As with any language, English has a wide variety of dialects.
Pronunciations in one regionโeven within a single countryโcan vary.
But then there are those creative pronunciations that are just wrongโno matter the region or country.
Redditor nichtwarum asked:
"Which word have you proudly mispronounced for the longest time?"
Like Water?
"My husband pronounces condescending as 'condensending' and it drives me crazy."
"I've told him how it's pronounced a couple of times, but he still keeps saying it."
"I feel like I'm being condescending if I keep correcting him..."
- truryufhvcgdtre
Oh myyy...
"Armadildo."
- Back2Bach
"Armored dildo."
- blamethepunx
"I pronounce it this way the first time just to make the person question what I said. Then I say 'armadillo, what did you think I said?'."
"The follow up has yet to not be extremely satisfying. I hold those precious moments of embarrassed confusion and kinky realization in memory for when I really need a laugh."
- Fallacy_Spotted
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Saucy
"Worcestershire."
"This word is physically painful attempting to say."
- Microscopiccheese
"I heard someone call it 'wash your sister' sauce, and I havenโt attempted any other pronunciation since."
- BoofingPalcohol
Chickens?
"Military coup."
"Pronounced it as 'coop' several times during a national debate competition, then got corrected in the middle of the debate by the judge."
"Opposing team laughed at me lol, but we still won."
- Substantial-Chef-198
GiphyDon't get us started on gif.
"Meme, pronouncing it me-me."
- batangtaft
"Had a manager who called any gif or anything sent to the group chat a 'me-me'."
"Loved him, best boss Iโve ever had, and I didnโt have it in me to correct him."
- geoffissiffoeg
Just say weiner dog.
"Dachshund."
"Always thought it was dash-hound until college. Not sure how I missed that lesson in german class."
- sonicaxura
"We had Dachshunds (Jake and Elwood). All the time, people would come up and say 'oh I love dash-hounds' and we would 'yes Dax-unds are great'."
"We would go back and forth discussing dash-hounds and dax-unds as if both sides were not pronouncing it differently."
- stuck_in_traffic
GiphyWeek...
"I used to say the phrase 'Play it by year' but in reality it was 'Play it by ear' which makes a lot more sense."
- Garden_of_Pillows
No, Vyvyan.
"For years, my family has pronounced those things you use to look at far-off objects as 'binoc-a-lears'."
"That's all very well as a family joke, but when you actually say the word out in public by mistake, it's excruciating."
"It has to be said in a whiney voice as per Ade Edmondson in The Young Ones, when he wants to know why he can't use some 'real binoc-a-lears'."
- Rsoles
GiphyAnd potpourri?
"Sachet, I always said it satch-it."
"Even now I feel like I'm just saying sashay and the world is trying to trick me."
- Pale-Procedure895
Rhymes with Pampers.
"For my whole life I thought diaper had an M in it, diamper."
"I still call it a diamper."
"Side note, was playing a party steam game you play with your phones and I realized I'd been wrong forever when my answer 'diamper' got made fun of horrendously..."
- feistiestmango
GiphyApt error
"It took me way too long to realize itโs Alzheimerโs and not Old Timers."
- feistiestmango
Hooked on phonics
"Horse doovers [for hors d'oeuvres]. Yes I am an animal."
- txarbuilder
"I'm only slightly more sophisticated than you, I knew it was fancy and called them oars-du-vores."
- zandyman
GiphyActually...
"I pronounced 'quinoa' as 'kin-oh-ah' for the longest time...in public."
- atltop5150
"If it makes you feel any better, in South America, where quinoa mostly comes from, we pronounce it like you used to!"
"The emphasis is on the O, as in ki-nO-ah."
- whiskercheeks
GiphyHere's the T
"Often. I didn't know you should actually pronounce the 't'."
"I said offen for an awfully long time, well I was taught that way, I still mispronounce it very often."
- raemi134
Zapped
"Champagne. In honour of Zapp Brannigan."
- TomCBC
"Good old sham-pag-nee."
- That_Cosmic_Chealien
"I started doing this with guacamole for the same reason, but have done it so often that I forget to un-butcher it when not with my friendsโฆ"
"I have embarrassed myself a couple times at restaurants haha."
- El_Frencho
GiphyHorrifying
"Macabre."
"I pronounced it โmah-cuh-beeโ forever like an idiot."
