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Mistaken

I thought it meant one thing, when it really meant something else.

Chitin

Saturday, 24 April 2010
in

The organic substance that makes up the exoskeleton of arthropods.

Came across this while I was looking up the definition of Carapace. I'd always assumed it was pronounced with a soft ch sound and a short i. In actuality it's a hard ch and a long i. Instead of rhyming with kitten, it rhymes with Titan.

Hove

Tuesday, 20 April 2010
in

Past tense of heave.

I guess I'd always assumed that would be heaved. I came across this in Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space.

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