Binette@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts · 1 year agoJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downmessage-squaremessage-square109linkfedilinkarrow-up1397arrow-down157
arrow-up1340arrow-down1message-squareJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downBinette@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts · 1 year agomessage-square109linkfedilink
minus-squareTicklemytiplinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 year agoTIL that people didn’t get this. I had a similar situation where I would pronounce unleaded as unleeded
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year 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”.
The spelling of some words can be very Ms. Leeding