Tystefy
Posts: 450
8/15/2017
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This here is a thread compilation of words you have or had somehow misread or mispronounced in some way, only to realize you were wrong.
I'll throw in my experience:
Absintheuse ---> To this day, I still read it as "Abstinence".
Feducci ---> Feduchini.
Parabola ---> Pearbolas
Optimatum ---> Optinum
edited by Tystefy on 8/15/2017
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The Masked Felon
Posts: 60
8/15/2017
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I'm sure you've all heard of the Cherry Man, fearsome crime lord, pub owner and apparently purveyor of cherries. They must sell quite well down here.
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Passionario
Posts: 777
8/15/2017
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Allow me to introduce my good acquaintances, Repressed Forger and Sarcastic Music-Hall Singer.
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Passionario: Profile, Story, Ending
Passion: Profile, Appearance
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Johnny Felix
Posts: 180
8/15/2017
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For a long time, I thought Sinning Jenny was actually Singing Jenny.
I was so innocent back then.
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https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Johnny%20Felix
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Sinnouk
Posts: 62
8/15/2017
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Freakin Hesperidean Cider
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Theron Bidwell Urie: the Distrait Dabbler, hat-less unfortunate no more!
gronostaj wrote:
If the Implacable Detective Wins…
I go to jail! And you go to jail! And you go to jail, yes, you too! Everyone goes to jail!
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phryne
Posts: 1351
8/15/2017
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I just read this very thread's topic as The Mairead Thread...
also, Cider and Cinder. Don't know how often I've mixed those up in the beginning.
"Waiter, another ray-drenched cider, please!"
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Accounts: Bag a Legend • Light Fingers • Heart's Desire • Nemesis • no ambition
Exceptional Stories, sorted by Season and by writer ― Favours & Renown Guide
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Edward Frye
Posts: 263
10/3/2017
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My favorite bakery is the Ministry of Public Delicacies, their crepes are amazing.
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My profile, http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Edward~Frye
Edward Frye's Appearance http://community.failbettergames.com/topic9363-your-characters-appearances.aspx?Page=7
My alt http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Ulysses~Beechworth
My Mr. Eaten profile http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/profile/Laurens~Haymore
Edward Frye is currently open to pretty much any social options except loitering.
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Diptych
Administrator
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10/3/2017
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Reused NPC wrote:
I also always used to read the Topsy King's word for the Flit as "Walksies" and not "Walkskies".
Wait... it's not "walksies"???
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Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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suinicide
Posts: 2409
8/15/2017
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I read rostygold as rosygold for a long time.
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/profile/sunnytime
A gentleman seeking the liberation of knowledge, with a penchant for violence.
RIP suinicide, stuck in a well. Still has it under control.
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Slyblue
Posts: 224
8/15/2017
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"A visit from Slowcake's Amanuensis" -> "A visit from Slowcake's Aneurysm"
Then I realized that's just the effect he has on me.
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The Smiling Devil • The Curt Licentiate • The Keen-Eyed Captain
"For hearts of truest mettle, absence doth join and Time doth settle."
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the Inquisitive Masseurse
Posts: 39
10/17/2017
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It's nice to know that God's Editors made it possible for openly trans people to attain sainthood.
Tiny jewelled reliquary wrote:
A miniature ivory coffin, containing what is most assuredly the genuine vulva of Saint Leonard of Noblac!
edited by the Inquisitive Masseurse on 10/17/2017
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Teaspoon
Posts: 866
10/3/2017
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I thought they were "Snufflers" for quite a long time.
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Truth lies at the bottom of a well.
https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Alt%20Ern
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Jermaine Vendredi
Posts: 588
10/3/2017
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Can we also include misperceived images? There is one that is meant to be a door, I believe. Brown rectangle made up of panels with door knob.
I always see it as a piece of chocolate with a very stingy single hazelnut...
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No plant battles, please.
https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Jermion
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Pumpkinhead
Posts: 516
8/15/2017
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Tystefy-->tasty
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McGunn/Bsymstad is on the slow boat, waiting to see if he can find out what death is. (I'm done with London for now. Thanks for everything!)
Amanda Albright is a *spoiler* now, like she always wanted.
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
8/15/2017
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I fail to see why this thread is here in the Salons rather than the off topic section. (Especially when half the examples are forum usernames.)
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Optimatum, a ruthless and merciful gentleman. No plant battles, Affluent Photographer requests, or healing offers; all other social actions welcome.
 Want a sip of Cider? Just say hi!
PM me for information enigmatic or Fated. Though the forum please, not FL itself.
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Pumpkinhead
Posts: 516
8/15/2017
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suinicide wrote:
I read rostygold as rosygold for a long time.
Oh! Oh! This reminds me, for a very long time I thought it was "nevercold brass silvers" and not "slivers". Confuse me to no end, wondered if it was some alloy of brass and silver
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McGunn/Bsymstad is on the slow boat, waiting to see if he can find out what death is. (I'm done with London for now. Thanks for everything!)
Amanda Albright is a *spoiler* now, like she always wanted.
