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Showerthoughts

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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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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

At some point in my life I started enunciating every syllable of the word "comfortable," where as most Americans opt for "kuhmf-tr-bl." I don't remember when or why I started doing otherwise, but I can't go back now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Contiguous. Didn't find out about that one till I got to college... That was embarrassing as f***.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I said automaton wrong for years. I said auto-maton instead of au-tomoton. I still cringe a bit thinking about it :-/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I only just woke up so forgive me if you're right, did you mean automation?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No.

automaton — Noun: 1. A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions., 2. A person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle and lacking in emotion., 3. A formal system, such as a finite-state machine or cellular automaton., 4. A toy in the form of a mechanical figure. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/automaton

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Huh, you learn something every day. Thanks for that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I got Linux wrong for a while

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

My wife says "wheelbarrel" and I giggle every time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

You can just look up words in the dictionary and look up the phonetic pronunciation key to refresh your memory. It pays to do this every once in a while.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So swaive vs suave or deboner vs debonair? Maybe 'fisticated vs sophisticated? You could be a swaive, deboner, 'fisticated urbane 'burban urbanite.

Personally, I blame the French for the short comings of the English language, just because I randomly can.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

"shortcomings"

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