So, which words did you mispronounce and how embarrassing was it when you were corrected?

Schuykill, Conshohocken, Bala Cynwyd, Manayunk, Gladwyne... growing up in Philly will mess you up.

Fell's Point was hard too - Thames Street is pronounced with a "Th".

Yeah, I'm still 90% sure it will never be anything but like at the prep school in my head. In Choate!

Oh and "macabre." Ultimately you need to watch a lot of overblown horror parodies until you've heard "Master of the Macabre" to get it right.

In my head, it's still mahCAHbrah. Still.

I would probably have said "David Ma*may*" too, erika!

The book I'm reading right now, Being Wrong

Holy crap, I'm reading this: [link]

We should compare notes.

It struck me after watching Phil Plait's Don't Be a Dick talk, where he asks, "how many of you were ever convinced you that you were wrong about something by someone who called you a moron?"

And I thought, "I am guilty of this all day."

I keep trying, and failing, to be more like Jilli.

Apparrently I've been pronouncing inchoate wrong all these years. But I have never heard it pronounced the way y'all claim it is.

ETA: Okay, Cambridge dictionary says "in-co-ate". Phew, I'm good. [link]

mahCAHbrah

Is that wrong? I'm starting to think I don't know how to pronounce anything!

Allyson, that's so funny! I picked it up because I discovered this blog [link] that the writer was posting on Slate, and it looked pretty cool.

I just started it, and so far it's mostly been philosophy and the history of science: I hope it gets more entertaining soon.

I keep trying, and failing, to be more like Jilli.

Remember, I rant and froth at the mouth just as much as the rest of you. I just tend to do it privately, to people I trust.

An example: someone sent a massive screed to GCS about how I need to address the plight of the goth furries, about how it's a completely valid part of the goth subculture, and I need to step up and defend them.

I decided not to reply. But in my head, and to my friends, I was all "WTF GOTH FURRIES. Sweet zombie Jesus, NO. Do not mix those streams."

So, which words did you mispronounce and how embarrassing was it when you were corrected?

"Penelope" is like "epitome." And "segue" is just plain weird.

I pronounced "claret" properly and my college roommate laughed, called me a hillbilly, and said, "Oh my god, you mean 'cla-RAY'?"

No, actually, I don't. And when I showed her the damn dictionary, she just shrugged and said "Well, *I* don't say it like that!" Dude, fine. YOU be wrong.

She also mocked how I said "Aigner" (as in the designer). I worked with someone who worked part-time at an Aigner store, and she pronounced it AY-gner. I assumed she had it right, because she worked there. Roommate said no, you hillbilly, it's ahn-YAY.

Anyone know which one is right? I never bothered to check, seeing as how it's not a staple of my wardrobe. (And if the proper French pronunciation is different from the designer -- for whatever weird-ass reason -- I just want to know how the designer label is pronounced.)

Also, half my office says Chipotle wrong whenever we order there. (Chi-POL-tee, oh my god. It drives me batshit. And then *I* start saying it that way, too.)

OK, that site says in-koh-ate for both British and American, so .

Is that wrong? I'm starting to think I don't know how to pronounce anything!

Hee. I think less "brah" and more "b," right?