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How do you encounter words you cannot pronounce?

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Reply 20

FattyInNeed

Original post by CityOfMyHeart

I'm pretty good with my mouth :awesome:

Reply 21

member101

Original post by Cicerao

Sometimes you pronounce it RIGHT, invoking wtfs from everyone else.

"Do you have any Braun toothbrushes?"
"Wha?"
"Braun toothbrushes."
"..."
"..."
"OH! BROOOOOORN toothbrushes."

Bad times.

I pronounce it 'brawn'

Reply 22

Ultimate_Geek

Original post by dnumberwang

Pronounce it how it's spelt. e.g. that girl from the X factor becomes 'trake', jalapeños becomes jalla-peenoes, and deadmau5 becomes dead-mau-five.

I thought that's what they were called :ashamed:

Reply 23

Cicerao

Original post by member101

I pronounce it 'brawn'

Rhyming with yawn? Yeah, so does almost everyone, but the company Braun is German, so it's technically pronounced brown, meaning and sounding like the colour.

EDIT: Lol, neg all you want, you can't neg away the truth. :awesome:

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 24

member101

Original post by Cicerao

Rhyming with yawn? Yeah, so does almost everyone, but the company Braun is German, so it's technically pronounced brown, meaning and sounding like the colour.

Oh okay, thanks for that.

Reply 25

SpiritedAway

Original post by Drunk Punx

Goes both ways... unless there's a third way I've yet to discover.

I say it "memay", my mate says "meemee" (which sounds like a hungry seagull to be honest).

Original post by Tommyjw

Well wikipedia says it rhymes with cream.. so it must sound like 'meam' .. ?I dunno lmfao, not like im ever gonna say it .

I would say it would just follow "magic E" rules :s-smilie:

Reply 26

DeelyBopper

millennium

i say it 'minnellium'

and economics as 'ecomonics'
:smile:

Reply 27

Drunk Punx

Original post by JCC-MGS

You're both wrong, it's 'meem'.

Yeah, that just sounds wrong to me. Dunno why. Probably because it doesn't fit in with the spelling, just like many other words that are pronounced adversely to the way they are written.

Reply 28

User570431

Say it really slowly in a fresh accent then see how they would say it oh no that's for spelling lol

Reply 29

Tommyjw

Original post by JCC-MGS

You're both wrong, it's 'meem'.

Thats basically exactly what i said? :facepalm:

Say it like it rounds with cream.. is what i said...

Reply 30

User570431

Original post by Tommyjw

Thats basically exactly what i said? :facepalm:

Say it like it rounds with cream.. is what i said...

What word is this?

Reply 31

member520746

Original post by Tommyjw

Thats basically exactly what i said? :facepalm:

Say it like it rounds with cream.. is what i said...

Yeah, you posted that while I was typing my response.

Reply 32

Sabertooth

I just kind of skip over them :colondollar:

"english english english *mumble* english"

Reply 33

Wulf chan

I pause, look worried, if whoever I'm speaking to still doesnt get the message I just take a shot in the dark :wink:

Reply 34

blue_shift86

talking to a german or going to germany. Simples.

Reply 35

takethyfacehence

Pronounce it wrong until someone kindly lets me know/ look it up/ ask someone.

Just found out now that I've been pronouncing meme wrong! :rofl:

I say it so it rhymes with 'them'. :ashamed:

Reply 36

RosiL

Anyway, Anyhow, Anwhere, Radiator.....these are just a few I have been corrected on, with the any ones i pronounce them like this Annie-way etc which i always thought was right icant prnounce them the right way :s

Reply 37

tenhornedbeast

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ - I use this.

Reply 38

Accalia

Either have a good go at it, or if I think I'll need to be able to say it out loud in front of others, ask someone else how they'd pronounce it.

I'm having trouble with the word 'phagocytes' at the moment. Everyone else seems to say 'FA-go-cytes' whereas my brain prefers 'FAY-go-cytes'.

Reply 39

No Man

I always thought meme was pronounced like the creme in creme caramel.

I also mispronounce anomalous as anonymous until a few repeats.

There are plenty of other words I mispronounce, but I can't think of them at the moment.