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And people who don't read make fun of you for it. (lemmy.world)
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[–] ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca 46 points 10 months ago (33 children)

The one that I mispronounced for awhile was hyperbole. I thought it was pronounced like "hyper bowl."

[–] Styxia@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Epitome and Penchant for me. Mocked mercilessly for those two.

[–] nodiet@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So apparently for the latter you can just claim to be using the american pronunciation https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/penchant

[–] Welt@lazysoci.al 2 points 10 months ago

All mispronunciations can be defended with linguistic descriptivism. It's usually a pissweak argument though!

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