Hank says 'dipthong' for diphthong in his Friday video, a decade-old mistake (2014)
story · status: told 1× · last event: told (2014-11-18)
In November 2014 Hank admitted that in his Friday video he had said 'dipthong', a word that does not exist; he meant diphthong, which he had pronounced and spelled wrong for at least a decade.
About: diphthong
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-11-18 (happened 2014-11-14) | told | Hank owns up that in his Friday video he used 'dipthong', a word that does not exist, and that he has pronounced and spelled diphthong wrong for at least a decade. → refers to A Surprise Relationship Between John and Hank! | How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again 00:00:07 |
What is said about it
5 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2014-11-14 · A Surprise Relationship Between John and Hank! — Hank: two vowel sounds slapped together make a diphthong, found even in words like 'Mike' and 'oil'; a diphthong in a consonant's place breaking two syllables apart is called a semivowel. — 00:02:29
- 2014-11-18 · How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again — Hank: mispronouncing diphthong in front of 200,000 people didn't bother him, but 'fah-caid' in front of twenty people left a permanent scar. — 00:01:08
- 2014-11-18 · How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again — Hank is not embarrassed about his diphthong mistake and wants to know why. — 00:00:27
- 2014-11-18 · How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again — Hank: In college Hank gave an oral presentation on Leon Battista Alberti and said 'fah-caid' for façade about 26 times, learning the right pronunciation from a friend afterwards. — 00:00:34
- 2014-11-18 · How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again — Hank: Leon Battista Alberti was a Renaissance mathematician, architect and artist who designed many of the building fronts in Florence. — 00:00:34