Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 18:42     Subject: As long as we are doing pronunciations:
Anonymous wrote:I just assume people don't read. They can barely spell so it's no wonder they can't pronounce words correctly. We have a literacy problem, it's not all just dialects and accents the folksy people want us to believe.


Quite the opposite actually. I was always told to never judge someone who mispronounces a word because it means they in fact read it first.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 15:03     Subject: As long as we are doing pronunciations:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Betta fish. Bet-tuh. Not bay-tuh.


Nah, it’s bay-tuh in the Mid-Atlantic.


No. It isn't.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 14:32     Subject: As long as we are doing pronunciations:
Anonymous wrote:Drawer: drow-wer or droor

The most annoying pronunciation of this is draw
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 14:01     Subject: As long as we are doing pronunciations:
Drawr
Neandertal
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 13:56     Subject: As long as we are doing pronunciations:
Anonymous wrote:Drawer: drow-wer or droor


Moveable shelf with door cover
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 13:55     Subject: As long as we are doing pronunciations:
Anonymous wrote:Betta fish. Bet-tuh. Not bay-tuh.


Nah, it’s bay-tuh in the Mid-Atlantic.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 13:50     Subject: As long as we are doing pronunciations:
Betta fish. Bet-tuh. Not bay-tuh.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 13:41     Subject: As long as we are doing pronunciations:
Anonymous wrote:I just assume people don't read. They can barely spell so it's no wonder they can't pronounce words correctly. We have a literacy problem, it's not all just dialects and accents the folksy people want us to believe.


Reading doesn’t mean that you can pronounce words correctly. I often know a lot about a subject from a lifetime of reading but then seem like a total ignoramus because I mispronounce key words while having a discussion in person. It just means that I read more than I talk.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 11:53     Subject: As long as we are doing pronunciations:
NeanderTHal or neendertoll
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 11:51     Subject: As long as we are doing pronunciations:
Drawer: drow-wer or droor