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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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[-] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

The name that we all pronounce as Shawn is actually spelled Seán

And, fun fact, is the Irish version of the Hebrew name Yohanan (יוֹחָנָן) from which we get John and Jean and Jehan and Johan and Shane and Juan and many other variants!

[-] Silentiea@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Everybody's named John. All the way back. There is only one name, just lots of different spellings and pronunciations.

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