using it incorrectly for weeks? Or maybe found out that you were just mispronouncing it for weeks?
2007-09-30 02:58:27 · 6 answers · asked by comet girl...DUCK! 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
LOL... yes. I remember being 13 and mispronouncing the word 'epitome' in front of a bunch of adults. (I said epi-tome... to that point, I'd never heard the word said aloud, although I knew its meaning).
Now... wanna laugh hard? Well... when I first moved here my Cree was limited to about 20 words. I started dating a guy who decided to teach me Cree. He was a good teacher... but there was one phrase "I really like you" that he would get me to say to him all the time. He'd get an smug glint in his eye...
It wasn't until I asked my gran what it meant that realised what a character HE was. Let's just say that the real meaning I cannot repeat in polite company, and that my gran laughed at me for weeks :)
2007-09-30 04:20:27 · answer #1 · answered by Mikisew 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Sometimes I mispronounce words simply because I've only ever read them, but I'm just grateful to people for correcting me, I don't feel stupid, because I am learning.
2007-09-30 03:06:49 · answer #2 · answered by skame 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a child I used any stupid word I learnt. So there are strong possibilities i used many words wrong.
2007-09-30 03:08:25 · answer #3 · answered by AИИA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't recall a good example from personal experience, but I had a friend who thought the 'c-word' (not the one that rhymes with sock) meant flatulence. So we allowed him to think that for a while, and would crack up hysterically everytime he used it in that context. "Oh dude! Crack a window! Donny just c___ed!" Good times... good times.
2007-09-30 03:10:15 · answer #4 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I always thought that condoned meant the opposite of its meaning!
2007-09-30 03:05:24 · answer #5 · answered by VW LuLu 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes. as a landscaper, i went to buy some plants called cotoneaster (which spell check does not recognize). i pronounced it "cotton easter" only to later discover it's "cotton-ee-aster" no biggy.
i still have to look up eounyimus ( which spell check DOES recognize).
2007-09-30 04:46:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