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

  • 19-11-2011 8:07pm
    #1
    Miss Olenska
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭Miss Olenska


    For me:

    asthma
    Tallaght
    and the biggie: phlegm

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


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  • #2
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    Tallaght as well!!!


  • #3
    Snowie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    Im lysdonksic :/


  • #4
    Sid_Justice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,720 ✭✭✭Sid_Justice


    Snow-Monkey wrote: »
    Im lysdonksic :/

    no one thank this post


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,505 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Kyrgyzstan

    I know it's bit obscure, but wow.


  • #6
    Gee Bag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭Gee Bag


    Electro-convulsive


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  • #7
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Naas


  • #8
    Schism
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭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?


  • #9
    PseudoFamous
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭PseudoFamous


    Quay.


  • #10
    Mr. Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,798 ✭✭✭Mr. Incognito


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


  • #11
    Dotrel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Dotrel


    Aspergers


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  • #12
    Tescosolvakia
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭Tescosolvakia


    Albeit


  • #13
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,460 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Segue


  • #14
    Giruilla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭Giruilla


    ****


  • #15
    Snowie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    Sid_Justice wrote: »
    no one thank this post

    find a small hole....:rolleyes:


  • #16
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭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 :confused:

    :pac:


  • #17
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Hyperbole


  • #18
    Dotrel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Dotrel


    Mediocre


  • #19
    Snakeblood
    Registered Users Posts: 4,466 ✭✭✭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.


  • #20
    Miss Olenska
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭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. :D


  • #21
    Miss Olenska
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭Miss Olenska


    Two more:

    Grand Prix
    Coup


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  • #22
    OPENROAD
    Registered Users Posts: 11,692 ✭✭✭✭OPENROAD


    It


  • #23
    John Doe1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    diarrhea:eek:


  • #24
    Cork boy 55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Cork boy 55


    :rolleyes:


  • #25
    UnkieKev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 896 ✭✭✭UnkieKev


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


  • #26
    LighterGuy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭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.


  • #27
    aaronjumper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,128 ✭✭✭✭aaronjumper


    Lieutenant. Did I spell that right?


  • #28
    antocann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,352 ✭✭✭antocann


    John Doe1 wrote: »
    diarrhea:eek:

    i know it scares the sh!t out of ya


  • #29
    longshanks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


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


  • #30
    Miss Olenska
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭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. :D


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  • #31
    silvervixen84
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 6,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭silvervixen84


    Grosvenor & Arkansas


  • #32
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


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


  • #33
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭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. :D

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


  • #34
    woodoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭woodoo


    Colonel - i always heard it pronounced as kurnel.

    Colonel Gaddafi.


  • #35
    Pace2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,587 ✭✭✭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.


  • #36
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Phonetically - they're just taking the piss with that one.
    Really? I think it's rather onomatopoeic.


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  • #37
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,404 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


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


  • #38
    How so Joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭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.


  • #39
    Miss Olenska
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭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" :o:D


  • #40
    UnkieKev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 896 ✭✭✭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. :D

    Are you pserious? lol


  • #41
    saralou2011
    Registered Users Posts: 261 ✭✭saralou2011


    balla (small town in mayo)


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  • #42
    Miss Olenska
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭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:


  • #43
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭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" :o:D
    ^such a faux pas...


  • #44
    sgb
    Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭sgb


    The girl's name Siobhan


  • #45
    Miss Olenska
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭Miss Olenska


    saralou2011 wrote: »
    balla (small town in mayo)

    Oh, mother of God, YES!!!


  • #46
    Cork boy 55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Cork boy 55


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


  • #47
    UnkieKev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 896 ✭✭✭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!


  • #48
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Lieutenant


  • #49
    Miss Olenska
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭Miss Olenska


    im invisible wrote: »
    ^such a faux pas...

    Oh snap!


  • #50
    PseudoFamous
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭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?


  • #51
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Callipygain


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