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Can you say shibboleth
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this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2024
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I pronounced hyperbole as it is spelled "hyper bowl" for decades and nobody corrected me! It wasn't until I finally saw someone say it in a TV show that I realized the error of my ways. Now I stumble over the word every time I try to say it because I have decades of habit to overcome. Sometimes when I think I might need to say it, I start mouthing it ahead of time so that I get it right on the first try. There are at least a dozen other words like this for me, and I'm sure dozens more that I'm not even aware of.
Edit: for those of you who have never heard it pronounced, hyperbole is pronounced "high-per-buh-lee".
What does not exactly help in some people's case, is that other Euro languages have adjusted Greek etc. words more to their own needs and actually do the "bowl" thing (even omit the e on the end, like in Dutch). I mean, I think that is what keeps me back.