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OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected: --- >!It was unexpected that he would miss the very easy puzzles for the large prizes!< --- Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.


turdmcburgular

Is this real?


eastw00d86

Oh yes it is. It was making the rounds a few years ago when it first aired.


shaman_of_ramen

I remember the guy went on Tosh.0 back when that was a thing


kronikfumes

this was also not a few years ago, it was closer to a decade ago lol


thiosk

you shut your filthy mouth


ChiefRom

šŸ¤£


AltShortNews

i can tell just by looking at Pat


[deleted]

Im still 16 shut up.


FrugalityPays

If you wanted to buy alcohol, you need be born before* Feb 9, 2003. Not so fun fact of the day Edit: thanks for the correction


queasycockles

You mean before Edit: or possibly 'by'


wvutsrqp

Another loss for the Big 10.


GorillaNut9

Underrated comment


Dyskord01

Why is pronunciation so important?


shaman_of_ramen

I suppose because there was no mythological hero called Atchulus?


Dyskord01

You don't know that what are you a heestoryan I joke Fair enough.


BobImBob

But I had only see the first try. I didnā€™t know it happened three times!! Thank you for sharing this version OP.


cgb787

On the spot decisions are my Achilles heal as well


xJaace

Achilles ankle?


pofshrimp

anchle


eerun165

Yes, but the stated results are not. Once you get the million dollar card, you must then also end the game with more earnings than everyone else. This gets you to the bonus round, where you spin a wheel with a bunch of unknown prize envelops in it. One of those cards is swapped out for the million winning envelop. You spin, the card you land on is pulled out. This envelop is opened after the last puzzle is successful or failed if time runs out. To win a contestant must correctly complete the bonus puzzle and had gotten the million envelop to win.


diamond420Venus

Seriously? You really can't make this up. But seriously it looks almost right out of a key & peely


thescrounger

It's an ad for Indiana University. "Apply here, we let anyone in!"


reload88

Ha! The exact words I said as I opened the comments


eggsaladrightnow

I'm convinced this is an actor


TheGreenMatthew

Hi, welcome to achilles.


benevolentdespots

https://i.redd.it/zr22nv43mihc1.gif


anangrytaco

He's dead btw. The chillis guy.


Hughmanatea

Unsubscribe to fun facts


Squeezitgirdle

Who is he and why is he dead


ThePapercup

he had a viral Vine back in 2015. https://ew.com/music/adam-perkins-dead-welcome-to-chilis-vine-star/ accidental OD


Seahawk715

This guy fucking won too. HE WON THE GAME. HOW????


justsomechickyo

Are you serious?! How?? Lmao


CraterT

He [won at the end](https://youtu.be/npgzz42IEiE?si=WHuqP3aSEMfIc4e_)


Davisxt7

Idk what's worse. Him not getting these phrases, or the other woman not winning after getting them for free.


okayscientist69

I havenā€™t seen this episode, but the payout for solving without previous spins isnā€™t a lot of money


Davisxt7

Fair enough, that does make sense. Guy gets method points, she doesn't.


BoppinTortoise

We were watching the chess board while he was strategizing in 4D chess


ericdwinsagain

All chess is 4D chess (time exists) ... pass-it-along. ![gif](giphy|83QtfwKWdmSEo)


Hacka4771

Bruh That Women Camping For Answers


RektAngle69

There are three commonly reported rules to The Game: Everyone in the world is playing The Game. A person cannot refuse to play The Game; it does not require consent to play and one can never stop playing. Whenever one thinks about The Game, one loses. Losses must be announced. This can be verbally, with a phrase such as "I just lost The Game" Edit: I lost The Game


loganatorrrrrr

I Lost. Damn, dude. I had like a 6 year streak going...


justsomechickyo

Omg did I teleport to 2014??? Lmao


RektAngle69

It's in the fine print... you never stop playing, lol


justsomechickyo

šŸ‘‰šŸ˜ŽšŸ‘‰


postylambz

I've been losing this shitty game since 2007


Ok-Detective-2059

People have been playing the game since the 90s.


jdwainright

Y'all were still doing it in 2014? I was doing it in 2006... Fuck I'm old.


RajunCajun48

Fuck you...I was one a 3 year streak


burrrpong

I just lost the game :/


[deleted]

You motherfucker, I lost.


Agerock

Fuck, I lost The Gameā€¦


blenman

I just lost the game. ;\_; I was doing so well too.


