@seanpatrickphd@wandering.shop
2026-09-18 11:46 UTC
#WritersCoffeeClub Sep18 Share a word you've used only to learn later you were pronouncing or using it wrong.
"Allegory" - I thought it was pronounced "al LEG or y" and not "AL leg or y" until my mid 30s.
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@Dewines@toot.wales 2026-09-18 12:53
@seanpatrickphd@wandering.shop Perfectly understandable. If you don't know, you don't know.
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@noam@libranet.de 2026-09-18 13:36
@seanpatrickphd@wandering.shop Segue. I pronounced it to rhyme with vague for a few years... 😳