# Words you know when you see 'em **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-know-when-you-see-em/87279 "2001-10-13T18:33:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-know-when-you-see-em/87279/1 "2001-10-13T18:33:29Z")
OK, so there are words that I know the meaning of when I see them written. There are words that I know the meaning of when I hear them spoken. And there are words as to which my brain somehow never made the connection between the written and spoken versions, allowing myself to embarrass myself by mispronouncing a word in front of a bunch of really smart people. Like the other day when I derided someone else’s comment as being pure hyper-bowl. (Get it, hyperbole?) I think I’ll be hearing about that for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-know-when-you-see-em/87279/2 "2001-10-13T18:40:31Z")
It was some time before I realised that **Versace** and “ **Ver-satchi** ” were the same thing :o ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-know-when-you-see-em/87279/3 "2001-10-13T18:59:05Z")
We got a pretty good list of some of these [a while back](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=75684). Some were pretty darn funny.