My worst example was the word GIF pronounced like the peanut butter instead of properly as in Graphical. It’s worse because Amanda Montell was writing a linguistics book about the history of language and words.

Recent example was “eschew” which is pronounced Eh-shoo but the narrator said “Eskew” and it confused me so much I had to Google it to make sure I hadn’t been saying it wrong my whole life. What exmaples have you found?

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    10 months ago

    My guy, acronyms are pronounced however the person who invented them chooses to pronounce them. The person who invented GIFs uses a soft G. Unless you’re planning on pronouncing SCUBA sk-uh-ba (last A like in apple) to match “underwater” and “apparatus,” you’re in the wrong. It’s pronounced with a soft G, just like the peanut butter.