#WritersCoffeeClub 18. Share a word you've used only to learn later you were pronouncing or using it wrong.
I made the obvious pronunciation mistake with "banal" š
(Thankfully not for too long before a friend corrected me.)
I also spent a long time messing up chitin and chimera, and now I feel like I should put a hard C on Cerberus and Caesar (which would be correct in Greek and Latin, but the soft C is entrenched in English)
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(Thankfully not for too long before a friend corrected me.)\n\nI also spent a long time messing up chitin and chimera, and now I feel like I should put a hard C on Cerberus and Caesar (which would be correct in Greek and Latin, but the soft C is entrenched in English)",
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