Binette to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 9 months agoJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downmessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down157
arrow-up1334arrow-down1message-squareJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downBinette to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 9 months agomessage-square111fedilink
minus-square@Ticklemytip@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink19•9 months agoTIL that people didn’t get this. I had a similar situation where I would pronounce unleaded as unleeded
minus-square@zarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink7•9 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-square@Wilzax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•9 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