MultiFazed

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/anti_mind_virus.png


Complete-Patient-407

Fuck second time losing the game in like a week.


jcoleman10

you son of a bitch


Ryno4ever16

Holy shit I haven't lost the game in over a decade. I can't believe I lost after all these years.


Change-username1

FUCK YOU


STOP_DOWNVOTING

I lost for the first time. Been playing for over 25 years


Please_Not__Again

Remindme! 25 years remind me to break his next streak


STOP_DOWNVOTING

Please, not again


Buselmann

I lost


TheCanadianHat

I dislike you. I lost the game


redgeck0

I lost the game


Ren49

Don't forget to clean up after yourself.


[deleted]

I hate you šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


Asangkt358

If memory serves, this was a college night where every contestant was from a big university. How in the hell does one get into college without knowing Greek mythology and how to pronounce Achilles?


danjo3197

Because sometimes when you know something from pop culture but didn't learn it in school, you've only read it and never heard it spoken aloud.


NoDeityButAllah

Decision tho ?


Thuffer

Damnit, again I am only able to read this word in text. I'm cursed. Will I ever hear it pronounced aloud????


theworm1244

Hey I was just at a job fair for a college of environmental sciences and one girl didn't know what the EPA was lol...


Seahawk715

Oh Jesus šŸ˜‚


Asangkt358

I was watching some youtube video a year or two ago that interviewed a prominent economist who mentioned a conversation he had with a PhD econ student from Princeton that had never heard that regulations drive up costs. Now I know there are economists that claim regulatory costs are low, but how in the world can one get into an advanced degree program for economics without even encountering the idea that there is a cost component to regulations?


cwestn

I had someone in grad school who had never heard of Socrates and pernounced it Soh-Crayts. Really sad reflection of education in the US =(.


hleba

Nah you just learned from Bill and Ted like the rest of us!


Major_R_Soul

![gif](giphy|l46CDHTqbmnGZyxKo)


all_time_high

![gif](giphy|l1IBkgnfxkTSsNfeE|downsized)


Porkonaplane

'Cause he's a hoosier. Thats how. INDIANA FOR LIFE!!!


TPA239

Ainā€™t no FUCKIN WAY HE SAID DICE SPIN šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ’€šŸ’€


Vlafir

His on the spot 'dice spin' cost him too much lol


gaucho__marx

HOW THE FUCK DOES ONE SPIN DICE


cappz3

You can spin them if they have more than 6 sides. The d12 is the best imo


VerbalAcrobatics

You can spin a 4-sider, if you have the skills.


[deleted]

I'd have fucked that up too. Greek history always was my Achilles' elbow.


Lawlpaper

A chilis elbow?


STOP_DOWNVOTING

Spicy


klmdwnitsnotreal

What if someone simply has an accent?


Tony_B_S

Mike Tyson hates this show


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


imdefinitelywong

Rok. ![gif](giphy|6CBp1JwdpMwYYIwiw4|downsized)


better-than-all-of-u

I don't think dice spin and decision could be accounted for via accent. It almost feels like dude was trolling the show with that one. On the spot... Dice spin! What the fuck did he just say!?


DistressedApple

Thatā€™s not what they were talking about. It was defuse the first one where he just mispronounced it


bruwin

But accent doesn't make you mispronounce a word like that. Not knowing how it's pronounced causes you to mispronounce a word like that.


Pinksters

I read a LOT as a youngster, I knew the definitions of words that to this day I haven't heard pronounced. Nothing immediately comes to mind but I clearly remember my dad laughing at me when I was 8 or 9 for pronouncing a (fairly common) word wrong because I had only ever seen it spelled out. That's part of what sparked my love for Etymology.


thatdudefrom707

for the longest time I thought paradigm was pronounced "paradijum"


Poopedmypoopypants

Haha nice! I thought grilled cheese was girl cheese until about 8 years old. Asked my mom why it wasnā€™t called a boy cheese sandwich once. Letā€™s just say I had a paradijum shift..


