# Um, that doesn't mean what you think it does...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-that-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-does/426303>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 13, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-that-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-does/426303 "2007-11-13T23:31:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-that-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-does/426303/221 "2007-12-12T16:22:09Z")

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Yeah, I think AngryIrishLass’s pronunciation growing up jibes with the entire United States’s pronunciation.

Railroad. Raleroad. I can’t think how you’d pronounce them differently.

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**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-that-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-does/426303/222 "2007-12-12T16:43:03Z")

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I’m finding myself using Google instead of oogle in a sentence.

Or I will unknowingly mix up epiphany with epitomy (or vice-versa). :smack:

But it really really irritates me when someone uses the word chunk when the word should be chuck!

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-that-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-does/426303/223 "2007-12-12T16:51:44Z")

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I had a boss who used to say “For all intensive purposes…”

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-that-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-does/426303/224 "2007-12-13T19:43:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Pixilated]  
I’m finding myself using Google instead of oogle in a sentence.  
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Oogle?

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-that-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-does/426303/225 "2007-12-13T20:50:48Z")

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Yeah, it’s a earch ngine. Haven’t you heard of it?

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**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-that-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-does/426303/226 "2007-12-13T22:17:29Z")

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[QUOTE=acsenray]  
Oogle?  
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oops, one O, not two :smack:

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