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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    9 months ago

    victual (vittle)

    I knew that “vittle” was from the word “victual,” but I never knew that they were actually pronounced the same!

    Mischievous: \MISS-chuh-vuss\ though mis-CHEE-vee-us is a non standard alternate pronunciation.

    I hate that alternate pronunciation. How do you get “vee-us” from “vous”?