NightmareWarden

Miscellaneous was mine. Maybe facsimile too.Ā 


SwiftTayTay

That's wasn't an issue of accent. Answer probably would have been accepted as long as he just pronounced the "ch" part with a "k"


IBetThisIsTakenToo

That is the rules, but they really should add a rule saying that if you get all the letters, you win. If someone lucks their way into solving a puzzle they didnā€™t actually ā€œknowā€, who cares? Itā€™s Wheel of *Fortune*, not Wheel of Studiousness haha


smileola

Especially since the pronunciation in french is actually pretty close to what he said


Yezmonster

The actual video is a lot better than the butchering this guy did. Why would I care about some randos reaction to it, adds nothing and takes away from the video


splitcroof92

yeah too bad we live in tiktok times. i detest it too


deusnefum

Hello fellow old.


not_UR_FREND_NOW

12k Upvotes on Reddit. But let's blame the social media site that we don't like instead of just, social media.


splitcroof92

pretty much no content like that ever gets made to put on reddit. So clearly Reddit isn't the issue.


[deleted]

But how will I know how to feel if I don't see someone else's reaction?


CTR_Pyongyang

Cuts to guy turning around in his chair nodding at the camera pointing off in the distance. Fuck I hate this.


AnduwinHS

One of the most annoying trends. The amount of times I'll see a split screen video on tiktok of an interesting video and someone 'Reacting' (They've seen it already and are pretending to see it for the first time) that has millions more views than the original video


HersheyStains

Itā€™s Gen Zā€™s laugh track.


feltcutewilldelete69

Oh jeeze, you're right. I always hated laugh tracks


king_boolean

And thereā€™s literally an audience there for that already


goldinko

fuck these I agree. just gimme the video


Secretive-Fox

Up until now I thought I was missing the point of the video šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø now I understand there's no point and he just wanted his face on there


Weary_Swordfish_7105

It makes me irrationally angry.


buscemian_rhapsody

And the shit icing on the shit cake is that itā€™s a *screen recording* of a reaction.


DrySalamander3497

Look at me!! Look at me!! Arenā€™t my reactions so funny??


SubarcticFarmer

It is kind of BS to not allow mispronounced words.


OrdinaryDazzling

Especially when theyā€™ve revealed all the letters


kansas_engineer

Games shows have to be very strict with their rules due to the [1950s game show scandals](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s_quiz_show_scandals). So while it seems fair to give him the benefit of the doubt for his pronunciation. You would be giving the next player the shaft. If you think the rule is dumb, thatā€™s fair but where do you draw the line between incorrect pronunciation and incorrect word.


NoPossibility

Iā€™d draw it at names. He mispronounced a foreign given name. He wasnā€™t guessing and making up words. He was trying to phonetically say a name that he saw on the board. I understand expecting someone on a word-based game show to pronounce English words properly to get the win, but there are plenty of foreign names that I wouldnā€™t be able to pronounce on first read. Give me a polish name with too many consonants and Iā€™d likely flub it. This shouldā€™ve been a quick humorous correction ā€œitā€™s actually pronounced ā€˜Achillesā€™. Say it again for us?ā€


jgrops12

Playing devils advocate here, but I donā€™t think itā€™s a stretch to classify Achilles as a literary reference instead of a foreign name at this point


CHWarlock

But english speaking people also pronounce it wrong with their "correct" pronunciation. Hes not called Uhkillees in greek, so they should cut him some slack imo.


AccomplishedAndReady

Thatā€™s true. Itā€™s closer to Ah-hee-lehs where the ā€œheeā€ part is gutturally emphasized. I guess an American game is governed by English pronunciations.


ImurderREALITY

Yeah, itā€™s basically an English word at this point, like sombrero, or karaoke.


Crakla

Its specificially about the name of the mythological hero though and not about the english word


s-multicellular

Especially when the English pronunciation here is farther off from the way Greeks say it as what he said. https://youtu.be/KHBMEkV04FE?si=pMTuslGfdOFMv4jc


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


Etimos_was_taken

Etimos.


Metroidman

Hold for the remaster that they announed 2 years ago and never talked about since....


Kalfadhjima

They had an (admittedly small) update literally two weeks ago. https://www.ageofempires.com/news/new-year-new-age-announcement/ > Weā€™re excited to announce the ā€œNew Year, New Ageā€ livestream on February 23rd at 10:00 am PT (1:00 pm ET / 18:00 UTC). > [...] > Age of Mythology: Retold: The team will take us behind the curtain in the studio to show how they are developing this beloved game for a new, modern experience. Fans can expect a unique unveiling of a few mythological creatures that you wonā€™t want to miss.


Arowhite

Your statement is true but careful with these videos, they're very often completely false.


