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There's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know about (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I'm probably still doing it with some word.

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[–] AlmightySnoo 14 points 10 months ago (13 children)

For the C/C++ nerds: Clang. There are still many people pronouncing it "Cee-lang".

[–] bl4ckblooc 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There is probably lots of stuff like that in coding. Href could be “huref, and it took me a while to realize that it was ‘em’ and not just ‘m’ after hearing it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

URL pronounced Earl

[–] bl4ckblooc 1 points 10 months ago

Charset like charamander.

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