Words your partner doesn’t know

[studpuppet]

My ex used to pronounce "rant" in a way that rhymed with "can't" (as in rarnt). It used to annoy me a bit but now I'd love to hear it.

Desolation thread is that way, mate.

[Queneau]

Desolation thread is that way, mate.

She said "way" once. *Sobs*

[Queneau]

It was preceded by the verb "go".

[The Boston Crab]

How would I know? Why should I care?

Is this also a lyric? I only knew enough to make the previous joke.

[Brundle-Fly]

Somebody pronounced 'hyperbole' as  ''hyper- bowl' the other day on 6Music and wasn't corrected by the presenter. It wasn't my partner though.

[owlboy]

empathy

[Twit 2]

My wife pronounced "segue" as "seeg"

Are you married to Cerys?

[Psmith]

A girlfriend ,once  upon a time,boasted that she had received a very fancy box of talcum powder from a friend in France.I had to break the news ,not that gently,that Fromage was cheese.

[Norton Canes]

The safe word

[poodlefaker]

An old girlfriend thought twat translated exactly as idiot and used it quite freely the first time she met my mum and dad.

Robert Browning thought it meant a nun's headdress and used it in a poem. Imagine his embarrassment.

[Twit 2]

Wasn't worth starting a new thread for this, so I'll lump it in here: I asked an assistant in Morrison's where the pine nuts were and she said she'd never heard of pine nuts. She was in her 50s I reckon. Mind you, it's Norfolk.

[Bennett Brauer]

Robert Browning thought it meant a nun's headdress and used it in a poem. Imagine his embarrassment.

X-Factor had a Halloween Special a few weeks ago, but not one person tweeted Owls and Bats / Cowell and twats.