Binette@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months agoJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downmessage-squaremessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1396arrow-down157
arrow-up1339arrow-down1message-squareJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downBinette@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square111fedilink
minus-squareTicklemytip@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·7 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-up7·7 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-up3·6 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