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52. My mother and her family pronounced it "lib'ry," so I do, too, half the time.

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Wed Aug 1, 2018, 09:53 PM

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25 Words You've Probably Been Mispronouncing Your Entire Life [View all] mfcorey1 Aug 2018 OP

forte d_r Aug 2018 #1

Is an Italian word, meaning strong Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #10

How About This One? ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #15

Raviolis...LOL Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #25

I Should Thought Of That! ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #45

Leave the gun, take the cannoli grantcart Aug 2018 #64

You're wrong about forte cyclonefence Aug 2018 #27

I think it's Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #33

Yes--French (Italian, too, of course) is a Romance language cyclonefence Aug 2018 #34

Correct. nt Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2018 #49

Hardly a French speaker, but play one when I travel. Isn't is a little more subtle? GulfCoast66 Aug 2018 #68

You have a point cyclonefence Aug 2018 #83

You're right about the origin, but either pronunciation is fine these days fishwax Aug 2018 #70

I know cyclonefence Aug 2018 #82

they might acknowledge irregardless, but they identify it as non-standard fishwax Aug 2018 #91

I just posted one word d_r Aug 2018 #50

Number 3 is wrong. The word graphic is not pronounced Jraffic. kcr Aug 2018 #2

No, it is like someone's name unc70 Aug 2018 #9

That's not how acronyms work. kcr Aug 2018 #19

you are correct Takket Aug 2018 #37

Younger people who were in diapers or not born yet tend to use the hard G. LakeSuperiorView Aug 2018 #53

it might hfojvt Aug 2018 #84

I believe you are mistaken on all counts unc70 Aug 2018 #43

I work in tech wonkwest Aug 2018 #54

Might be generational unc70 Aug 2018 #55

It may be lack of aural contact wonkwest Aug 2018 #60

I think "git" settles this. Lucky Luciano Aug 2018 #90

what about gill or gig? hfojvt Aug 2018 #86

LOL, ok. nt USALiberal Aug 2018 #20

I always heard and used it as a hard 'g' nini Aug 2018 #92

24 separate slides. I hate clickbait so much NightWatcher Aug 2018 #3

The two that really grate on my nerves Ohiogal Aug 2018 #4

If that really bothers you I think the problem is you IMO. nt USALiberal Aug 2018 #21

UGH remember Bush and his "nucular." lunasun Aug 2018 #26

republican traitors is correctly pronounced as... Achilleaze Aug 2018 #5

Primer threw me off big time once. Lucky Luciano Aug 2018 #6

That might be NYC thing. kcr Aug 2018 #8

Apparently the pronunciation is not settled and both are ok. Lucky Luciano Aug 2018 #24

I refuse to say "primmer" also Ron Obvious Aug 2018 #46

I refuse for the much simpler reason Codeine Aug 2018 #57

It's "HUUT-spah." sakabatou Aug 2018 #7

Exactly. Now go tell the gantze mishpocha ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #65

Covfefe is pronounced duh DUR duh. LuckyCharms Aug 2018 #11

DUzy! AwakeAtLast Aug 2018 #74

Literally the definition of clickbait oberliner Aug 2018 #12

Correctly pronounced "klik-bāt". WillowTree Aug 2018 #17

"erudite" many pronounce it "air E you dite" but folks there's one "e" on each end and the "i" comes mulsh Aug 2018 #13

Guilty On 2 ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #14

It does. nt greyl Aug 2018 #59

Yeah, I Read That On This Thread ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #80

I've been pronouncing "gala" wrong my entire life and "gif", too. Mrs. Overall Aug 2018 #16

Acai is supposed to have a cedilla on the c cyclonefence Aug 2018 #28

Exactly! The cedilla does make all the difference. Mrs. Overall Aug 2018 #40

Ahhhh!!! BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #44

Bingo. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #61

Gala was the one word I have been pronouncing wrong as well. smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #32

Yep--now I know to say "gay la" and I have two software engineers in the household who, Mrs. Overall Aug 2018 #41

Where are the 't's going? StarryNite Aug 2018 #18

They're getting very annoyingly pronounced in the word "often". WillowTree Aug 2018 #29

If I heard them pronounced like that I would just chalk it up to being trump supporters Doreen Aug 2018 #77

One of twenty-four. lpbk2713 Aug 2018 #22

Another word many mispronounce, flaccid. Should sound like flack-sid. aidbo Aug 2018 #23

I want to bear your children cyclonefence Aug 2018 #30

fidgerater Takket Aug 2018 #31

I can't stand "pitcher" as a pronunciation for "picture." Mrs. Overall Aug 2018 #42

People who say "Lie-berry" smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #35

One of the worse mispronunciations! mfcorey1 Aug 2018 #36

"Wersh" as in "wersh the dishes" or "Wershington, DC" is the absolute worst. FSogol Aug 2018 #38

My fifth grade teacher used that pronunciation. peekaloo Aug 2018 #56

NY accent is "Warsh" as in "Warsh the dishes" ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #66

Oddly enough, there were areas in Seattle where they pronounced "Washington", "Warshington. haele Aug 2018 #89

My grandmother said "warsh the clothes or Warshington." It drove me nuts. Doreen Aug 2018 #78

That's how they say it in England Ron Obvious Aug 2018 #47

My mother and her family pronounced it "lib'ry," so I do, too, half the time. Glorfindel Aug 2018 #52

I am kind of perplexed tymorial Aug 2018 #39

They are wrong Spider Jerusalem Aug 2018 #48

You Are Correct Leith Aug 2018 #71

Nope. Spider Jerusalem Aug 2018 #75

I have Canadian in laws Throck Aug 2018 #51

Another; people who pronounce "pin" and "pen" Codeine Aug 2018 #58

It's a regional thing Retrograde Aug 2018 #72

Bruschetta is one that makes me crazy. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #62

Caramel benld74 Aug 2018 #63

Not going to the click-bait but please tell me that 'Realtor' is on the list ... mr_lebowski Aug 2018 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author yortsed snacilbuper Aug 2018 #69

"Artic" for ArCtic, "Anartica" for AntarCtica. VOX Aug 2018 #73

Cthulu. K-thoo-loo. Also Trump. Doosh-bag. Midnight Writer Aug 2018 #76

My friend pronounces Thyme as thime and not time. Doreen Aug 2018 #79

Karaoke namahage Aug 2018 #81

I get irritated often when people pronounce the T in that word. moriah Aug 2018 #85

Here is another--"patina. " it is PAT-in-uh, not puh-TEE-nuh. nt tblue37 Aug 2018 #87

Oh, and "li-berry" drives me around the bend. nt tblue37 Aug 2018 #88