Top 27 Mispronounced Words

There are lots of words that you are. potentially pronouncing incorrectly. Let's talk about those. Hi, I'm Tristan from Singapore. Good. mythical morning. [Music]. Good mythical morning. This episode is. brought to you by the Retin Link store. or go to rentlink.com, click on store, and then buy t-shirts, buy shoes, buy. music, buy whatever you need to fulfill.

yourself with merchandise. I don't think it I don't think it it's. that fulfilling. I think it's cool. It's. a great experience. It fulfills the need to buy merchandise. That's all I'm saying. Okay. We are humans. Humans invented. words and language and. we love them for it. Humans, way to go. We are all imperfect and therefore our. language isn't perfect. We love you for that. Being imperfect. You know what else happens is that. because we're imperfect, we mispronounce. words and phrases on a regular basis.

And you know, I too am not above this. I. found out in comments from a recent. episode of this show that you guys have. said I mispronounced the term athlete. That's right. And did I just say it right? Because. I've been saying athlete. Yeah. You you. and I've I've since changed my ways. thanks to you. Yeah. You said athlete. three syllables. and you said it a couple of times and it. was pointed out by the mythical beast. who watch and comment. It's athlete. and now we changed it. And we also said, you know what, since Link got that one.

uh wrong, what else may he be. pronouncing incorrectly? And what am I. pronouncing incorrectly? I mean, I Well, I know athlete. Well, and but even more importantly, what are. you mythical beast who watches Good. Mythical Morning? What are you. pronouncing incorrectly? And can we put. you on a corrective course right now to. make your life better? Well, we're all. about to learn something, I hope. So, let's turn this into a game. What? You're going to say. I'm going to give you a hint so that you. know the word that I'm talking about. I. won't say the word. Can't say the word cuz that would mess.

it up. So, you It's kind of a guessing game at. the same time, but it's also a. pronunciation game. Can I win money? Not a pronunciation game, by the way. A. pronunciation game. And you're going to. think of the word and then you're going. to say it. But Link is going to give you. viewer a second to think of the word and. to say it out loud wherever you sit. If. you if you're watching by yourself. somewhere, you're going to seem crazy. with your headphones and just saying. these words. It's fine. They're by if they're in public, they'll. seem more crazy. Say the word out loud. in the space provided. and then we're going to tell it. Depending on how many you get right, it's going to say something about you.

So, play along with us. Keep score. link. Uh. for yourself, I mean, what is the southernmost continent on. Earth? The South Pole down there. Antarctica. Antarctica. Uh, that is technically. incorrect. It's Antarctica. There's a. there's a C in there before that T. Antarctica. and a T somewhere. Antarctica. Yeah, Antarctica. Antarctica. But most people say Antarctica. Arctic. Okay,

that's very common. Lots of people get. that wrong. Great start. Um, okay. When you go to a cow pasture. and there is like this fence, it's made. out of this certain wire that's got. these little points on it. What kind of. fence is that? Barb wire. Say it again. Barb wire. It's barbed wire. Barbed is barbed. Oh, most a lot of people said. I got too I thought I thought that. people said barb wire. A lot of people say barb wire and you. said barb wire. It's barbed wire. It's. It has been barbed. But Pamela Anderson's superhero.

character was barbwire. Yeah, cuz her name was Barb. Barbara. And I think that's the standard. Okay. When something just comes out of. the blue and it's awesome, people say. it's a blessing in the. blessing in disguise. It's not. blessing in the skies. Lots of people say. I'm not giving you space, but hopefully. you are seeing what you're saying. Lots of people say blessing in the. skies. No, like you. I don't say that cuz I was just reading. It's blessing in disguise. Okay. Yeah, I didn't miss that one.

