Saturday, May 9, 2015

Why is it socially acceptable to mispronounce words?


It drives me NUTS when I hear people mispronouncing words that are common knowledge that people pronounce wrong. Example: pronouncing "Nuclear" as Nook-yoo-ler. Is it people not giving a crap? Do they think most people say it that way so nobody will call them on it? Or do most not know it's wrong?

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