"I thought it was one of two ways to pronounce it, depending on the sentence. I was wrong."
- snarlyelder
A bit of mischief
"I used to say 'mischievious' instead of 'mischievous' (misCHivษs)."
- kikiiie
"The incorrect pronunciation of that one is so common that itโs almost become an acceptable alternate pronunciation, in my opinion."
- ToBeReadOutLoud
Chop, chop
"I donโt know but when I was a kid, 'helicopters' were 'hopter-copters'."
- ApollosOwl
"I called them 'helichopters'."
- yoiliketopramen
upside down spinning GIFGiphyIsn't it ironic?
"Ironically 'mispronunciation'."
"I used to say 'mis-pro-NOUN-ciation'."
- AerobaticDiamond
So, do you or someone you know have any words you proudly mispronounce?
Share them in the comments.
English Teacher Caps Off Each School Year By Having Students Roast Her Class With Amazing Memes
When you were a kid, what made you look forward to the end of the school year?
All the end-of-year parties and movies during class?
The promise of summer?
No schoolwork for two to three months?
How about the chance to roast your teacher with dank memes?
Angelina Murphy is a high school English teacher. Like many teachers in this day and age, she is active on social media, sharing her teaching games, classroom ideas, and an Amazon Wishlist to add new books to her classroom.
However, she recently went viral for her end of the year tradition.
I give students the option to submit memes about the school year or our class and we look at them on the last day oโฆ https://t.co/OGfEcioDIv— Angelina Murphy (@Angelina Murphy) 1559322984.0
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The cool teach gives her students the chance to submit memes about the year, or her class specifically. She compiles them into a slideshow and presents them back to her students.
As she mentions, many of the students use the opportunity to roast their teacher for her fun quirks and personality, but she's cool with it.
The memes get really creative, and even if a few end up being inside jokes, you can tell the kids love it.
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Memes of the past few years are well represented, like the "And I Oop" meme, and screenshost from the shows Get Out, Spongebob and The Office.
Ms. Murphy tried to close out the long list of memes by thanking people for following along, but it seems it never ends. People keep engaging with the thread and asking for more, so Murphy is only too happy to oblige.
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She was also very active over the weekend, answering people's questions about some of the specifics mentioned in the memes.
@MrKnoxSHS I tell students they can make any school appropriate memes about our class, school, any of the content wโฆ https://t.co/olfiBOv7tA— Angelina Murphy (@Angelina Murphy) 1559359594.0
@magicalmsmurphy I love so much that you teach HS and I can tell by their memes that they still embrace โkidโ thingโฆ https://t.co/fWJbBTpGgA— Hilary Black (@Hilary Black) 1559392842.0
@MrKnoxSHS They submit them in Google Classroom. I compile them into one presentation so itโs easy for me to show tโฆ https://t.co/OOj3umQuHJ— Angelina Murphy (@Angelina Murphy) 1559360139.0
@magicalmsmurphy @WeAreTeachers Great validation of your routines, norms, high expectations, and positive classroomโฆ https://t.co/TcpcV9oLRn— Tony Frontier (@Tony Frontier) 1559388715.0
Her weekly schedule includes a quick grammar exercise on Monday, literary notes on Tuesday, vocabulary on Wednesday, and a free writing journal response on Thursday.
She also uses popsicle sticks with the kids' name to pick a presenter when the kids are reluctant to volunteer.
It's pretty great to see!
@magicalmsmurphy Ohhhhhhhh my these are great. I want all of the logistics!— Caleb Knox (@Caleb Knox) 1559359189.0
Great thread and FUNNY! @magicalmsmurphy has captured hearts and built rapport with her students...they respectfullโฆ https://t.co/tTFPRaqFQW— Cherie Boyd (@Cherie Boyd) 1559388221.0
Teachers often share their own habits and tools online through social media. Earlier this year, a teacher's "Check-in" board to help students express their mental health went viral.
It was lauded for engaging students to consider their emotions and take care of their own mental health, as well as share their feelings with someone who shares a good portion of their day.
Ms. Murphy is currently on a social media break as she preps for her last week of the school year, but I'm sure she wouldn't mind if you shared your appreciation for her end of the year tradition.
In the age of autocorrect, it can be really frustrating to see spelling and grammar mistakes. Redditors are sick of it, so they shared their favorite grammar Nazi triggers. There are defiantly allot of them.
