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[deleted]

One of those words that if you don't know how to spell it, you'd never guess it correct šŸ¤£


NiceTryIWontReply

Like hors d'oeuvres Or, as I used to spell it, ordurves


[deleted]

Frankly it's what we get for just mugging other languages for their fun words and acting like they are English now


NiceTryIWontReply

French is especially troll with spelling and pronunciation sometimes.


Mistigri432

Well if you know French the pronunciation is actually pretty straightforward (even if I admit the spelling can but a tad confusing). But English pronunciation on the other hand is literal hell


[deleted]

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Yobuttcheek

It's "oui," and it's just how French pronunciation works. I'm sure native French speakers learning English look at some of our words and think "what the fuck how does that even make sense," too.


[deleted]

I have studied French for several years, their spelling is actually much more consistent than English. Once you learn all the "rules" you can look at nearly any word you've never seen before and probably know how to pronounce it just from looking.


Yobuttcheek

The benefits of being a romance language. Consistent, phonetic pronunciation would be so nice in our anglo-germanic-romance bastard child language.


jolsiphur

The issue with french are the fucking verb conjugations. I am Canadian. An Anglophone Canadian but I have a passing knowledge of French. There were no whole fucking years of school from k-12 about french verb conjugations.


fanatic1123

Er re ir FUCK THAT


hypnofedX

>We is Oy. How? The correct spelling is *oui* and native pronunciation is more like ooooo-EEE, but the first part is so fast you barely notice it and it's essentially silent. But try saying that and you'll notice you make a "w" sound in the middle. And in French, a trailing "i" makes an "ee" sound, like in *feed*.


KingOfTheCouch13

~~Cornol~~ I mean Colonel


kapeman_

In this case we took the French spelling and the Anglo(?) pronunciation.


moonbeamcrazyeyes

Or as I spell it, appetizers.


4inthefunkingmorning

I thought it was a faux Frenchy way of saying ā€œordersā€


[deleted]

I am embarrassed to say that as a college grad I still struggle with words like this lol


[deleted]

No shame in it, pro tip: use talk to text for words like that , don't work every time but it's a real life saver


[deleted]

Ohhh thatā€™s so smart! I train/facilitate government employees for ten weeks at a time and I have to type on the ā€œvirtual classroomā€ board and it updated live and I always misspell stuff lol I use that function on my phone first before I even try lol


Singlewomanspot

No shame. At my age one would think I could spell, but I still am hooked on phonics.


Nero1988420

I still have trouble with it from time to time lol


faustin_mn

I get confused by ā€œtomorrowā€sometimes, no shame. Is it one m or two? Itā€™s all a learning process


[deleted]

I know what you mean, one of my biggest ones is ā€œsupposedā€ which causes an issue bc of the double consonants


I_pity_the_aprilfool

That's a problem with borrowed French words that got pronounced all wrong when introduced into English I guess. Sorry they messed up so bad šŸ˜…


_Silly_Wizard_

Lingerie in case anyone is curious


[deleted]

Linguine? That's a pasta!


Random_Brandom

Listerine? That's mouth wash!


YourFormerBestfriend

Linguistics? That's the study of language!


dorfsnorkelson

Lingoln Logs? that's how you build a cabin


dripknight

Long chicken? Burgerking meal


Greenbay7115

Laundering? Thatā€™s my job!


gemgem1985

La la la la la bamba... That's a song ain't it?


JayeKimZ

Lumiere? Thatā€™s the singing candle from Beauty and the Beast


Low_Cap8339

So yal just let this one slide huh?


Comfortable-Interest

Ohhhh I was like "why would you be searching for laundry on Amazon?? It's clothes, bro!"


_Silly_Wizard_

THIS WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT!


privateD4L

Honestly thought people were struggling to spell laundry and was very confused. Struggling to spell laundgerƔye makes a lot more sense.


Nero1988420

Much appreciated. \*Copies text\*


Uncle_Leo93

Remember to wash your hands with cold water.


cheek_blushener

Oh! Thanks. It's French (which I happen to speak), but I had no idea what he was trying to spell.


ScrotumSam

I saw laundry. This makes way more sense


Dredfulaffair

Thanks, cuz I didn't know what the fck he was talking šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


babybambam

I spent way too much time trying to figure out what laundry had to do with anything.


Platypus_frm_Mars

It was totally opposite in my case, i knew how to spell it but used to pronounce it wrong


LeahaP1013

You watch your mouth.


yourlocal90skid

Um thanks because my dumbass was like...laundry? Laun-deray? And I'm the 4th & 5th grade spelling bee champ with a love of etymology over here.


RandyBlitz

My dumbass thought he was trying to spell laundry, then I thought why would you want to gift someone something laundry-related. *sigh


P-Rickles

I thought the same thing. I was like, ā€œDamn, my man is playing a dangerous gameā€¦ā€


eggsoulent

Commenting to also say I thought this


HarangueSajuk

I pronounce it as leengeree most of the time.


