English words that don't sound as they should

[MC Paul Barman]

And no names...
Any of you meatballs drop "Favre" I'll find where you live and knock your b!#&h a$$ out.

Here's one:
Gunwale.
"Gun Whale?"... No! It's pronounced "genl".

 

[J. Bernie Cunningham]

Hksoupioustimpockle

Oddly pronounced as "jeff".

 

[MC Paul Barman]

Hksoupioustimpockle

Oddly pronounced as "jeff".

Hmmmm
*glances down at fist*
Maybe he's being honest with this. I guess I'll just have to trust
*relaxes fist*

 

[J. Bernie Cunningham]

Hmmmm
*glances down at fist*
Maybe he's being honest with this. I guess I'll just have to trust
*relaxes fist*

Do names not count? My son's gonna be disappointed. How about Phlegmatic? I always think Nas and The Philharmonic's dropped an album together.

Also if we're including you tea-sippers across the atlantic this will go on forever.

Us ain't bad at words like yall be.

 

[Richard Cancer]

fore castle

 

[Parallax Error]

fore castle

Came to say this. There are a lot of examples of nautical terms that are pronounced differently than they're written.

 

[soggyfist]

Bologna

 

[rearnakedchoke]

Segue

 

[jefferz]

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

Fromundacheese!

 

[badascan]

Schedule

 

[IAC]

Bologna

But that's Italian.

 

[Jellis31]

Come to Massachusetts and try pronouncing town names

 

[Henry Swanson]

Colonel

 

[Henry Swanson]

Colonel Angus as well.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Knife or anything with a silent k. I mean, wtf?

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

 

[Rusk]

Knight

 

[Dayman1984]

I always thought nadir was a strange word. Still not sure how you're supposed to pronounce it.

 

[Graves The Elder]

pnuematic