• FilterItOut@thelemmy.club
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    8 months ago

    Same here, but I knew the correct pronunciation of the word when spoken, I just didn’t know they were the same damn word. When it finally clicked in my head, I about slapped myself.

    • SaintWacko
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      8 months ago

      Dude, that’s how I was with dachshund. I heard it spoken and assumed it was spelled something like “doxen”, and then in my head I pronounced dachshund as “dash-hund”

    • meowMix2525@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      Gabriel Wyner talks about this phenomenon in the first chapter or two of Fluent Forever. Can’t remember what he called it but rest assured that you are not alone in experiencing this :)