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words I used to misread

A list of 8 words by arby.

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hyperbole = hyper-bowl instead of hy-PER-bol-e

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  • arby I tend to be defensive about my misreadings, having been mocked for them for so long!

    Thanks for your support.™ Oct 6, 2007

  • reesetee No need to defend yourself! To be honest, I prefer the wrong spelling of that word. It sounds more elegant. Besides, I have no room to talk, since I like myzeld, too. :-) Oct 5, 2007

  • arby Ah, RT - there's the syllabification I was looking for. And again in my defense, the spelling kind of reminds me of edamame, so it's a perfectly logical mistake to make! (Of course, one is a Western trademarked chemical creation and the other is a Japanese bean, but six of one, amirite?) Oct 5, 2007

  • chained_bear I love how fubar English is too. You can read history just in the spelling of "ordinary" words--nevermind the sheer number of words or the variety of cultures from whence they come. Oct 5, 2007

  • reesetee Yes! I hate when someone tries to misle me.

    Arby, I have a friend who still pronounces aspartame "a-SPAR-ta-may." I don't have the heart to correct her. Oct 5, 2007

  • arby And then from myzeld you get the fictitious verb "to misle". Or I did, anyway. Oct 5, 2007

  • arby Always, jennarenn. I kind of love how totally fubar English is. Oct 5, 2007

  • jennarenn Myzeld! My AP English teacher talked about that mispronunciation. It had never occured to me, but it make so much sense. (Ooo! Ooo! Do I get to complain about how badly the English alphabet sucks???) Oct 5, 2007

  • reesetee Myzeld! I still like to pronounce it that way. Oct 5, 2007

  • arby mutilate = mutiliate (rhymes with humiliate! see, I'm not so stupid after all!)
    mnemonic = mnemnonic
    Herculean = Herculanean
    aspartame = "asparta-MAY" instead of "AS-par-tame"
    myrmidon = myrmidion
    misled = "myzeld" instead of "MIS-led" Oct 5, 2007