21 times people suffered the abject humiliation of mispronouncing a word in public
It all started when a chap called Greg Buchanan shared his feeling of embarrassment after he stood up in front of a group of people and did this.
If you ever feel shitty about mispronouncing a word you've never used in speech, then know that nothing could be worse than the way I said 'banal' in front of an entire company
— Greg Buchanan (@gregbuchanan) May 22, 2018
And it prompted people to share the times they (and sometimes other people) had also suffered the abject humiliation of mispronunciation.
1.
My ex wife used to pronounce it “banile”. It became a joke.
— Rupert Budgen (@BudgenRupert) May 24, 2018
2.
Got made fun of for how I pronounce “drawer” – apparently it’s “dror”, not “draw-wer” 🙃
— jae poupon (@jaevalerio) May 23, 2018
3.
piss massively taken when I pronounced segued ‘seaged’ and was massively shocked when discovered it was pronounced segwayed… bastards
— Christina Gregson (@kizzybizbot) May 24, 2018
4.
My dude, I once pronounced womb to rhyme with bomb, so solidarity
— Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian) May 24, 2018
5.
Bomb should rhyme with womb, not just the similar spelling, but because a bomb goes boom.
— Denise (@GrumpyBoat) May 24, 2018
6.
I used to think “kudos” was plural of “kudo” and used it accordingly.
— Angela Kennedy (@AngelaK11635746) May 24, 2018
7.
I spent 20 years pronouncing ‘misled’ as ‘myzulled’
— Ian Walker (@ianwalkeruk) May 23, 2018
8.
I dunno, saying that a wedding dress looked very virginal and actually saying “vaginal” has got to come close!
— Malk Williams (@MalksVoice) May 23, 2018
9.
i do this all the dang time. side effect of staying in my apartment all day and never talking to people?
— Jay Tholen (@jaytholen) May 22, 2018
10.
If someone reads enough to know how to use a word they’ve never heard spoken, they should be admired, not disparaged.
— Maddie Palmer (@msmaddiep) May 24, 2018
11.
Subponea once killed me
— Michał kontra reszta świata (@mpiwo) May 23, 2018
12.
Not quite the same thing, but as a kid in church I used to think that "Gladly my cross I'd bear" referred to a female grizzly with a squint.
— Timo Grün (@Khoji) May 24, 2018
