Binette@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agoJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downmessage-squaremessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down155
arrow-up1343arrow-down1message-squareJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downBinette@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squareTicklemytip@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·5 months agoTIL that people didn’t get this. I had a similar situation where I would pronounce unleaded as unleeded
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 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-up3·5 months agoThe spelling of some words can be very Ms. Leeding
TIL that people didn’t get this. I had a similar situation where I would pronounce unleaded as unleeded
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