There are actually good reasons why people tend to mispronounce the same words... and why they ofTen end up being the new standard!Otherwords is a PBS web se...
There was a couple I’ve been getting wrong, coup de grace as well as dour. That one was surprising
Amusingly, because of the strongbad emails, I’ve been pronouncing Illinois as “illy-nwah” for so long I can’t confidently tell you right now how it’s pronounced correctly
Thanks, that was fun. Learned I’m saying coup de grace wrong, too.
Same lol
There was a couple I’ve been getting wrong, coup de grace as well as dour. That one was surprising
Amusingly, because of the strongbad emails, I’ve been pronouncing Illinois as “illy-nwah” for so long I can’t confidently tell you right now how it’s pronounced correctly
Love that lol