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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 most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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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] 27 points 1 year ago (13 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Ja-lap-e-no chips

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Panacea. I pronounced it incorrectly for a long time. Never knew because no one corrected me. Fortunately it didn't come up too often.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know if this is weird, but someone told me I say "ideology" weird because I say "id-ee-aa-luh-jee" instead of "ai-dee-aa-luh-jee", and I still never changed the pronunciation anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (11 children)

For the C/C++ nerds: Clang. There are still many people pronouncing it "Cee-lang".

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait but...but that means I'm supposed to pronounce it like the sound of slamming metal doors? but it's for the C language!

am I seriously getting gif'd again?

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

Why is it pronounced gif when it should be pronounced jif? It's so much clearer when you say jif! AND YES, I DO SAY GIRAFFICS! AAHHH!!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

and Towcester ("toaster")

Map Men have a few more examples

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And that is fine, when/if someone corrects you, you explain that you have never heard the word spoken, just read it.

Tri-ummm-vir-ate

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Likely to be “schedule”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The channel this video is from can be a useful resource.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks for reminding me of these. A while back I met someone named Chateauneuf, and I tried to look up how to pronounce his name and found this very helpful answer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

this very helpful answer

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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Arist-ot-le

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Chip-ol-tay

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

It took me a long time before I found out how pilates was actually pronounced

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nobody names their kid Pontius any more, have you observed that?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Oh crap, which universe are we in?

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