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A pronunciation slip-up caused this classic Wheel of Fortune loss – and it’s just brutal

Back in 2014, a Wheel of Fortune contestant named Julian Batts went down in TV history for one of the most unfortunate near-wins ever seen. He became a member of a club he would definitely prefer not to have joined – The Embarrassing Gameshow Answers Club.

Watch how it happened.

It looks like pronunciation is his Achilles’ heel. We bet he wished he’d taken Classical Studies.

Despite its age, the clip always finds a new audience when it crops up, leading to comments like these.

Although he missed out on the million, Julian won the episode and took home $11,700, which is still a nice payout for answering a few questions.

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Surely the dumbest two minutes of any quiz show ever had people facepalming into next week

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