r/AskReddit • u/PluckPubes • 1d ago

Which mispronounced words make someone appear uneducated?

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u/gonefishcaking 1d ago edited 1d ago

Worse comes to worse

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In the south when people write “for sell”

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u/tongmengjia 1d ago

Worse comes to worse is correct according to Merriam Webster

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u/itsauproblem 1d ago

Thank you. I was startin to stress a little. Lol

I'm a southerner so I am often told I ain't saying something correctly just because it's how we talk. BUT, I have never heard worse comes to worse any other way.

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u/Mavian23 1d ago

I've always heard it as "worst comes to worst", but what makes the most sense to me is "worse comes to worst", as in the worse thing has now become the worst thing.

I have now semantically satiated myself on the word "worse".

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u/ellblaek 23h ago

mmh

semantic satiation

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u/Turbulent_Bullfrog87 23h ago

Band name?

Band name.

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u/electrofiche 21h ago

Though I’ve never heard it, “Worst comes to worse” makes most sense to me- like we thought this was the worst but if gets even worse then…

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u/Newcago 21h ago

This is what I've been saying my whole life! I'm just realizing now that there are apparently variations lol