Okay. When you need to send in a bunch. of guys on horseback to come in for the. rescue. You send in the. cavalry. Yes. You don't send in the cavalry. That. would be what happened on the cross. Oh, it's a town in Canada. Yeah. No, that's Calgary. Yep. It's cavalry. Cavalry. I knew that one. Bunch of dudes on horses. Uh, okay. You're assuming they get you're getting. them all wrong. You're like, it's. cavalry. Let's keep this moving. Uh, we're in an. election year, so we have two whats to.

choose for. We have multiple whats to. choose from. Candidates. Yeah, candidates. Yeah, it's not. It's candidate. Candidate. It's not candidate. It's. candidate. Candidate. There's two D's. Candidate. Candidate. He's a He's a He's a great candidate. Candidate is what I say. And I'm not. going to change that one. Uh, if you type incorrectly or you hold. your arms wrong and you do something. over and over again, you might develop. what? A certain syndrome. Carpel tunnel. Carpel tunnel. A lot of people say.

carpool tunnel. Like pe a lot of people say gas by going. together to type. Carpool tunnel. It's carpel. Carpool. tunnel. Never thought that. I've never met anybody who said that. wrong, but apparently they do. Okay. Uh, what do you have on right now? You have. a shirt. You have on pants. They are. collectively your. clothes. Excuse me. Clothes. Everyone says clothes, but. technically, and I think you're kind of. a jerk if you do say this correctly, but. it's clothes. Clothes.

No, no, no, no, no. It's very slight. Clothes. Clothes. It's a little lisp because there's a th. in there. Clothes. People in the comments have also said. that I have a lisp. You do? Which I what? Okay. If you go to the doctor to the eye. doctor and he puts something in your. eyes to make your pupils get larger, he. puts them in there to make the pupils. dilate. What? Dilate. Two syllables. Dilate. It is not. dilate. It is dilate. Not three. It's two. Um, I knew that one. Okay. You got to get you got to get out. of prison. You need to. uh.

appeal. A blank out. No, let's make this fast. Blank out of prison. Escape. Yeah. It's not escape. It's escape. Escape. There's no X. It's not escape. Along those same lines, if you need to. drink a little Italian coffee drink, you. are drinking a. cappuccino. Macchiato. No, I don't know what this is. Spell it. It. starts with an E. It's Italian. Little. Oh, I got two shots of blank in my. Oh, espresso. Yes. Espresso. It's not espresso. It's.

espresso. I didn't know that was Italian. Where. have I been? Okay. ETC. Period. I I say etc. It's etc. There's no X. It's etc. It's. not etc. It's etc. I say etc. Uh something that is um just here just. look at that word. I can't come up with. a way to come up with it. Especially. It's not especially. I don't say especially. It's especially. Especially. Okay. And this is a common one when. people say for all intents and purposes.

What did I just say there? For all intents. Like I intend, but it's plural noun version of that. Intense. Yeah. It's not for all intensive. purposes. It's for all intents and. purposes. I. I'm 6'7. That is my height. Height. It is not my height. Height is. not a word. It is height. Wow. Uh when you arrange things, okay, there's a boss at the top, then there's. somebody under him, there's somebody.

under him, there's someone under him. There's a certain order. What. management? What is that called? It starts with an. H. It is a. hierarchy. Hierarchy. It is not hierarchy. It is a. hierarchy. I said hierarchy for a long time. Then I. looked at how it was written. Okay. Famous uh Bobby stared at it. Crazy. Bobby Brown. hierarchy. I'm going crazy. Bobby Brown song. He said that's my. prerogative. No. Prerogative. It is not prerogative. It is. prerogative. Prerogative. Prerogative. Prerogative.

That's just how it's spelled. That's not. how you say it. No, it is pro prerogative. It is. my prerogative. He said it wrong. It's not Now, everybody gets that one wrong. I mean, there are some that are very acceptable. I don't think you're going to seem like. an. If Bobby Brown gets it wrong, then I'm. with Bobby. But when you got to go and. you got to get a a certain order of. medicine filled at the pharmacy that. you're getting your what filled? Prescription. No, you're getting your prescription. filled. No, I I What do you mean? It's not. happening before. It's a prescription. It's not a. prescription.

