I said “Sortie” out loud for the first time the other day, and even though it was pronounced correctly I still interrupted my own story to repeat it with a look of disgust, thinking “Surely not!”
Awry was something I pronounced like you did forever until I heard it spoken. Sadly that was in some medieval show, so I wasn’t sure if it was supposed to be an accent or if you actually pronounce it like that :D
Mine was “facade”.
Fuck Aid
I said “Sortie” out loud for the first time the other day, and even though it was pronounced correctly I still interrupted my own story to repeat it with a look of disgust, thinking “Surely not!”
What did you think was the correct pronunciation in that moment? Soar tee ay?
Albeit was al-bite
Segue was si-you
That just sounds like German arbeit then
Fuschia is pronounced Fuck-tosia
Hell, it oughta be!
Archipelago
Still don’t know the correct way.
The H is silent, accent the first and third syllables.
In NZ we (mostly) pronounce it arc-ah-pela-go some however are weird and say arc-ee-pelE-go
We hunt those people down and sacrifice them during the yearly Ritual.
I’ve heard both ark uh pella go and ark i pelli go. Probably just dialect difference.
I’m a fan of Archie pella-go but I’m almost positive that nobody anywhere considers it correct 🤷
I could get behind that.
As a Canadian … no doot aboot it
Elegant
For some reason I said “eglant”
Harsh lesson to learn in a 8th grade class speech.
“Epitome”
Epy tome!
Hubris
Never thought of that one but yeah that would be tough.
I learned epitome is not pronounced ep-e-tome but rather e-pit-toe-me
Me the first time I heard a guitarist pronounce the brand Epiphone as “Epiphany”.
Why word look like ep-e-tome if word no sound like ep-e-tome?
Mine:
Awry is particularly relatable.
Aw-ry, aw-ry, aw-ry.
I just really like banal. It feels right. Freeing
Just don’t forget your blubricant!
Awry was something I pronounced like you did forever until I heard it spoken. Sadly that was in some medieval show, so I wasn’t sure if it was supposed to be an accent or if you actually pronounce it like that :D