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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 pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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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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[–] halfeatenpotato@lonestarlemmy.mooo.com 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mine was "daschund". I always thought that was a separate breed from a "doxen".

Even after being educated on how the word is actually pronounced, I still purposefully pronounce it literally "daschund". Fuck 'em - should've spelled it better.

[–] duckythescientist@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Daschund is pronounced like "daak' snd" in case anyone else didn't realize this. My mind is blown.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

  1. It is spelled Dachshund (Dachs-Hund, German, lit. Badger-Dog, as the breed was created to hunt foxes and badgers in their burrows)

  2. It is pronounced Dax Hunt (good example by a native german speaker: https://youtu.be/6aveG0N6Jtc?si=mzCsfrVA95VJZggG )

[–] Yantantethera@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ghoti

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ha I don't even know what that is so I will never say it.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

GH is pronounced F like in "enough".

O is pronounced E like on "women".

TI is pronounced SH like in "action".

Therefore, ghoti is pronounced fish.

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You CAN pronounce it fish, but you can also just simply not pronounce it.

GH is pronounced _ like in high.

O is pronounced _ like in jeopardy.

T is pronounced _ like in potpourri.

I is pronounced _ like in receive.

Therefore, ghoti is completely silent.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Though I want to know why Wednesday is pronounced "wendsday" or "wensday". The n is after the d!

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The d before n is inherited from the original name Wodans dag (like Tiu's dag, Thor's dag and Frey's dag inherited through the Saxons and Danes from pagan germanic gods)

The rest is just linguistic shift through the centuries of changing language. Like Dag -> Day while for example in German Dag -> Tag.

But the root of the word is still Wodan then old english Weoden then Wedn.

[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Same guy as Marvel's Odin.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Exactly, just more (and different) linguistic shift. Woðanaz -> Woden -> Oden -> Odin

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

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