middle of an argument and I suddenly blurted out "By the way, it's pronounced 'muh-cob'! You don't say the -re at the end!" She was stunned. That was the end of that argument.
Final score:
3points
#11
This is stupid but I learned how to pronounce “arrogant” like 2 weeks ago...I am 13... used to pronounce it like “uh•roe•gent”
Final score:
2points
#12
1) Paravent. I still pronounce it german: Pa-rra-went.
2) Genre. Same: Gheenre. The correct french pronounciation sounds to posh to me.
XD
Final score:
2points
#13
Specifically and Anemone.
Final score:
2points
#14
I know how to pronounce Colorado, but I always pronounce it "Ca-larado".
It messes with people's heads a lot, and after Misha Collins mispronounced it during Supernatural filming, and it made the Gag Reel, it's gotten even more famous!
Final score:
2points
#15
Specific. I always said pacific, I didn't realize that until had to say it on stage.
Final score:
2points
#17
Haha, I used to say 'Pacific' when I meant to say, 'specific,' the most embarrassing part? Sometimes, I still do.
Final score:
2points
#18
Mashasuchets...Massashoesets.. machachuchest.... idk how to spell it either
Final score:
2points
PjandBolt (Submission author) 4 years ago
Bonus round is rhinoceros, when I was a small child I would pronounce it “ricer-nauser”
#19
Eragon. Even though it is the name of the dragon coming in the book. I hated that name as I had no clue how to pronounce it. I would mostly skip the word and move on. Only after watching the movie, I was able to pronounce it correctly so I read the book once again.
Final score:
2points
#23
Technically a name, but I used to think Neil was pronounced Nellie.
Final score:
1point
#25
I had a relative who pronounced "harrassed" wrong. He said "Hair-assed". I never corrected him (old southern respect for elders), but I laughed inwardly for the first 5,000 times he used his version. He is gone now so I could use his name but I still respect him too much.
Final score:
1point
BananaAnna (Submission author) 4 years ago
I would have told everyone the words I mispronounced if I could remember having mispronounced them. At 80 yo I feel very pleased if I remember my own phone number.
#26
up until this year i’d pronounce bourgeoisie as burg-u-eezie. until my best friend laughed at me and told me the correct pronunciation
Final score:
1point
#28
To my widdle child ears, ridiculous was pronounced 'rididiickleulus'
Final score:
1point
DexterDogTheLovey 4 years ago
That's what it sounds like to me right now. I'm 13. I'm not okay.
#29
Particularly. I have to say it a million times to get it right.
Final score:
1point
#30
For the longest time I used to pronounce Thomas with the Th sound you would find in words like Thorn. I only recently stopped when one of my friends corrected me. They tease me about it a lot tho
Final score:
1point
#31
'Trick or treat' as 'trickle treat'
Final score:
1point
#33
I used to mispronounce yaoi (it’s pronounced yowee but I used to say ya-oh
Final score:
1point
#34
counselor. i read it before i said it and ended up saying coon- sul-er like say the "o" like mooo and not like cow then sul
i give up
idk i just didnt pronounce it right
Final score:
1point
#35
Touche, when I read it in a book for a while, i read touch-y
Final score:
1point
#36
This probably isnt that bad but I thought "fingers" was pronounced "thingers" when I was around 6 or 7. My older sister finally caught be and told me there was no "th" in finger/s.
Final score:
1point
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