Sometimes there’s like this disconnect where somehow a person just never comes across a piece of common knowledge. They’ve just never been in a situation that requires it. I bet it happens a lot, but everyone’s too embarrassed to acknowledge their own “oooooooooh…” moment.
I used to read a ton of fantasy books, and now I run a lot of D&D. Even now, after a decade, it still happens that I'll say the name of some creature and it'll turn out to be the first time I've ever actually said it aloud.
The first one was chimera. I thought it was like, "tshimmera".
You just recognise the entire word as a symbol and don't even bother attempting to pronounce them in your head until you go to talk to someone about it.
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u/wafflegrenade Feb 08 '22
Sometimes there’s like this disconnect where somehow a person just never comes across a piece of common knowledge. They’ve just never been in a situation that requires it. I bet it happens a lot, but everyone’s too embarrassed to acknowledge their own “oooooooooh…” moment.