When I was a kid, it was Yosemite.
I was obsessed with GTA San Andreas, and that was the big truck in the game, and it was my favorite. I was pronouncing it like "yosa might" for a while until somebody pointed it out, and then I connected the dots
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I don't use it wrong because I don't use it but to me "mirth" feels like it has a negative connotation even though I know it means joyful.
The word Segue meaning transition.
Always used Segway instead which was incorrect.
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Nonce. I've always used it just like Dunce. Turns out it does in fact not mean the same and instead means pedo.
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Encephalitis (en-sef-uh-LIE-tis) is inflammation of the brain. There are several causes, including viral infection, autoimmune inflammation, bacterial infection, insect bites and others.
In German we use the English term 'understatement' in some occasions, e.g. 'his dressing style is a clear understatement...'. My brain somehow tied the meaning to something like 'understanding', maybe due to the similarities of both words. For decades it was clear to me that someone dressing like that were dressed to the point and 'making a clear statement'. Now that I've checked the real meaning, I'm completely puzzled when and how to use the term and what I've misinterpreted all the years...
You might have been looking for the term understated.
As in, to dress in an understated style. Which relates to simplicity, elegance, and versatility.
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I have bad hearing so I mostly just mispronounce words...
Since OP is in the UK, I can pull out “nonplussed.” Current American usage of the word is a lack of surprise or general acceptance. I am nonplussed when news arrives that another politician was caught in a sex scandal. Non-American usage is complete surprise and an inability to act. The Scot was nonplussed when the drunk American vomited noisily on his shoes.
Edit: I am firmly in the “general acceptance” camp and usually have to process for a second or two when someone uses it in its traditional sense.
I have never heard it used as general acceptance. That really drives me nuts! What good is a word that's self contradictory 😨
Likewise, only ever known it as the total surprise meaning.
I wonder if the American meaning has any relation to the seemingly common use of the phrase "I could care less", which is similarly opposite to its (to me) correct meaning.
Oh and don't get me started on uninterested/disinterested...
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Man, I'm learning some weird stuff about British people. I've never heard of encephalitis being associated with HIV or a nonce being any kind of person.
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