Acufosa asked grammar Nazis of Reddit: What mistake bothers you the most?
Submissions have been edited for clarity, context, and profanity.
What common grammar mistake drives you nuts?
Foreign People Reveal Which English Expressions Are Used Worldwide Like 'C'est La Vie'
When Redditor TheNewOneIsWorse asked: "Non-native English speakers of reddit, what are some English language expressions that are commonly used in your country in the way we will use foreign phrases like 'c'est la vie' or 'hasta la vista?'" they probably didn't anticipate the responses they received. Information like this reminds us that we live in an ever more connected world.
Some Random Guy Left A Jar Of Bees In A Bookstore, And Twitter Was Buzzing With Jokes
To bee or not to bee? That was the question for the staff at a small London bookstore yesterday after discovering a jar of bees left behind by a forgetful customer in a blue coat. In their search for the elusive "Bee Gent" they unwittingly set the hive mind on Twitter abuzz with bee-related puns.
"Please come back and reclaim your jar of bees," is not something most bookstore employees expect to have to write one day, but for the employees at the London Review Bookshop yesterday was that day.
After finding an abandoned jar of bees on a table in their poetry section the staff didn't have much to go on, only remembering the customer who left the jar as a "friendly gent" in a blue coat.
So they took to Twitter, and in hopes of tracking down the unknown beekeeper wrote perhaps the strangest tweet ever written.
if you were or are the friendly gent (blue coat) who was in the shop half an hour ago and left a big jar of bees onโฆ https://t.co/FV8tVbfASfโ LRB Bookshop (@LRB Bookshop) 1552745096.0
Twitter was soon buzzing about the mysterious blue-coated stranger and the search for the Bee Gent was on.
@LRBbookshop We need to comb the area to #findthebeegentโ Elizabeth Bower ๐ (@Elizabeth Bower ๐) 1552761945.0
@LRBbookshop @CharlesPPierce https://t.co/pGwRm5Kmruโ Joe Fรคlschung (@Joe Fรคlschung) 1552752276.0
@JFalschung @LRBbookshop @CharlesPPierce Bey Hive https://t.co/1ziiLi9KdBโ Calla ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ (@Calla ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐) 1552780443.0
@LRBbookshop @hannahrosewoods Please post follow ups. So many questionsโ KK Lena (@KK Lena) 1552754433.0
@LRBbookshop https://t.co/nJO4p5qrl3โ Slade (@Slade) 1552752171.0
@gutterbookshop @LRBbookshop https://t.co/P8tuoPxHElโ Rockin' Bubbles Rialto Takes Meowhattan ๐ (@Rockin' Bubbles Rialto Takes Meowhattan ๐) 1552769633.0
@LRBbookshop https://t.co/MKBi2txgb5โ Waterstones Liverpool (@Waterstones Liverpool) 1552764267.0
It didn't taking long before Twitter was swarmed with all sorts of bee-related puns.
@LRBbookshop No doubt part of a sting operation.โ Brett Faubert (@Brett Faubert) 1552751212.0
@planetgravy @LRBbookshop Classic honeytrapโ Dr Alyson Hunt (@Dr Alyson Hunt) 1552754929.0
@LRBbookshop I saw his face, now Iโm a bee leaverโ Nick Harrison (@Nick Harrison) 1552758952.0
@LRBbookshop Nice to get some freebees once in a while though eh?โ Steve Hey (@Steve Hey) 1552750061.0
And eventually the literary setting inspired many to pen their own poetic odes to the jar of forsaken bees.
@LRBbookshop In London, the home of the Bard, Was orphaned a swarm of bees (jarred). Though often in bonnets, Theseโฆ https://t.co/7uupLdRJYDโ Liberal Limericks (@Liberal Limericks) 1552768915.0
@LRBbookshop A big jar of bees left on the table in the poetry section by a friendly gent with a blue coat, distraโฆ https://t.co/mUZw2leflVโ Charles Lambert (@Charles Lambert) 1552748384.0
So far the Bee Gent hasn't returned to the claim his lost jar, but something tells it won't bee long before he does.
@LRBbookshop @StephanieCarvin Iโll โbeeโ back, he said, as he walked out the door. https://t.co/sm6r5uUzDQโ alexis (@alexis) 1552750118.0