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Old 08-11-2006, 11:48 AM
wadea wadea is offline
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Default Re: Words you pronounced wrong for a long time (or others do)

Familiar is not Fur-mil-iar.

Suposedly is not Su-pos-a-bly.

Nuclear is not Nu-cu-lar.

I actually don't care about people who say sherbet (sherbeRt) and chipotle (chi-pole-tay) wrong. It's like so many people mispronounce it that if you keep caring, you'll go mad. Plus, it really takes too much effort and sounds stupid to say chipotle correctly. And it makes you sound like a pronunciation snob.
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