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Old 08-11-2006, 04:15 PM
Phoenix1010 Phoenix1010 is offline
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Default Re: Words you pronounced wrong for a long time (or others do)

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I also pronounced melancholy like melankoly until I was reading aloud in class in highschool and got laughed at by my teacher for it.

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As opposed to . . . ?

Is there some other way to pronounce it other than like melon-collie?

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ank as in tank. Melank-uh-lee.
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