Most people in general still cannot seem to figure out the difference between calvary and cavalry.
Both are pronounced as they are spelled.
Calvary is the hill Christ was crucified on.
Cavalry refers usually to soldiers mounted on horseback, though since the invention of helicopters, it also means infantry transported via helicopters.
This one doesn’t seem to be caused by lack of verbal usage, it seems to just be a quite common pair of words to conflate, a very minor but widespread dyslexia/dysphasia, like nuclear and nuke-you-lur.
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
my friend pronounced Meme Me-Me the other day and I about died laughing
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Most people in general still cannot seem to figure out the difference between calvary and cavalry.
Both are pronounced as they are spelled.
Calvary is the hill Christ was crucified on.
Cavalry refers usually to soldiers mounted on horseback, though since the invention of helicopters, it also means infantry transported via helicopters.
This one doesn’t seem to be caused by lack of verbal usage, it seems to just be a quite common pair of words to conflate, a very minor but widespread dyslexia/dysphasia, like nuclear and nuke-you-lur.
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Rouge vs rogue is another good one. Also, aluminum vs ah-lu-mini-um.
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I’m fairly sure ‘alu-mini-um’ s the proper UK/Aussie/NZ and possibly Canadian way to pronounce it, only Americans pronounce it alu-min-um.
But yes, rogue vs rouge is another one people mix up all the time.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
aluminium is as far as im concerned, the incorrect way to spell that word, im pretty sure it’s a regional thing at this point.
Droechai@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Yeah, it’s may-may