2 mo. ago • 97%

Makes my teeth hurt.

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I used to pronounce Persephone like Saxophone (Purse-a-phone) until I played Hades.

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- Hayds
  
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- I called the Progressive Metal band of the same name like that for like 5 years until I told a friend about them and they did the "hahaha.. Wait, what did you call them?" and right then and there my life changed
  
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- Sax-o-phie, wow it's completely unrecognizable as the same word.
  
  Who needs consistent pronunciation rules anyway?
  
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Like getting kicked in the testicles.

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  Testikles was lowkey one of the best characters in Odyssey. It's an absolute shame that that large, greased man wasn't used more throughout the game.
  
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- This testicles guy's really got a pair huh?
  
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Sax-of-phony sounds a bit like cacophony, so it sort of fits. A potential future eggcorn.

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The Battle of Thermopylae really fucked me up in English Comp. I still feel the embarrassment

Ther-mop-i-lee

Not "Thermo-play"

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