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Re: Words you pronounced wrong for a long time (or others do)
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Re: Words you pronounced wrong for a long time (or others do)
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Used to say Trates. Maybe that's also right but I have been convinced trays is more correct. |
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Re: Words you pronounced wrong for a long time (or others do)
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Character Traits Used to say Trates. Maybe that's also right but I have been convinced trays is more correct. [/ QUOTE ] Uh, WTF? |
#164
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Re: Words you pronounced wrong for a long time (or others do)
potable as "pot" - you put the damn stuff in a pot - the world got it wrong
aisle as "ass-isle" ("Which isle was that Matt?") |
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[ QUOTE ] I've met many people who can't seem to pronounce "Massachusetts". I think they're being lazy. It's not that hard. [/ QUOTE ] for the longest time I've pronounced it "Taxachusetts". Woops. [/ QUOTE ] It's "Mass-o-two-sh!ts" after a few winters there. But not during Red Sox season. |
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[ QUOTE ] Character Traits Used to say Trates. Maybe that's also right but I have been convinced trays is more correct. [/ QUOTE ] Uh, WTF? [/ QUOTE ] |
#167
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draught [/ QUOTE ] surprisingly, this is pronounced CHECK-urs |
#168
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sundry - would pronounce it in my head as sun-dreye; didn't know it should've been sundree
cache - I pronounce it as "cashay" although I hear people pronounce it as "cash" minutae - "minoosha" I would pronounce it as "min-you-tay" |
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Character Traits Used to say Trates. Maybe that's also right but I have been convinced trays is more correct. [/ QUOTE ] Uh, WTF? [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] He also pronounces "grill" as "baaahhhhhbee" |
#170
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Today in a business meeting someone used the word hyperbole in describing some situation. Except that he pronounced it "hyper-bowl." When I was a kid, every time I read the word "awry" I pronounced it "aw-ree" in my head. Luckily, I never had occassion to actually use that word. One day while reading, for some random reason, my brain decided to pronounce it "a-rye" and a lightbulb went off in my head and I knew before going to the dictionary that that was how you pronounce it. Your turn. [/ QUOTE ] This is excellent. For the longest time, whenever I saw the word "barfly," I just could not figure out what the hell it was supposed to mean, because it was in my head as a damned adverb ("--ee"). Then I became one, so I naturally learned how to pronounce it. |
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