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[–] nifty@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Mispronouncing words isn’t really a big deal, just blame it on English being a tricky language (it is). Tbh no one would even remember such a thing, so I don’t recommend being sleepless about it :)

[–] Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You’re very kind.

My colleague actually corrected me to the person I was speaking to: “He means “apostacy””. I died.

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Where I live something like 1 in 3 people can't pronounce ř, including the most most famous president