10 Words You Mispronounce That Make People Think You’re an Idiot
10 Words You Mispronounce That Make People Think You’re an Idiot - JUSTIN BROWN Think you say athlete, nuclear, or candidate correctly? For the sake of the English language, double-check to make sure. By Justin Brown This article first appeared on Primer.com . Don’t worry, I won’t waste your time with the elementary school lessons about how to accurately pronounce “library,” “February,” or “arctic”—although I will note that if you’re discussing a library and still dropping the first “r,” there’s a very good chance that your friends and/or colleagues are laughing behind your back. I won’t trouble you with a lecture covering how some of the words you use actually aren’t words at all. If you’re using words like “snuck,” “brang,” or “irregardless” (none of those are real words), an article—much less one written by me—is not going to solve your problems. What I will do is offer up a rudimentary form of help, in terms of how to properly pronounce relatively common words th