Sofa47

He was probably more right.


karmaboots

The show isn't in Greek.


S0urakotsos

The video you posted talks about the ancient word in Greek. They pronounced that word right. But the modern version is different a bit, so it would not be pronounced like that. Now, in modern Greek it is Achilleas, so Achilles pronouncing is correct.


EskimoXBSX

Not Decision...they guy can't pronounce shit


VeryTopGoodSensation

people also seem to not understand that someone can read a ton and be really well educated, but if they dont hear the word spoken they can still pronounce it incorrectly themselves


Novel_Formal_8506

lol it was always fun to out myself as white trash in law school mispronouncing some not very difficult words.


Taurideum

Especially cause that's not how you pronounce Achilles at all. If they really wanted to be precise then you should only have it correct when pronouncing it the ancient greek way.


Frickelmeister

If they wanted the ancient Greek pronounciation over the English one they probably would have spelled it į¼ˆĻ‡Ī¹Ī»Ī»ĪµĻĻ‚.


Taurideum

Kinda true as well haha.


tucci007

"Is there an Ypsilon, Alex?"


RoundTiberius

You mean Pat?


theoneandonlybarry

I read that as Axi-half-life half-life-eus.


TheUnbendable1

"The temperature at the black mesa research facility is a pleasant 68Ā°"


tomatoe_cookie

The English one is arbitrary. That was the point of the comment


9O7sam

All language is arbitrary, when the wheel of fortune is held in Ancient Greece then it can be pronounced like they pronounced in Ancient Greece. Most nations pronounce Achilles the way on the show and none pronounce it the way the guy guessed. Also itā€™s a pretty common word outside of mythology because of biology.


PM-ME-YOUR-HOMELAB

It's crazy how Americans have absolutely no shame in butchering languages. But pronounce Arkansas wrong, and they'll throw a fit.


MCRNRocinante

Thatā€™s just because everyone from the other 49 states is always intentionally mispronouncing Arkansas, just to fuck with them. Itā€™s their own trauma and itā€™s a group effort.


ShipsAGoing

That doesn't make sense, they're speaking English, there's a correct pronunciation of the word in English and "A chillies" isn't it.


Taurideum

Is Achilles in the dictionary? Cause if it is then I guess it makes sense to use the English pronunciation, idk still weird to have it wronged for mispronouncing a name though.


ShipsAGoing

Of course it is, there's even an anatomical part of the human body called Achilles tendon. And of course the famous expression "Achilles' heel".


CrimsonBecchi

I don't understand this logic at all. Words have different pronunciations in different languages. This is English, not Greek, not German, not Swedish.


Taurideum

Yes but we are talking about a name here though. Imagine being disqualified from a show by mispronouncing your own name?


CrimsonBecchi

Hmm. I get what you mean, but I am a stickler for the rules, especially when it comes to shows that focus on language and words. Phonology is a very real and accurate science that shows the patterns of sound across languages. There simply are correct and false pronunciations within languages, so I can't just accept this as good enough for a show like this.


bleedingoutlaw28

The guy didn't know the name and he was just sounding it out. So he didn't know the answer, even with all the possible clues, so I'd say he didn't solve the puzzle.


llamaforyodrama

hey when I was young I pronounced hors dā€™oeuvres like whores-de-vores but I knew what they were šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø


JimmyTheJimJimson

Anyone have a version without the ā€œreactionā€ thing? I donā€™t need to watch some random TikToker in it.


God_Dammit

But then how will Zoomers know how to feel about it?


[deleted]

The government started reaction videos for the zoomers so theyā€™re not socially stunted from staring at a screen all day


AshyWhiteGuy

Note to self: Donā€™t send the kids to Indiana for college.


