InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is a word you realized you were pronouncing wrong until you heard someone else say it?hexbear.netimagemessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11
arrow-up153arrow-down1imageWhat is a word you realized you were pronouncing wrong until you heard someone else say it?hexbear.netInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squareWhyEssEff [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 year agoSubpoena, pronounced it as sʌb-pəʊ-ena (/suhb-pou-ehna/). There is no argument that oe should make an [i] sound. I refuse to entertain the thought.
minus-squareWhyEssEff [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 year agoAlso segue, pronounced it seɪg (/say-g/) until someone corrected me.
minus-squarealexandra_kollontai [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agosegue? /sεg(y)u/ Seg you
minus-squareWhyEssEff [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoit’s /sɛɡweɪ/, as in Segway
minus-squareHumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoit’s really more of a œ
Subpoena, pronounced it as sʌb-pəʊ-ena
(/suhb-pou-ehna/). There is no argument that oe should make an [i] sound. I refuse to entertain the thought.Also segue, pronounced it seɪg
(/say-g/)until someone corrected me.segue?
/sεg(y)u/Seg youit’s
/sɛɡweɪ/, as in Segwayit’s really more of a œ