this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2024
417 points (97.3% liked)

Microblog Memes

5699 readers
3125 users here now

A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

Rules:

  1. Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
  2. Be nice.
  3. No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
  4. Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.

Related communities:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
top 11 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I used to pronounce Persephone like Saxophone (Purse-a-phone) until I played Hades.

[–] joranvar@feddit.nl 8 points 2 months ago
[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I called the Progressive Metal band of the same name like that for like 5 years until I told a friend about them and they did the "hahaha.. Wait, what did you call them?" and right then and there my life changed

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

Sax-o-phie, wow it's completely unrecognizable as the same word.

Who needs consistent pronunciation rules anyway?

[–] m__a__b@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Like getting kicked in the testicles.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Chozo@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Testikles was lowkey one of the best characters in Odyssey. It's an absolute shame that that large, greased man wasn't used more throughout the game.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

At least we got to see him again in the underworld!

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 10 points 2 months ago

This testicles guy's really got a pair huh?

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sax-of-phony sounds a bit like cacophony, so it sort of fits. A potential future eggcorn.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

The Battle of Thermopylae really fucked me up in English Comp. I still feel the embarrassment

Ther-mop-i-lee

Not "Thermo-play"