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7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by Nobody: 6:48am On Nov 03, 2014 |
Mind blowing, I know. It’s going to take some adjusting. You might even want to practice it in front of your mirror for a while. Now, I don’t want to overwhelm you, but we here at Slacktory have uncovered a few more words that we have all been mispronouncing. INTERNET: Did you know it is pronounced Eye-nternet, not Enter-net? This makes a lot of sense because the Internet is something you look at with your eyes, not enter with your body. Wi-Fi: While everyone thinks Wi-Fi is pronounced Why-Fy, it is actually pronounced wiffy. This is derived from the fact that most Wi-Fi hotspots are pretty iffy. Meme: Internet elitists will try to claim this word is pronounced meem, like the word gene. The truth is the word is pronounced Memmay, because it sounds French and is just funnier. URL: Most people will spell out this word saying U R L. Truth is it should be pronounced Earl, after the founder of Unified Resource Locations, Url Webbington III. VLOGGING: It is commonly believed that Vlogging is a variation of blogging, and is therefore pronounced the same way. But vlogging was originally used to describe the logging of many Vs, an abbreviation of videos. The correct pronunciation is Vee-Logging. IP ADDRESS: It’s not eye pee address, as we all so vulgarly say. It’s pronounced Ip and was named after the famous martial artist Ip Man. Fun fact: the very first IP address contains the birthdate, weight, and favorite numbers of Ip Man. LOL: Perhaps the most used and therefore the most mispronounced word in the eye-nternet vernacular. LOL is not to be spelled out or pronounced “lawl” or “lowell”. It is pronounced as “Unnnhhh-ninininini” with the “Unnnhhh” real low and guttural and the “ninininini” like a high trill — as begrudgingly and maliciously ratified in a 1989 Usenet thread by users who had long since rejected spoken language. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by yuncka: 7:02am On Nov 03, 2014 |
Well noted. But I go still dey EnterNet, dey meme, dey wife Fy, dey Lawl! 5 Likes |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by mundus(m): 7:08am On Nov 03, 2014 |
You are not serious. Na only you go dey pronounce all these 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by JayEye(m): 7:10am On Nov 03, 2014 |
I just don't get the Lol part...could you xplain better 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by politricks: 7:33am On Nov 03, 2014 |
If you pronounce these words like this in public, people will think you are nuts. 1 Like |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by beau49: 7:47am On Nov 03, 2014 |
If 'internet' is pronounced 'Enter-net' then how do you pronounce 'Ethernet'? 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by DeHero1: 7:50am On Nov 03, 2014 |
But I thought IP address means Internet Protocol Address 1 Like |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by Les: 8:05am On Nov 03, 2014 |
Joke secton, please ![]() 5 Likes |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by AbdH: 8:07am On Nov 03, 2014 |
JayEye: Please, don't make him explain better. Enough of the confusion. Unnnhhh nininini! 11 Likes |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by tempem: 8:19am On Nov 03, 2014 |
Eye ternet I know of whyfy The part of lol, is confusing. I do care for an explanation. |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by herald9: 8:24am On Nov 03, 2014 |
Lol OP are you for real? ![]() Lemme grab my Oxford Concise Audio dictionary and test this words...if it doesn't rhyme... You'll be up for eviction ![]() |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by Adesam09(m): 8:26am On Nov 03, 2014 |
Are u sure? |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by herald9: 8:29am On Nov 03, 2014 |
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Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by AfricanApple(f): 8:30am On Nov 03, 2014 |
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Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by Donkaz(m): 8:49am On Nov 03, 2014 |
Nice one Op I will just put all those in my storage drive, but I will still be pronouncing what I know before now because na naija we dey 1 Like |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by alotofgrace(m): 8:55am On Nov 03, 2014 |
how do u pronounce browsing, chatting, lwkmd, and www? |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by greatex(m): 8:57am On Nov 03, 2014 |
What can I say 1 Like |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by priscaoge(f): 9:06am On Nov 03, 2014 |
LOL is not to be spelled out or Hehehehehe This is funny ![]() 1 Like |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by Thewhizzkid1(m): 9:08am On Nov 03, 2014 |
I don't agree with "internet" and "lol" |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by rutemi: 9:26am On Nov 03, 2014 |
Aiii |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by realugee: 9:27am On Nov 03, 2014 |
Hehe... |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by Nobody: 9:32am On Nov 03, 2014 |
wait o The lol part is a joke right ![]() |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by uzolexis(f): 9:33am On Nov 03, 2014 |
Unnnhhh nininini ![]() 1 Like |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by Leitner: 9:45am On Nov 03, 2014 |
This thread is ____________. Put in the new word for bullsh|t in that gap ![]() |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by Isiterere(m): 9:55am On Nov 03, 2014 |
I don't agree with any of this. It's total gibberish. Check out all the pronunciation on google translator app and confirm. ALL IZZ WELL |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by danthamccoy(m): 10:07am On Nov 03, 2014 |
Nonsense. Blatant lies. |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by Abbey2sam(m): 10:09am On Nov 03, 2014 |
Abajosax007: who cares |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by wonlasewonimi: 11:06am On Nov 03, 2014 |
Olodo dey deceive teacher, Alaisan dey deceive Doctor...make you dey deceive NL people. 1 Like |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by Esdb(m): 11:58am On Nov 03, 2014 |
Abajosax007:ase oshi!!! |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by Nobody: 12:02pm On Nov 03, 2014 |
Esdb:ara re oya |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by Esdb(m): 12:08pm On Nov 03, 2014 |
Abajosax007:ori n fo e |
Re: 7 Internet Words You’ve Been Mispronouncing Like “GIF” by Mariecakes(f): 12:22pm On Nov 03, 2014 |
It is well.. |
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