English is a living language, so...

Bill Statler

US, Thu, 14 Mar 2024 22:08:27 -0700 from Bunny of Doom

As a child I spent too many years believing that "epitome" was pronounced EP-i-toam, so as I enter my second childhood I shall henceforth be pronouncing "exercise" as e-XER-cis-ee.

hosh

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:23:59 -0700 from hubzilla

Epitome I got right, but there are a whole bunch of words I have been pronouncing wrongly all my life. Every so often I learn of new ones when hearing some podcast or interview, and then, after checking whether the speaker got it right - which is not always the case - I try to remember the proper pronunciation. It doesn't help that there are regional differences.

A.min

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:49:55 -0700 from Diversi Spiritus

I still can't believe the guitar brand is pronounced epi-phone and not like a revelation.

phanisvara (streams)

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 01:42:13 -0700 from phani on streams

wow, my 1st childhood just ended it seems. until now i thought it was EP-i-toam

Bill Statler

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:28:08 -0700 from Bunny of Doom

Yeah, uh... I could pronounce it, but I didn't look up the actual definition until a few minutes ago, and I've been using it wrong.

Going straight from first childhood into second.

Waitman Gobble

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:52:12 -0700 from Get Ready To Rumbly

English is hard "sent" "scent" "cent" i think i have one scent or maybe one cent and i sent the rest.