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Kukapetal
Posts: 1449
8/15/2017
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I thought it was Nevercold Brass Silver too at first. And my friend keeps calling Rostygold "Rustygold."
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Yeah
Posts: 67
8/15/2017
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I thought Spirifers were called Sprifters until shortly after the Hell conversion.
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Yeah Man - A Bleeding-heart hoarder of curiosities.
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A Dimness
Posts: 613
8/15/2017
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Yeah wrote:
I thought Spirifers were called Sprifters until shortly after the Hell conversion.
I thought they were spirifiers!
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A truth so strange it can only be lied into existence
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Reused NPC
Posts: 259
10/2/2017
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Gonna ressurrect this for a moment to say:
For as long as I can remember, I've said and spelt it "Corpescage" island, like Cor-pes-cuhge. Only looking it up on the Wiki just recently did I discover it was "Corpsecage" island, corpse-cage.
I also always used to read the Topsy King's word for the Flit as "Walksies" and not "Walkskies".
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ReusedNPC, a d__ned lunatic.
Edmund Viric, a rather dreamy sort.
"I won't stay long, I shan't stay long! Tell me a secret."
--the Baldomerian
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A Dimness
Posts: 613
8/15/2017
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Uncanny Incunabulum, 'nuff said.
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A truth so strange it can only be lied into existence
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Elaina Schill
Posts: 191
10/4/2017
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"Uncanny Incunalabula"
Bleh. Try saying that ten times fast.
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Main, Phiri Ulfur, the Cunning Shadow. Their heart belongs to a Pirate-Poet across the Zee.
Alt Vermillion Liminate, the Tragic Scholar.
Alt #2,Lady Jacqueline Blackwood, the Savage Beauty.
Alt #3, Veracity Taylor, the Dame of the Docks.
The Dogged Seeker, self explanatory.
I will accept any social actions on Fallen London(unless its a box of live rats. I already got rid of the d---ned things once and am not eager to repeat the endeavor).
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Tozh Taurog
Posts: 114
12/4/2017
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Every time I see "Entering Her Enduring Majesty's Court" I read "Enduring Her Eternal Majesty's Court". A somewhat skewed mental image there...
And Walkskies too. Took me forever to notice out that "k" was there. I think until I tried to impersonate Topsy King and say it out loud.
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A Correspondent. Thrilled to advance science by educating the younger generation at your Orphanage. A Marvellous player. Willing to talk about it to the press. An amateur horticulturist.
Usually up for socializing, especially with text.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/TozhTaurog
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2518
12/4/2017
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Iona Dre'emt wrote:
"Uncanny Incunalabula"
Bleh. Try saying that ten times fast.
Heck, I have trouble saying it once slowly!
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Cathy Raymond
http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/cathyr19355
Catherine Raymond aka Mrs. Rykar Malkus http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Catherine%20Raymond (Gone NORTH)
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Elaina Schill
Posts: 191
5/15/2018
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Slowcake's Amanuisance(ok but is this a lie though)
Crewcase Cryptics
For a solid month after starting I thought it was "Nevercold Brass Silver"
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Main, Phiri Ulfur, the Cunning Shadow. Their heart belongs to a Pirate-Poet across the Zee.
Alt Vermillion Liminate, the Tragic Scholar.
Alt #2,Lady Jacqueline Blackwood, the Savage Beauty.
Alt #3, Veracity Taylor, the Dame of the Docks.
The Dogged Seeker, self explanatory.
I will accept any social actions on Fallen London(unless its a box of live rats. I already got rid of the d---ned things once and am not eager to repeat the endeavor).
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Kukapetal
Posts: 1449
10/3/2017
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There's actually a pretty hilarious thread where we discuss our misinterpretations of the artwork here:
http://community.failbettergames.com/topic21616-a-bouquet-of-fresh-mushrooms-for-your-sweetheart.aspx
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Reused NPC
Posts: 259
10/4/2017
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Another discovery I just made: It's the NUMISmatrix, not the NUSImatrix. How do you even pronounce that smoothly?
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ReusedNPC, a d__ned lunatic.
Edmund Viric, a rather dreamy sort.
"I won't stay long, I shan't stay long! Tell me a secret."
--the Baldomerian
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gronostaj
Posts: 403
8/15/2017
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Johnny Felix wrote:
For a long time, I thought Sinning Jenny was actually Singing Jenny.
I was so innocent back then.
me too oh my god. I only realised it's "sinning" after I saw it in big letters on her mayoral poster
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Gronostaj (pl. Ermine), a decadent duellist of mysterious and indistinct gender. Seeker. Willing to die- but not of boredom. Open to all social actions, including the harmful ones.
Soft-Spoken Surgeon, a doctor who owes an onerous debt. Professor of medicine at the University by day, at criminal employ by night. Open to all non-harmful social actions.
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Tystefy
Posts: 450
8/15/2017
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Tystefy = Tasty Fly.
Favors in High Places = Favors in The High Palace
edited by Tystefy on 8/15/2017
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