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nifty to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Can you say shibboleth

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Can you say shibboleth

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nifty to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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  • @FilterItOut@thelemmy.club
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    17•2 years ago

    Same here, but I knew the correct pronunciation of the word when spoken, I just didn’t know they were the same damn word. When it finally clicked in my head, I about slapped myself.

    • @SaintWacko@midwest.social
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      4•2 years ago

      Dude, that’s how I was with dachshund. I heard it spoken and assumed it was spelled something like “doxen”, and then in my head I pronounced dachshund as “dash-hund”

      • @BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca
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        3•2 years ago

        TIL…

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🌀 🇳 🇦 🇸 🇰 🇦 🇵 🇮
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      4•2 years ago

      Same here for “pique”.

      • Buglefingers
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        3•2 years ago

        I learned “piqued” when I was reading as a kid but I pronounced it “pee-khwhy”. So very wrong haha

      • @MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world
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        2•2 years ago

        …I don’t know how to pronounce that word either

        • @leapsy@lemmy.world
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          7•2 years ago

          Like peak . " My curiosity was piqued." In my example technically like peaked.

    • @meowMix2525@lemm.ee
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      2•2 years ago

      Gabriel Wyner talks about this phenomenon in the first chapter or two of Fluent Forever. Can’t remember what he called it but rest assured that you are not alone in experiencing this :)

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