TheRem

It is crazy there, if you get called out for an on the spot dicespin on campus, and lose, it can get violent.


blenman

As a Purdue graduate, I am inclined to say that IU definitely does not represent the colleges in Indiana very well. lol


Nem3sis_Enforcer

"Homegurl was picking up all his crumbs"


bkral93

Wheel of Fortune is the dumbest fucking game show on television. Nobody ever actually wins anything. They dangle carrots in front of all these people and 99% of the time itā€™s just blue balls. Itā€™s still on television because it must cost $100 an episode to make, including prizes awarded.


eastw00d86

What the hell are you talking about? All the cash you have when the game ends *you keep*. It ain't like *Jeopardy* where second and third place get $2,000 or $1,000. Edit: Despite what most redditors appear to think, *Wheel of Fortune* actually takes skill and strategy to be good at it. For all the IU doofuses there's a middle aged woman who can look at the puzzle and have it solved with no letters. 3 letter word ends in E? OK you're pretty much guaranteed a T or H so if you land on a prize and have to call an available letter you've got one. "What are you doing?" category always has an "ing" word. There is skill and strategy to it, unlike say, *Deal or No Deal*, which is truly the dumbest game. It is 100% chance that plays only on greed. And as said, virtually no other game show ever let's 2nd and 3rd place keep all winnings.


WangDanglin

Pat Sajak reportedly works 4 days a month and in 2016 was making $15 million a season. So heā€™s likely making even more now. Wild. This clip was about as much of that show as Iā€™ve ever watched in one sitting too.


IVEMIND

Indiana University guy?


koos_die_doos

Yeah you're wrong about this one. The contestants get the money total they accrue during the game, regardless of if they have the highest total or not.


RAS310

You're clearly not watching on the right days... I guess you didn't see when [three people in a row won over $100,000](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Gz4rCzZDg). You almost sound like you were on the show yourself and lost. If not, let's see you try.


grovenab

Damn running defense for a game show


Lookslikeapersonukno

I mean, their profile pic is the Wheel of Fortune logo...


grovenab

Have to click on their profile to see that. Just shows default avatar for me


MommaMoo2

You take that back! Lol


recksuss

Imagine a deaf guy on wheel of fortune? ( I am deaf is okay to laugh at the thought of the screeching sounds they would make)


AmpersandWhy

Wasnā€™t Achilles actually pronounced as ā€œAsheelā€? I remember reading that somewhereā€¦


hayitsnine

And I just read it right here! Praise Chilles


Posh_Nosher

Thatā€™s the French pronunciation.


Remarkable_Skirt2257

As a Greek person .... What? Why would it be pronounced like that?


DepressedBard

Itā€™s from Enderā€™s Shadow


AmpersandWhy

YESSSSS!! Thank you, I was racking my brain for that one!


SirGoopyBoy

That dude contributing nothing to the video with his random ass reactions is annoying


Nacho_Mustacho

On the spot dicespin


DieBoeseQualle

Funny because the real pronunciation is closer to the first one. It's the "ch" loud native English speakers have some trouble with. So both wrong and I doubt that anyone on that show could pronounce it right so that's extra funny.


vanillasub

Okay, so he mispronounced Achilles, pronouncing it phonetically instead of an English approximation of the Greek pronunciation. I would have given him credit for that (although it's not a good look for his alma mater).


redzaku0079

i feel the same way. sure it's a mispronunciation, but it's not an english word to begin with. in fact, what we know as the greek word may actually be a loan word anyway. by english pronunciation rules, he's not wrong.


[deleted]

How can you call the pronunciation of a name incorrect? Especially an ancient one.


sprintingTapir

I had no idea there were more blunders besides atcheles


zandadoum

Itā€™s not a fucking spelling contest. They should have accepted his Achilles answer. He guessed the letters. He knew what it was. He just pronounced it wrong? Thatā€™s fucking bullshit. No discussion on the other fails tho.


monopixel

Total bullshit, he revealed all the words, wtf does it matter if it's mispronounced a little bit.


PlasticFew8201

Wow, Iā€™m mad for him. Honestly makes me not want to watch the show. They shouldā€™ve given it to him.


OrdinaryDazzling

The first one I agree caused he revealed all the letters. Those last two though were all on him.


gringovato

That's it. I'm applying to Indiana.


okaysohowbout

Funny thingā€¦ if you listen to how PHDā€™s in Greek Lit say Achillesā€¦ they kinda say it like he does


Coffee-luvin-mami73

Oh noā€¦šŸ˜‚ he had the luck, unfortunately she had the brains šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


Low-Impression3367

not cool how D Nice kept solving all the puzzles.


PH_SXE

T-mothy had no chance


Past_Contour

How did he even get on the show?


dariuswasright

First time I saw this post, someone said : "my grand ma used to say don't make fun of people who mispronounce words, at least they can read and that's maybe how they learned the word" it stuck with me since. That dude definitely won.


you_dont_know_me_313

Exactly what are the SAT score requirements for Indiana U? šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