Today, I learned that I've been saying a word wrong my whole life and all my friends have been too polite to correct me, when I found out that "Segue" and "Segway" are pronounced the same. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that the word "segue" is pronounced like the "Segway" brand. Unfortunately, I found this out as I was giving a speech, which someone interrupted to correct me. I'm a 41 year-old salesman. FML
Today, I found out that I've been pronouncing "quinoa" wrong for years. FML
Today, I realized I’ve been saying “a whole nother” instead of “a whole other” my entire life. It wasn’t until my friend pointed it out with a smirk I’ve been speaking in an alternate universe. He was also the one to point out last year that my use of "like" every three words was "annoying and cringe." FML
Today, I found out that I've been calling my boyfriend's dad by the wrong name for the past two years. No one had told me sooner because they liked laughing at me for it when I wasn't around. FML
Today, I confidently corrected someone in a group conversation. I was wrong. Very wrong. Everyone stared while Google proved me incorrect in seconds. I nodded and pretended I meant something else. FML
Today, I noticed that I've been spelling my company's name wrong in my email signature for over a year. FML
Today, I found out I've been misspelling my middle name for 25 years. FML
Today, it was the last day of school, and I said goodbye to one of my students. She then told me how to correctly pronounce her name. I'd said it wrong all year. FML
Today, I found out that while on foreign exchange for over six months now, I have been pronouncing the word for "night" in German wrong. Apparently, this whole time, the way that I have been pronouncing it in German means "naked". This explains a lot. FML
Today, I have learned a lot of "big" words from reading so much, but can actually only pronounce about half of them correctly. FML
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RichardPencil 32
Wait...are you ******* with me right now? I've always said "sooge" (rhymes with Scrooge). I've always thought people liked my sense of humor whenever a discussion got heated, I'd say, "Can we sooge to a new topic?" and they'd laugh. Now I know why.
dasin 18
never seen it spelled out before... ever. if i had pronounced it wrong based on its spelling no one would even know what i was talking about to even be able to correct
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RichardPencil 32
Wait...are you ******* with me right now? I've always said "sooge" (rhymes with Scrooge). I've always thought people liked my sense of humor whenever a discussion got heated, I'd say, "Can we sooge to a new topic?" and they'd laugh. Now I know why.
Yudith 28
I thought segue was pronounced "say gay".
dasin 18
never seen it spelled out before... ever. if i had pronounced it wrong based on its spelling no one would even know what i was talking about to even be able to correct