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#82
08-10-2006, 11:52 PM
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Re: Words you pronounced wrong for a long time (or others do)
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RMJ -- Funniest: I was at dinner, and this wannabe at the table next to ours was trying pretty hard to impress his date. Throughout the night, he was talking loudly about what a baller he was... when the server came by asking about after dinner drinks, he proudly announced, "we'll each have the best cog-nack you serve." [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] nation -- I used to think cognac was pronounced cog-nac for awhile until i heard someone say cone-yak and put two and two together. [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] El D -- RMJ: "we'll each have the best cog-nack you serve." hahaha. How do you think he would have responded had they served him two $300 snifters? [/ QUOTE ] I don't know, let's get the truth from the man himself... Nation, so what was your response? -RMJ 
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#83
08-10-2006, 11:52 PM
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One more I just remembered. In 5th grade, I mispronounced Niger. My teacher thought I was just trying to be cute and sent me to the office. I seriously figured that's where the derogatory term came from. [/ QUOTE ] Sadly, your teacher probably mispronounced it too... It should be pronounced "knee-jerr" as opposed to most people's pronunciation of "Neye-jur"
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#84
08-10-2006, 11:52 PM
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I just found out how to pronounce gyro. Instead of JIE-RO, it's EURO? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Actually, I think it's "Year-o"
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#85
08-10-2006, 11:57 PM
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Superfluous. I pronounced it super-flew-us, rather than sue-PERF-lew-us, and still do, because it sounds cooler. [/ QUOTE ] Really close to what I do actually. I thought it was super -flow-us. I then found out it wasn't but liked my version better so I still say it that way.
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#86
08-10-2006, 11:58 PM
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Re: Words you pronounced wrong for a long time (or others do)
until I was in college, I pronounced afficianado as 'african-on-dough'. I think I saw a big word, and just took a shot in the dark.
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#87
08-10-2006, 11:59 PM
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Re: Words you pronounced wrong for a long time (or others do)
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[ QUOTE ] Superfluous. I pronounced it super-flew-us, rather than sue-PERF-lew-us, and still do, because it sounds cooler. [/ QUOTE ] Really close to what I do actually. I thought it was super -flow-us. I then found out it wasn't but liked my version better so I still say it that way. [/ QUOTE ] It's just so . . . super!
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#88
08-10-2006, 11:59 PM
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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. [/ QUOTE ] How has this thread gone so long with nobody mentioning epitome?
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#89
08-10-2006, 11:59 PM
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until I was in college, I pronounced afficianado as 'african-on-dough'. I think I saw a big word, and just took a shot in the dark. [/ QUOTE ] lolololol ROBUSTO!
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