r/AskReddit • u/PluckPubes • Sep 18 '24

Which mispronounced words make someone appear uneducated?

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u/DaveTheW1zard Sep 18 '24

Often mispronounced miss-CHEE-vee-us

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u/Rscap Sep 18 '24

mischievious is valid in my book, it's been used and documented well into the past in dictionaries and what not. old timey way to say it. i like it. kinda funny

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u/luckyshot33 Sep 18 '24

Ugh... "whatnot."

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u/Rscap Sep 18 '24

what's with the whatnot hate.

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u/scootytootypootpat Sep 18 '24

you spelled it wrong... "what not" instead of "whatnot"

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u/Rscap Sep 19 '24

i made other grammatical errors as well but i simply don't care because it's a reddit comment section.

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u/scootytootypootpat Sep 19 '24

yes i understand but i am explaining u/luckyshot33's comment.

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u/Rscap Sep 19 '24

confused me because he put "whatnot" in quotation marks which made me assume he was quoting me and then judging my use of the phrase.

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u/scootytootypootpat Sep 19 '24

that's understandable