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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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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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[–] Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My wife pronounces ‘foliage’ like ‘foil-adj’.

[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Mine says window-seal.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

My teacher told me that he'd fail me if I mispronounced "Data" as "Da ta" and not "Dait a". So I always mispronounce it

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[–] captnanonymous@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

My favorite example of this happened during a D&D game years ago in which the DM kept pronouncing the word portcullis as PORK-YOO-LISS.

To this day, the word causes the image of some sort of ancient Roman pig gladiator to appear unbidden in my mind.

[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

My wife says "wheelbarrel" and I giggle every time.

[–] Seudo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

We've probably all said a sentence that no other person in history has ever said.

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago
[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)
  • genre
  • only
  • gif
  • croissant
  • Aloysius
  • Edinburgh
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[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 years ago

You can just look up words in the dictionary and look up the phonetic pronunciation key to refresh your memory. It pays to do this every once in a while.

[–] tinwhiskers@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

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[–] newbeni@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I got Linux wrong for a while

[–] angelsomething@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

Likely to be “schedule”

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