The Internet Thinks We Should Pronounce These 30 Words Differently, And It’s Hilarious

Let’s face it. Most of us weren’t born great orators who can step onto a barrel and captivate the whole square with their speech like Cicero.

In reality, we can barely pronounce words like isthmus, myriad and… just wait until you get to "otorhinolaryngologist." But some people are doing everyone a public service and suggesting whole new pronunciations for some very popular words.

From Wayne pronounced like Kanye to baseline pronounced like vaseline, I sign up for every one of them. I suspect that Merriam-Webster’s dictionary won’t approve, but hey, language is a living thing and we may as well have some fun with it!

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Jo Morris 4 years ago

Why stop at Onety-one? Onety-two, Onety-three, Onety-four ... and on it goes!

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BlackRabbit 4 years ago

Walley??

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Yayaboobo 4 years ago

I worked at a place where a baby girl was named Female pronounced exactly like that.

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There are tons of words in the English language that do make our heads spin now and then if we have to pronounce them. Luckily, these are usually not ones we use often.

For example, the word "defibrillator" is an example of a linguistic phenomenon in which similar consonants or vowels in a word become less alike, e.g. defibrillator becoming "defibyulator." Blame your mispronunciation on them.

Another confusing word for many is "February," which is a case of dissimilation. According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, "The y heard from many speakers is not an intrusion but rather a common pronunciation of the vowel U after a consonant, as in January and annual."

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Steve Lor 4 years ago

Lol, I purposefully pronounce vaseline as vase-line all the time though.

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Eva the Ravenclaw Bookworm📚💖 4 years ago

This word just got a whole lot fancier.

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Yugan Talovich 4 years ago

Daughter is pronounced like slaughter. No laughter here!

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If you want to get your tongue twisted, try saying "antidisestablishmentarianism" out loud. For many, it’s the longest word they know with 28 letters in total and 13 syllables.

However, the longest word in most English dictionaries is “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,” which refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano.

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me 4 years ago

My brain: Pi--- Ra-ra-ah-ah-ah Roma-roma-ma

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Eva the Ravenclaw Bookworm📚💖 4 years ago

If I'm not mustachen, I sense a lot of pun potential here

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Jayne Kyra 4 years ago

90% of my ESL students pronounce it like that.

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Sherbaan Naab 4 years ago

It is, in other countries.

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Thenatural 4 years ago

It might be....no one has ever heard him say his name.

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Laura Zaini 4 years ago

minestrone...54f3c7.jpg

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Shelby P 4 years ago

Penelope was pronounced like antelope when I was 5

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Dave In MD 4 years ago

Well, Nike like Adidas is pronounced differently by us Americans than by everyone else.

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BlackRabbit 4 years ago

Pinyapollis

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Melissa Meaux 4 years ago

you have to squeeze your thumb, middle, and index fingers together and shake them slightly when saying it that way

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Joshua Seaman 4 years ago

Ballerina yo! 🤑🤑🤑💸💰

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Chris Challis 3 years ago

Rachael was oriignally prounounced like Rafael as it is biblical..

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Dragonfruit'nrollerskates 4 years ago

*Horse gallops through a field of roses* *Random lady in flowing dress waves some fabric around to the Halo song* (soft male voice whispers) *its Horsé*

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Monika Soffronow 4 years ago

Well, it is ... in some other languages.

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glowworm2 4 years ago

That makes it sound more awesome!

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Rissie 4 years ago

Canadians have no idea what you're talking about.

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yes. 4 years ago

I ACTUALLY USED TO READ IT LIKE THAT

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Lisa-Marie Dhondt 4 years ago

How did my husband die? Oh, he fell down a creviché...

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Titas Burinskas 4 years ago

Laughter would sound a lot like slaughter

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Meyer Weinstock 4 years ago

The 'gua' in regional Spanish is pronounced 'whah'...so it's already there...

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