Words that on first seeing their actual spelling blew your mind.

Miss Olenska

For me:

asthma
Tallaght
and the biggie: phlegm

Silent letters can be mad to get your head around as a kid.

Teyla Emmagan

Tallaght as well!!!

Snowie

Im lysdonksic

Sid_Justice

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

Im lysdonksic

no one thank this post

Kyrgyzstan

I know it's bit obscure, but wow.

Gee Bag

Electro-convulsive

ThisRegard

Naas

Schism

Yeah I've always heard people talking about the hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride in shampoo but seeing it written is a real eye opener. Who knew there was a h in chloride?

PseudoFamous

Quay.

Mr. Incognito

wow- so this is what the geeks talk about on Board on saturday when everyone else is out getting laid

Dotrel

Aspergers

Tescosolvakia

Albeit

Blisterman

Segue

Giruilla

****

Snowie

Sid_Justice wrote: »

no one thank this post

find a small hole....:rolleyes:

stupidusername

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

wow- so this is what the geeks talk about on Board on saturday when everyone else is out getting laid

says you who's the mod of taxation

:pac:

quickbeam

Hyperbole

Dotrel

Mediocre

Snakeblood

Rendezvous, for ****s sake. I was convinced it and rondayvoo were two completely different words meaning the same thing.

**** words and the letters that live in them.

Miss Olenska

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

wow- so this is what the geeks talk about on Board on saturday when everyone else is out getting laid

I'm usually getting nailed by the BF around this time on a Saturday but he's away, so my inner-nerd has made a rare appearance.

Miss Olenska

Two more:

Grand Prix
Coup

OPENROAD

It

John Doe1

diarrhea:eek:

Cork boy 55

:rolleyes:

UnkieKev

Pneumatic! Damn those silent p's! So disconcerting!

LighterGuy

Corps. As In Marine Corps.

I know its a French word but still its pronounced 'core' and we have an english spelling for it, c-o-r-e. So using corps is rather silly.

aaronjumper

Lieutenant. Did I spell that right?

antocann

John Doe1 wrote: »

diarrhea:eek:

i know it scares the sh!t out of ya

longshanks

Aisle, lingerie, hors d'ouvres, Joaquim, and as said earlier... segue.

Miss Olenska

UnkieKev wrote: »

Pneumatic! Damn those silent p's! So disconcerting!

I once heard some eejit of a talking head on one of those Channel Four Top 100 Whatever shows actually pronounce the p - like p-neumatic. On a TV programme. Recorded for posterity.

He must have got such a slagging for that.

silvervixen84

Grosvenor & Arkansas

Phonetically - they're just taking the piss with that one.

Ghandee

Miss Olenska wrote: »

I'm usually getting nailed by the BF around this time on a Saturday but he's away, so my inner-nerd has made a rare appearance.

PM sent with an erotic pic of my bulging hammer and nail bag! :pac:

woodoo

Colonel - i always heard it pronounced as kurnel.

Colonel Gaddafi.

Pace2008

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

wow- so this is what the geeks talk about on Board on saturday when everyone else is out getting laid

What, at 19:15?

On topic, I generally encounter words in written form before I hear them spoken. On several occasions I'd try to drop a mildly obscure word in conversation only to realise I have no idea how to correctly pronounce it.

El Weirdo

Deleted User wrote: »

Phonetically - they're just taking the piss with that one.

Really? I think it's rather onomatopoeic.

tayto lover

Drock-hee-da is a town in Co. Louth according to the B.B.C. and I.T.V. news-readers.

How so Joe

choir
While my spelling is generally very good, the word choir BLEW MY MIND when I realised how it was spelled.

Conversely, deus ex machina was one I couldn't pronounce at all until a friend humiliated me entirely by pointing out extremely loudly that I'd pronounced it wrong and then called me a tool.

Miss Olenska

Pace2008 wrote: »

On topic, I generally encounter words in written form before I hear them spoken. On several occasions I'd try to drop a mildly obscure word in conversation only to realise I have no idea how to correctly pronounce it.

I saw the word hyperbole and knew what it meant before I ever heard it pronounced. Hence, the first time I said it, I said "Hyperboll" :D

UnkieKev

Miss Olenska wrote: »

I once heard some eejit of a talking head on one of those Channel Four Top 100 Whatever shows actually pronounce the p - like p-neumatic. On a TV programme. Recorded for posterity.

He must have got such a slagging for that.

Are you pserious? lol

saralou2011

balla (small town in mayo)

Miss Olenska

UnkieKev wrote: »

Are you pserious? lol

Yup, what a knob. And you know all those talking heads come across as cooler-than-thou pseuds which made it all the more amusing. :pac:

im invisible

Miss Olenska wrote: »

I saw the word hyperbole and knew what it meant before I ever heard it pronounced. Hence, the first time I said it, I said "Hyperboll" :D

^such a faux pas...

sgb

The girl's name Siobhan

Miss Olenska

saralou2011 wrote: »

balla (small town in mayo)

Oh, mother of God, YES!!!

Cork boy 55

This op and thread to me represent all that is wrong with your country and society

UnkieKev

Miss Olenska wrote: »

Yup, what a knob. And you know all those talking heads come across as cooler-than-thou pseuds which made it all the more amusing. :pac:

It's always fun....I hope he know's how much of a tool he is!

efb

Lieutenant

Miss Olenska

im invisible wrote: »

^such a faux pas...

Oh snap!

PseudoFamous

Miss Olenska wrote: »

Yup, what a knob. And you know all those talking heads come across as cooler-than-thou pseuds which made it all the more amusing. :pac:

You trying to say something?

Micky Dolenz

Callipygain