Haha! Totally using this as an excuse. “But I read it in [insert title]!”
I used to mispronounce ‘miscellaneous’ as something closer to ‘malicious-ness’ when I was younger. And then I heard someone say it and it clicked. Lol.
Some languages can be pronounced easier because the distinct sounds comprise syllables all on their own (i.e. Japanese). English can be a bit harder that way.
Didn’t know that about Japanese, interesting.
Spanish pronunciation is pretty logical too, mainly because they’ve reorganised the spelling of words over the years.
There’s no logic to English!
Ruth Livingstone 
Very true. 🙂
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I now have a great excuse for mispronouncing everything 🙂
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Haha! Totally using this as an excuse. “But I read it in [insert title]!”
I used to mispronounce ‘miscellaneous’ as something closer to ‘malicious-ness’ when I was younger. And then I heard someone say it and it clicked. Lol.
Some languages can be pronounced easier because the distinct sounds comprise syllables all on their own (i.e. Japanese). English can be a bit harder that way.
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Didn’t know that about Japanese, interesting.
Spanish pronunciation is pretty logical too, mainly because they’ve reorganised the spelling of words over the years.
There’s no logic to English!
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Almost everything I know comes from reading. No doubt I mispronounce a lot.
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My dad used to pronounce Peugeot as Poo-jo. And we kids used to think Mercedes was pronounced Murk-id-ees. 😀
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Lovely quote. English spelling laughs in the face of logic 😉
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And that’s a great quote too!
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