Binette@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agoJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downmessage-squaremessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down156
arrow-up1342arrow-down1message-squareJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downBinette@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoOh, I used to do this all the time. You see a word in print, but you never hear anybody say it, so you wind up pronouncing it wrong. I think the best was when I pronounced “misled” as my-seld because I thought it was the past tense of “misle”.
minus-squareWilzax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThe spelling of some words can be very Ms. Leeding
Oh, I used to do this all the time. You see a word in print, but you never hear anybody say it, so you wind up pronouncing it wrong.
I think the best was when I pronounced “misled” as my-seld because I thought it was the past tense of “misle”.
The spelling of some words can be very Ms. Leeding