• exoplanetary@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    One of my best instances of this was when I pronounced “ricochet” as “rich-oh-chett” (rhymes with Boba Fett) as a kid. Never gonna live that one down.

    • Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk
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      8 months ago

      It wasn’t until I was about 20 when I realised I was saying militia wrong. I knew the correct pronunciation because it was always on the news. I just thought they were two different words.

    • Hadriscus
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      8 months ago

      another french word… tbh ricoh-tchett sounds cool