I see what you’re saying, and to a point I agree. I see it as people reading it a certain way in their head and becoming attached to how they think it should sound. This happens often because English words especially can have all manner of exceptions to the usual rules of spelling and grammar. There is nothing embarrassing about reading, or at least there shouldn’t be. What I DO find embarrassing is when people find out that they’re pronouncing something differently and flat out disagree with the world about its actual pronounciation.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

What I DO find embarrassing is when people find out that they’re pronouncing something differently and flat out disagree with the world about its actual pronounciation.

Man, you must be embarrassed all the time when you hear British or American people talk.

Somehow the world can survive and we can understand one another with very different pronunciations of words like "Aluminum", but this... THIS WILL NOT STAND!

[–] Risk@feddit.uk -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I mean, it's only embarrassing for them - if they want to be loud, proud, and wrong that's okay.

But at the same time, they may well set the trend for how it's pronounced in the future.

Lord knows, waDer (i.e. water) started somewhere...

Edit: I'm guessing I offended someone by implying that saying 'wadder' is the wrong way to say water, hahaha.