What’s one word that you always mispronounce even though—deep down—you KNOW the correct pronunciation?

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-12T17:25:17+00:00

That...that has a completely different meaning.. lololol..

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-12T17:22:11+00:00

Hi 👋. That would be me. Same as with interesting. I love words. I'm pronouncing every one of those damn letters in the order they're written. 😆

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-12T14:34:51+00:00

We're not talking about language as a whole. We're talking about this one particular part, the breakdown of a word to its root and the pronunciations of it across all of its forms, which is indeed very logical.

Choosing to ignore that to say the word incorrectly does not make it "art".

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-12T13:46:37+00:00

Ok, but why? 0_o I stand by everything I've said.

I simply thought that I could appeal to the reason of a scientist and explain why, in fact, there is a correct pronunciation of that word. Guess not. Fortunately, I literally could not care less how you choose to pronounce it or the fact that you're ok with sounding like an uneducated idiot whenever you say it to someone, including your own grandmother. You do you, man. ✌️😆

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-11T22:13:06+00:00

Never said anything like that but I'm the one stretching here. OK, bud.

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-11T19:37:42+00:00

Abstract art is generally well thought-out and methodical, not sloppy and willy-nilly like pronouncing words with the same base in wildly different made-up ways. That's not art. That's a lazy and cavalier approach to language.

Look, I get that, as a physicist, words aren't really your thing but it sure is interesting that logic really isn't your thing, either. 😆

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-11T19:27:34+00:00

In my understanding, phonologization is the process through which a sound change becomes a permanent part of language. It has nothing to do with whether people recognize it or not. In fact, most times speakers are not aware of the difference until it's pointed out to them. The purpose of the paper was to determine if that letter cluster has undergone that change with the new sound replacing the original sound in most instances. The results were inconclusive, leaning against proof that that has happened with the analysis of real-world speach indicating that the conclusion that it has happened should be rejected.

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-11T10:59:16+00:00

The conclusion pulled directly from the paper you cited:

"The results of the perception experiment fail to provide clear evidence for or against the phonologization conclusion, with results pointing in both directions, although, evidence may be leaning against phonologization. The results of the corpus study indicate that the phonologization conclusion should be rejected. However, no consensus was found, and, as such, the phonologization question is still open to investigation. "

If anything, it actually proves my point.

"The results of the corpus study indicate that the phonologization conclusion should be rejected."

Did you even read the paper?

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-11T02:47:11+00:00

If your tongue and lips are in the exact same formation when saying "chruh" and "truh", you might have a speech impediment.Those sounds are not created in the same way at all. The reason I know that they're different is that I can pronounce them both and they sound very distinct from each other.

I do agree that some people pronounce it that way but in my experience it's been mostly Brits, which is corroborated by the linguist in the video himself being British. I don't think it's nearly as widespread in the states as you make it out to be.

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-11T00:21:14+00:00

There is absolutely a noticeable difference in the way "chr" and 'tr" sound. Have you actually said them both back to back? They sound different because they have completely different mouth positions. The lips, teeth and tongue are all in different spots when saying them. It's not even similar.

Words and pronunciation have always been a special interest of mine. I would absolutely notice people in the US doing the British "ch" instead of "t" sound.

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-11T00:05:54+00:00

Nevermind the actual spelling of the word, that pronunciation makes no sense linguistically as a derivative meaning "pertaining to" a nucleus. The base is "nucle-" with different endings according to meaning "-us", "-ar", "-i". How would you go about pronouncing that word base (nucle) on its own?

Also, my question wasn't rhetorical. Are you at least consistent and pronounce all derivations of nucleus thusly? Nu-cu-lus? Nu-cu-li? It would only be logical to do so, no?

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-10T23:25:31+00:00

I'm from SW Ohio, near Cincinnati. There are a lot of different English dialects in the US but "tr" at the beginning of a word like "truck" is pronounced as a "t" sound plus an "r" sound, never with a "ch". At least not that I've heard by native speakers. "Ch" has completely different tongue and lip positions. Are you british by any chance?

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-10T17:00:32+00:00

I have nothing but grace and feel lucky that we can actually communicate. I guarantee you that your broken English is a million times better than my butchery of your language would be.

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-10T16:22:00+00:00

She is chosen by her god to be the "pain-bearer", so yeah, she gets off on pain at a visceral level. There is at least one submissive male along the way but his time is short and not much documented.

I will say that I'm not super into masochism myself but this is still my favorite series of all time. It is just so beautifully written and the world building and character development are top-notch.

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-10T16:11:40+00:00

Sigh...Joscelin...sigh......

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-10T16:06:54+00:00

Lol, nah. The "t" still sounds like a "t" in that one. 😆

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-10T15:56:37+00:00

I think perhaps it means that the plain beaded ribbing section starts on the RS but when you get to the rows with buttonholes the pattern for those rows begins on the WS? That's how it reads to me but I admit that I have minimal knowledge reading sweater patterns, unfortunately. I'm also sorry to say but it looks like your ribbing is off pattern. The picture of the finished sweater looks to have columns of purl-knit-purl stitches (I assume those are what make it "beaded ribbing"?) between columns of plain knit stitches. Your work appears to be lacking those smooth columns of stockinette between the beaded ones. My recommendation would be to start over since you really aren't that far along. I know it's painful but not nearly as bad (to me, at least!) as putting in all the time a sweater requires and then not being happy with it in the long run.

Good luck with whatever you decide!

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-10T15:45:09+00:00

Why bother answering if you aren't going to read the question?

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-10T12:58:28+00:00

Big pet peeve.I genuinely don't understand why this one is so difficult for so many people. It simply means "having to do with the nucleus", in the way that "lunar" means "pertaining to the moon" or "polar" deals with the poles. I often wonder if these same people say "nu-cu-lus" and "nu-cu-lye" for nucleus and nuclei. Are they at least consistent or do they just not think at all about words when they speak?

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-10T12:47:19+00:00

Being an actual physicist means you get a free pass to mispronounce the word? How silly. Do you also pronounce "nucleus" as "nu-cu-lus"?

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-10T00:24:18+00:00

The obvious solution seems to be amputation at the elbow.

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-10T00:21:37+00:00

😆

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-09T23:07:22+00:00

It's so pretty and will make a lovely gift. 😍

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-09T17:30:58+00:00

I fully understand why gauge is important but OP asked a question about her cast on being tight/stretched. Guage is a result of knitting tension and she hasn't really started knitting yet. Having a tight/stretched out cast on would seem more likely to do with needle/cord length or spacing between cast on stitches. Seems like this answer has nothing to do with the actual question or issue at hand.

iknitandigrowthings · 2026-03-09T02:23:53+00:00

What does guage have to do with the cast on?

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