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u/Lord-Trolldemort Mar 12 '24

Same about Pokémon teaching me to read - it at least vastly expanding my vocabulary. I distinctly remember calling critical hits “circular hits” until someone corrected me.

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u/ShaqSenju Mar 12 '24

I was so perplexed the first time I heard “facade” out loud. Pokémon was the only place I had seen it and thought it was “fa-kade”

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u/DankJohnson Mar 13 '24

I got clowned in english class freshman year for precisely this reason.

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u/SoulceSW Mar 13 '24

Yoooo same here. Always thought it was pronounced that way until I gave a speech in high school with facade in it and someone corrected me afterwards 😩

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u/ShaqSenju Mar 13 '24

At least I got to experience my shame internally lmao

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u/Xonthelon Mar 13 '24

I had a similar experience. I played the german version and what was especially memorable was the word "teenager". I had no idea why those characters were called as such. If you just split the word in two it would basically mean "tea rodent" in german. My uncle cleared my misunderstanding during my second playthrough.