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Tiedrich on Trump's pronunciation difficulties: (Original Post) tblue37 Aug 2020 OP
It might make him bite his tongue. 2naSalit Aug 2020 #1
Or szyzygy. Or flocculation. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #3
I used to have a similar issue with "hegemony". sl8 Aug 2020 #5
His handlers keep him way from Niger. Sneederbunk Aug 2020 #2
And Phuket pamela Aug 2020 #4
I'd buy a ticket to that. catbyte Aug 2020 #6
Jeff Tiedrich... Layzeebeaver Aug 2020 #7
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣hmmmm, y'know in his head its cock6 bringthePaine Aug 2020 #8
My older son had a language arts teacher who pronounced poignant... 3catwoman3 Aug 2020 #9
Let's start referring to him as "Thrump." nt tblue37 Aug 2020 #10
What about misogynistic nincompoop???..... Illumination Aug 2020 #11

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,673 posts)
3. Or szyzygy. Or flocculation.
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 02:56 PM
Aug 2020

I once knew someone who pronounced anemone as anna-moan. I guess that's in the same category as Yo-Semite.

sl8

(13,736 posts)
5. I used to have a similar issue with "hegemony".
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 03:12 PM
Aug 2020

I used to mentally mispronounce it as HEJ-uh-moany. I was well into adulthood before I reconciled the "hegemony" I saw in print with the "hegemony" I'd heard spoken.

Had a similar issue with "halcyon".

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