#mispronouncing

[writing2changetheworld]

Smosh Reads Reddit Stories (June 21st, 2025) - Post 2

Spoilers for the 2nd story

I don't understand why they read/included the 2nd story (the person mispronouncing "tutorials") at all other than to just make fun of that person.

1.) That can be a difficult word to say in general. But especially when you're taken off guard by something (OP was taken off guard by no one in the room knowing who Paul Hollywood is).

2.) OP could be disabled which caused that misspeak. They could've been taken off guard by it because "tutorials" has never been a word that has given them trouble prior.

Even with my anger towards him right now, I do appreciate Damien [Haas] acknowledging some people have speech impediments and that's okay.

Some people don't like to be corrected. Especially if it is a speech impediment and they know they'll be able to get it eventually. Just be patient. If you're a little bit uncomfortable for a few minutes, you'll live. Maybe unpack why you're uncomfortable with another human being making a mistake.

When they talked about the subreddit for mispronouncing things they laughed at and made fun of someone else's mistake (that was probably autocorrect's fault). Even if it wasn't autocorrect, they laughed at and made fun of someone else just being a human being.

Then Shayne brought up people misspelling things because "it's really funny". He mentioned someone saying "It donned donned me". And they each laughed. Again, it could've been autocorrect. If it wasn't autocorrect, it was a human being who did not consent to their mistake being made fun of.

In the story's update OP says, "Again, thank you guys for laughing at my blunder with me." So it might not have been caused by a disability. And OP consents to people laughing at their mistake. But none of that was known before the update. So laughing at their mess up is still wrong.

Do Shayne [Topp], Ian [Hecox], Damien, and everyone else in the room not recognize that sometimes human beings (them included) make mistakes? That we're not "flawless"?

[yesterdays-xkcd]

My pal Emad does this all the time. 'Hey man, which way to the airpart?'

Mispronouncing [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

[Caption at top of panel:] My hobby: Mispronouncing words

[Cueball and a friend are talking:] Cueball: Yeah, did you see what he said on his wobsite? Friend: ...his what? Cueball: Wobsite. Friend: ... I think you mean "website." Cueball: Why don't you write about it in your blag?

[peachy-lemon83]

Does anyone else read geography as geo-graphy?

No, just me. Okay

[mirrormirrormag]

say my name

Living in a society where monotony is preferred, your name can say a lot about your background. Likewise, the way a person chooses to respond to your name can say a lot about them. Many first generation Americans or daughters of immigrant families have faced the awkwardness of having to repeatedly explain how to pronounce their names, only to have their identities erased by people purposely mispronouncing their name or giving them a generic “nickname” simply for their comfort.

By allowing Americans to shape our names to fit their tongue in a palatable way, we are assimilating ourselves to a culture that is bent on erasing our identities. We are contributing to the endless cycle of prejudice and ignorance that has plagued this country since its birth. As an Arab-American, I’ve known only the unwelcoming glares from the people who are subjected to the same law as me. Growing up, I knew I had to make myself mold-able in order to be  accepted, to the point that I didn’t know my own name anymore.

The first thing I was given upon birth was my name and white people managed to take that away from me, or rather, I allowed them to. Anytime I would leave my house my tongue would change from the arabic tongue to the english tongue, and I could no longer pronounce my name correctly. With the same intonations and emphasis that organically shaped my name in arabic.

We continuously preach ideas of equality and acceptance just as the way we are. But right as we introduce ourselves, we welcome the idea that we won’t be as good as the other people, so we might as well make our names easier for them. We want to spare ourselves the embarrassment and the audacity of saying our own name. So we change ourselves, in a way that is subtle, yet almost tangibly there.

Living in a society where monotony is preferred, just saying your name with the authenticity that it demands to live up to its meaning, is an act of resistance. When you introduce yourself, demand that the person across from you bridges the barrier between the hyphen in “Arab-American” or “Indian-American” or “Pakistani-American” and pronounces your name correctly.

[hilarious-pizza]

My mum mispronounces the names of TV shows all the time:

married at first sight = married without children house of cards = deck of cards who do you think you are = where are they now

[the-spastic-pen]

Phonics fun

Sister: I am a hair-bringer of doom

Me: Harbinger of doom?

Sister: It could be hair-bringer ravens bring hair.

[dontbother-illfigureitoutmyself]

One of my favorite trends is people purposely mispronouncing names

Noah Centimeter

Camila Cabbage Patch

Jake Gynecologist

Bumblebee Cantelope

It’s so much fun and I love it