If You Mispronounce These 14 Words, You'll Sound Unprofessional (inc.com) 7 points by rchaudhary 6y ago ↗ HN
[–] AznHisoka 6y ago ↗ If you mispronounce this 1 word, you will sound professional: SQL [–] leoh 6y ago ↗ "seagull" [–] bengerbil 6y ago ↗ One guy I knew pronounced it "squeal". I rather liked that. [–] erik_seaberg 6y ago ↗ “Squirrel”.
[–] bengerbil 6y ago ↗ One guy I knew pronounced it "squeal". I rather liked that. [–] erik_seaberg 6y ago ↗ “Squirrel”.
[–] sixhobbits 6y ago ↗ "orientate" is listed in most dictionaries. Merriam Webster has a nice post about it [0][0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/orient-or-orie...
[–] bernierocks 6y ago ↗ "Pernickety"I've never heard anyone use this word, even though it might be technically correct. At some point culture changes words and the new word is the correct one.
[–] ratsmack 6y ago ↗ Maybe if the words were spelled according to the way they are to be pronounced, we would not need to go through an exercise of memorization like this.
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[ 1.8 ms ] story [ 21.5 ms ] thread[0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/orient-or-orie...
I've never heard anyone use this word, even though it might be technically correct. At some point culture changes words and the new word is the correct one.