That’s because it’s not the correct spelling. It should be “façade” but English keyboards lack the correct glyph. This doesn’t tell you how to pronounce it but it at least gives you a hint that you can’t use English rules and that you should investigate it further
The one that I mispronounced for awhile was hyperbole. I thought it was pronounced like “hyper bowl.”
But “hyperbolic” is exactly like you expect.
Segue for me. I pronounced it seg-goo and my mom busted out laughing.
Huh… don’t think I’ve ever seen segue written down. I’d be writing Segway if I had to.
Sounds like something you ride or a place that makes so so sandwiches.
Now that I think about it… it makes sense now! A segway is a segue between two places!
I was at the store with my partner and I was like
“What’s… kwee-know-ah?”
I’m still not 100% on how that is pronounced.
My partner looks at me and says… “KEEN-WAH???” and I’m like uhhh suuuure, that one…
I tend to read it as Sergey without the “r”.
That word’s spelling is a practical joke and you can’t convince me otherwise.
Epitome and Penchant for me. Mocked mercilessly for those two.
Oh yeah, epitome for me too. It was the epi-tome.
So apparently for the latter you can just claim to be using the american pronunciation https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/penchant
Wait… it’s not??
I gotta check now: Oh god dammit. I never made the connection.
Facade. Got laughed for saying fac-aid. How am I supposed to know a c make an s sound.
That’s because it’s not the correct spelling. It should be “façade” but English keyboards lack the correct glyph. This doesn’t tell you how to pronounce it but it at least gives you a hint that you can’t use English rules and that you should investigate it further
What? Shit
Hi per Bol e (e as in how it sounds in see)
Man, this is ridiculous. It resembles Akkadian more and more with each passing day.
Sound it out they said
I did that one
The other one I was embarrassingly called out on when I was a teen was pronouncing inevitable in eh VITE able.
Sounds like you never played Space Quest IV.
It’s like the Super Bowl, only better.