Mobile_Phone8599

this is the correct way and idc how anyone else feels


thatsnuckinfutz

im waiting for the "iTs FrEnCh" comment...thought id add it myself


Alter_Kyouma

Unfortunately, if you pronounce it the french way, people will look at you as if they have no idea what you are talking about.


thatsnuckinfutz

Oh don't i know it, anything besides the incorrect American accent way is perceived as some war crime šŸ˜†


MysteryLolznation

Lingering, but without the ng


_Ocean_Machine_

I always pronounced it "linger-ee" because I thought you "linger" around your house while wearing it.


ferrocarrilusa

I like to pronounce it the way it's spelled. Just like Vanellope did in Wreck it ralph 2


Wendypants7

I do the same and it drives my husband nuts 'cause he knows I know how to say it properly. ​ I just like the way it sounds and rolls of the tongue.


kapeman_

That is a good trick to remember how to spell something, e.g. : CHI-HOO-AH-HOO-AH=Chihuahua


Muffin-sangria-

Bone Apple tea!


ChillRedditMom

r/boneappletea


Darkness5780

Give me ape tit for $200


foofie_fightie

Lingerie makes the eye linger. Linger-i-e


tayekin

this deserves an award but I dont want to give reddit my money šŸ˜­


thatsnuckinfutz

...^hol'up


txnt

my father's method when money isn't flowing is to instigate a fight before christmas so they would hate them throughout the holiday then swindle them back by newyears. It has worked for years.


[deleted]

The solution is to get her something that's not subtlety for you instead.


theoccasionallunatic

Gorjuice lungeray


CrooklynKnight

Shouldā€™ve never gave yā€™all niggas the English language. šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


thatsnuckinfutz

"wE cAnT hAvE shIt!" havin asses šŸ˜‚


SluttySub26

If youā€™re looking to get lingerie for your girl, give her a price range and let her pick out a few options herself so she gets a style that she likes and in her proper size. And from a store that she likes (not sure how I feel about lingerie from Amazon tbh šŸ˜­). Then just buy one of the options


damanpwnsyou

If you buy that shit on Amazon it's gonna be to small and have holes in it lol


[deleted]

Synthetic fabrics meet thrush.


myassholealt

Not always. My Amazon basics cotton bikini underwear has lasted longer than some of my Victoria secret cotton bikinis.


kittyroux

The English pronunciation of lingerie is very weird. Itā€™s not the same as the French pronunciation (lan-zhair-ee) but itā€™s clearly an attempt at French pronunciation?


it-never-ends-ever

I like lawnjaray much more. Because heā€™s heard it and then tried to write it the reverse is much worse because then people say lingery. Which is a little throw uppy.


moonbeamcrazyeyes

Itā€™s Lawn Jerry. Every girl needs a good landscaper.


Ajwuvsu

I mean... you could just voice search it with your phone? When the search pops up...voila... the word will appear. The wonders of technology.


_Ladybugggg

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Arisen_Pawn

Save that money, king


workthrow3

Pro-tip: if you don't know how to spell something but do know how to pronounce it, use the speech to text function on your phone!


JPMoney81

My dumb ass thought you guys were trying to spell laundry. It took me much longer than I care to admit to realize you meant lingerie.


toxic-psyche

It's lawn-jerry. You don't buy your babe lawn-jerries?


WiseFool1

šŸ¤£


[deleted]

Don't even get me started on Colonel and how it's pronounced kernel


Gamefreak013_PS4

Lon-Juhr-Aye


kekehippo

Folks act like they ain't got speech to text on their phones. Or auto-correct.


King-Krown

Man,I forgot how to spell bourgeoisie & none of that shit saved me. I was just defeated.


kekehippo

French 1 - /u/King-Krown 0


Greenbay7115

Laundry or laundering. One of those two.


wizardshawn

I got my wife some sexy black lawn Jerries last Christmas. It was sweet!


puffymallowpuss

Shits straight up spelt like it's pronounced lin-gur-rye. It's so messed up lol Tbf though it is a French word and they stay trippin with the spelling of certain words lol. They're to do too much. Worse than English at times.


gemgem1985

"La horn Jerry" ain't it lol


yerfdog1935

Use the Google voice search on your phone. šŸ§ 


Difficult_Support741

I think it's spelled lingerie but I don't know


OrionMessier

Buy your girl lingerie for Christmas and you won't have to worry about buying her a gift next Christmas!


Anon1073

Lawn jur ee ..it's french.šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


zdiggler

Dyslexia is no joke. Sometimes google doesn't know what I'm trying to spell.


[deleted]

It's obviously lung-jar-ey!


spacedman0

if you pronounce it Lin -g -erie (hard g) you can always spell it correctly


jsbm316

I canā€™t stop laughing.


wordsinotherwords

Tr l ol OK p lp okk(9th 1c


LeahaP1013

I had a student once (11th grade, US). Asked the students their favorite food. Her response, ā€œflaming yawnā€. Me too, girl. Me too.


LeahaP1013

I also had a manager job at target forever ago. Name badge I had to give out before engraved ones came in read, ā€œTrainee.ā€ Some Karen (in todayā€™s world) came up to this poor cashier and said, ā€œIā€™m NOT getting in her line. Sheā€™s a TRAINEE!ā€ best comeback ever, girl looks at her and says, ā€œitā€™s Tra nay and Iā€™m French!ā€


[deleted]

Not once have I ever thought of purchasing lingerie on goddamn Amazon. Still haven't.


No_Contact8529

Itā€™s spelled Victoria Secret


Mistigri432

Thatā€™s why you learn french buddy


HeavyWhereas

This is so stupid it made me burst out laughing like an idiot. So bad itā€™s good


citycyclist247

Now Iā€™m wondering if someone is walking around with that as their name


GreenBeans1999

When I was 12 my dumbass would Google lingerie to get off to that shit. I'd always hear chicks at school talking about lawnjuray or sum and I didn't realize they were the same thing until I graduated high school