Words/Names: Deception

[Beardo]

What are some words and names that are deceiving?

Like, did you know "Sean" is pronounced Shawn? :X

[Beardo]

Well, this is awkward... Nobody liked my thread...

Okay, how about "Bologna" being pronounced as "Baloney"?

[GuestFellow]

Ashely. Sounds like a girl's name but it can be a guy's name too.

Tenancy. Tenancy can mean ownership in issues in relation to co-ownerships but this term can also appear in leasehold transactions...

Disclosure. Disclosure in litigation means someone has revealed a document or evidence that they possess or used to possess but it does not mean those documents/evidence has been inspected.

[Ğħαrєєвαħ]

Just noticed the geeky thread.

how about

Auntie=Aunty? i dont think im really good at this but i tried :-\

sometimes people say please and i think they mean the police (coz of the way they say it) :-\

Rime=Rhyme <-- im not sure if thats real but okay

Aisha,Ayesha, Aesha :-\

Honour-Honor

Humour-Humor <--im thinking this is the different wording between the geeky Americans and GEEKY British folk.

hope i helped :-\

.. peace ..

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[S.Belle]

Tracey. Jordan, and Paige are both names for males and females

any words that began with ph like phone

eye is said like I

[ardianto]

Well, this is awkward... Nobody liked my thread...

Okay, how about "Bologna" being pronounced as "Baloney"?

It's remind me the a movie that I watched on my TV, "From the mixed file of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler".

[Human_Being]

eye is said like I

Lol and aye is said like I and can mean yes in some places

[Ramadhan]

When I was first learning english, I thought 'dust' (verb) actually only meant "to sprinkle dust on/over something", and I was shocked to find out that it also means the opposite (ie.to remove dust)!

The same with some others such as cleave, buckle, etc.

And when I was in Boston, I often heard bostonians said "irregardless" with such thick boston accent, which surprised me because I knew that the word does not actually exist, "regardless" is the correct form.

[Little_Lion]

It's irreGAHdless! I'm originally from the Boston area, and yes, that's very commonly said there! :lol: We do tend to make up a lot of words!

Here's one, "Brigid", an Irish name, is pronounced - in the US at least - as either "Breed" or "Brigit".

[ardianto]

How about : U2, 4ever, sk8tr ?

[Beardo]

^ Oh yeah, I hayt wen ppl tlk lyk dis