Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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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 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Wait until you hear stuhd, that's how we agreed to pronounce std because "ess tee dee" would have been awkward.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Well fsck that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I like pronouncing numpy so that it rhymes with lumpy just to make people uncomfortable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

That's how I've always read it...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Lol at my job someone referred to "E T C" and I was completely baffled until he actually typed it out, /etc... I just call it "ets" because it's short for "et cetera"...