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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) (1 children)

victual (vittle)

I knew that "vittle" was from the word "victual," but I never knew that they were actually pronounced the same!

Mischievous: \MISS-chuh-vuss\ though mis-CHEE-vee-us is a non standard alternate pronunciation.

I hate that alternate pronunciation. How do you get "vee-us" from "vous"?

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

Idk. Likely some people misheard or misread it way back and then repeated.to others and it spread. How does any word change over time, right?