Binette@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agoJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downmessage-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down13
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downBinette@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareTicklemytip@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoTIL that people didn’t get this. I had a similar situation where I would pronounce unleaded as unleeded
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 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”.
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”.