Twitter Users Share 30 Everyday Signs That Show A Person Is Very Smart But Others May Confuse Them With Stupidity

Waiting for antivaxxers to reach this level of intelligence

It is better for your ego to invent an answer.

Lookin' at you, science

This is mostly a sign of not being an arrogant stubborn douche bag

Epitome and hyperbole are two I still occasionally pronounce wrong simply out of habit.

I'm British but have lived most of my life in Germany. So a lot of my English Chinese from reading. My word is "awry". In my head it's pronounced awe-rie.

Was at a fancy restaurant and placing the order I mispronounced 'quinoa'. The pretentious server laughed and made fun of me before correcting my pronunciation. Two months later the restaurant went out of business. Making mistakes is part of learning.

And then you see the movie adaptation of the book and you're saying "Oh, oh yeah."

All the time

I always pronounced the word taciturn as “tacky-turn” in my heard. It was only a year or two ago that I actually heard the word spoken aloud and it’s pronounced “tasuh-turn” and that just seems so wrong.

My first therapist slipped and laughed at me when I said the word omnipotent erong because I've never heard it spoken before. She made fun of me for not knowing how to say the word snd wouldn't move on until I said it correctly.

Worcheshire sauce

Thank you!!!!!!! My dad makes fun of me for this!!

In 5th grade my teacher had me do HER reading aloud to the class and NEVER corrected me when I pronounced "colonel" exactly as it's spelled, though I read it many times aloud! I was an ADULT before I learned the correct pronunciation!

Macabre. My husband & I always say "macawbree". We know it's incorrect, but it's more fun.

colonel

Cupboard.

I love doing it. There is a town in California named Pinole.

When I was a kid I pronounced row, like the fight, as row, like a boat and my mother still teases me at times. I was 13 and hadn't heard it before.

Tousled. I can't say it properly because my way sounds 'better' to me.

Awry!!!

The people who mispronounce “specifically” and day “pacifically”

I'm 64, and this still happens to me.

I do that ALL THE TIME

But said with false confidence so maybe no one knows...

This is not a sign of intelligence though, only a sign the person reads a lot no?

I have the same problem - I call it brain-mouth dyslexia. My brain knows exactly what it wants to explain or say but my mouth just can't make it happen.

this needs to be top of the list.

I always feel the need to start my question with ‘this may be a stupid question’ or ‘just to clarify’

I agree but not having an opinion at all about anything is not good either

Also it's not a sign of shyness either

I have always had conversations with myself, aloud and in my head. Usually when I am trying to decide between two courses of action.

I have admitted that more than a few times.

My daughter and I do this all the time. I'll have an idea, and she'll improve on it, whereupon I'll accept that her idea is better. However, we both consider these situations to be collaborative efforts. Neither of us is necessarily wrong; instead, we came to the conclusion together.

If being quiet makes you smart, then I'm a f****n' genius

Just a note...the full expression is, "Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back".

There are times I value the friendship more than being "right."

Some people would rather stay in ignorance than admit they don't already know everything.

As a compliance officer this right here is everyday. People expect me to know everything about all regulations in my industry. You know how many different regulatory agencies a single company has to abide by, how many volumes of regulations each one has, and how often they change or get updated? Google, Google is 80% of my job.

I don't have a strong opinion on anything and it can come across as if I'm hiding my true opinion or that I'm naive or clueless. The truth is, there's soooo much we don't know so it's pointless trying to forge solid conclusions. I'm also skeptical of all forms of news and rely on personal observations more than news reports and second hand stories, because the amount of propaganda out there is frightfully high.

To the person who downvoted: do you really want a particle physicist swapping out your breaker box?

No one ever wants to ask- " and what could possibly go wrong here?"