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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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There's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know about (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I'm probably still doing it with some word.

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I had a roommate in college that pronounced "epitome" like "epi-tohm." He also pronounced "tome" like "toom." Drove me nuts.

[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

My buddy would always talk about the skill toom's used to unlock the "ruin" (rune) skills.

[–] SeabassDan@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Barely Sociable did this and got a chuckle out of me, great that he owned it in a later video, though.

[–] pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 7 months ago

Brian Regan, the epi-tome of hyper-bowl. What a great show. Thanks for the in-aardvark-ent reminder