It's been prescribed. It's been prescribed. It's a. prescription. It's not You got me. It's not a prescription. Now. per prescription. You got some uh some sweat up under your. arms. You are persspiring. Perspiring. Correct. It is not presspiring. That's. what I was thinking. Perspiring. It is. not presspiring. I need a prescription for my. perspiration. Okay. A few more. When somebody's When. something happens again, it starts with. an R. It occurred once happens. It occurred once and now it is.

It occurred once and then it's happening. again. So, it is. re Do you know this, Jason? Am I just. alone in this world of not knowing what. this is? You don't know what it is. It. occurred once. It's happening again. Relay re something. recurred. Recurred. It recurred cheese. Reoccurred is not a. word. Remember that. It also rhymes. Reoccurred is not a word. I don't even know the word exists. Recurs. You want to get You want to get. some uh fruit recurring. Yeah. You want to get some fruit. flavored ice cream? You want to get some. orange?

Sherbet. Sherbet. It is not sherbet. Sherbet is nothing. It's sherbet. Sherbet. Okay. Okay. something getting smarter every. second. Something uh. which may not be saying much. Okay, I'm going to move on to a couple. of ones that these are all ones that I. personally got incorrect as I looked at. this list. I was like, you're saying you got the other ones. right? But you're looking at the list. It's you're biased. Okay. I'm really good at something. It. is my It starts with an F.

Yes, that's freaking talent. That is my forte. Forte. It's French. Technically, it's just fort. The e was. added incorrectly because so many people. said it wrongly because they were uh. looking at a musical term called a. forte. And they and then the dictionary. actually updated to account for people's. incorrect pronunciation. It's really my. fort because you sound like a you're. like that's my fort and they're like. where's your fort? See it doesn't make. any sense now. But technically it's. fort. I didn't know that. Okay. When you. criticize somebody harshly you just I'm.

just laying into this guy. I. lambast. Wrong. It is lambbast. Lambast is not a. word. And it wasn't what I thought, which I thought it was a lamb blast. You thought it was lamb blast? I'm going to lamb blast this dude. It's. lamb based. It just like basting a lamb. It's lamb based. Okay. Okay. You sign a what kind of agreement. before you get married if you're in. Hollywood? Nuptual. No, it's nuptial. It's two syllables. Nuptual. Nuptual. It is not a nuptual.

Okay. Okay. Uh women. and it would be a prenuptual. Women. sometimes get uh breast implants and. they are made out of a certain. substance. Silicon. Did you know that silicon and silicone. are two different things? Silicon is. what you put in. One's for the left, one's for the right. A microchip. Silicon is microchips and. silicone are like the implants and. polymer that people have made. A man was. wrong. Silicon is an element. Silicone. is a man-made thing. H. totally different. I didn't I didn't. know that. Okay. You look just like your. dad. You're the what image of your dad?

Spitting image. Incorrect. It is the spit and image of. your dad. It was turned into spitting. image again and updated in the. dictionary because so many people got. got it wrong, but it was the spit and. image. Three words. Now, in one of our recent videos, I. said, "Let's go to this particular place. uh in the in Mexico." I said, "Let's go. to. Tijana.". It is Tijuana. It is not Tijana. There. is no a in that first part. It is. Tijuana. Whoops. You said that. I didn't. And. lastly, uh, when you compete in three.

different sports and you run, you swim, and you bike, you are a. triathlete. You're trying to trigger. and you're and and you're competing in a. triathlon. Triathlon. No, triathlon. There is It is not a. triathlon. It is triathon. So, what does this mean? If you got 50%. or less of these correct, you're you. need help and you're going to be. perceived as a stupid person by other. people. So, if you want to leg up, say. these things, right? If you got 90 95% or more right,

you're a jerk. You're a jerk. So, you want to be in. like you want to be where I am. You want to be in 50 to 95%. If you get. if you break the 95% barrier, you're. going to be a person that no one wants. to hang out with unless you like have a. PhD from Yale. Rewind through this episode of Good. Mythical Morning. Okay. So, you were. talking last, so you start. Yep. Absolutely.

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