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There's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know about (discuss.tchncs.de)
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Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I'm probably still doing it with some word.

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[-] tinwhiskers@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I said automaton wrong for years. I said auto-maton instead of au-tomoton. I still cringe a bit thinking about it :-/

[-] JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

I only just woke up so forgive me if you're right, did you mean automation?

[-] tinwhiskers@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

No.

automaton — Noun: 1. A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions., 2. A person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle and lacking in emotion., 3. A formal system, such as a finite-state machine or cellular automaton., 4. A toy in the form of a mechanical figure. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/automaton

[-] JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

Huh, you learn something every day. Thanks for that

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