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Discovering you've been pronouncing a word wrong all your life

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Nord SledRunner 🛷 Dec 2022 4:38pm, 20 Dec 2022 2,445 posts	Quote Pin Nord SledRunner 🛷 What about cafe latte - or is it the horrid l-aaah-te?
CK2 Dec 2022 5:25pm, 20 Dec 2022 1,619 posts	Quote Pin CK2 Yuck! Hate the long aaah in latte. Short, soft a for me.
GordonG Dec 2022 9:32am, 22 Dec 2022 9,539 posts	Quote Pin GordonG for a long time I'd assumed the surname of the actress Miriam was pronounced to rhyme with gargoyles, and not Mar-go-lees. In fact, it's only googling her name now to check the spelling do i realise it's spelt Margolyes (L then Y, not Y then L).
Good King Carpathius Dec 2022 10:53am, 22 Dec 2022 21,975 posts	Quote Pin Good King Carpathius Oh! Me too.
NDWDave Dec 2022 9:46pm, 31 Dec 2022 17,823 posts	Quote Pin NDWDave Hyundai
3 Wise Ms Dec 2022 11:44pm, 31 Dec 2022 20,036 posts	Quote Pin 3 Wise Ms Yes. I heard the Hyundai branding being pronounced on the Indiana Jones film last night too! I can't remember how it was pronounced now though!
swittle Dec 2022 11:57pm, 31 Dec 2022 93,694 posts	Quote Pin swittle huarache as in sandals [Beach Boys lyric]
McGoohan Jan 2023 12:17am, 1 Jan 2023 52,161 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan Er... how is Hyundai supposed to be pronounced...? because I've got one of those
K5 Gus Jan 2023 8:22am, 1 Jan 2023 5,570 posts	Quote Pin K5 Gus https://youtu.be/8peKcSEDFB4
McGoohan Jan 2023 8:27am, 1 Jan 2023 52,163 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan Ah, okay thanks