The Most Mispronounced Consumer Tech Terms and Brands
Simple Ghar used pronunciation data from Forvo to make graphics showing the most mispronounced terms in consumer tech, computing, gaming, photography, consumer tech brands and more! Via DIY Photography
English has become the internet’s first language, accounting for 60% of the web’s content, but only 16.2% of the world speaks it. No wonder such common terms have grown multiple pronunciations! Plus, there are plenty of tech words that evade the intuition of first-language English speakers (pwned/poned, Xiaomi/SHAU-mee). And then notoriously tricky exceptions: here’s looking at you, .gif (jiff)!
As the world’s conversations (and tech gossip) continue online in English, it’s understandable that the Wee-Fees and Vee-Fees and even the Scandinavian Wifeys of the world are keen to know the most commonly understood pronunciation of everyday tech terms. In such a subjective field, SimpleGhar wondered which terms and brands cause the most consternation — so we did some research to find out the words that users double-check the most.
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