I always mix up Celexa and Celebrex. I've heard doctors mix those up at least twice, too.
Well, if we followed the recipe...should be cake. A demon-violence-free-zone cake.
Lorne ,'Why We Fight'
Spike's Bitches 43: Who am I kidding? I love to brag.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Hil R. - Jan 23, 2009 11:51:35 am PST #8781 of 10000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Steph L. - Jan 23, 2009 11:52:06 am PST #8782 of 10000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
"foilage".
I fully admit that I love to mispronounce this.
It's something one can only do in carefully selected company, though; otherwise, people within earshot tend to think you're an idiot (even though you're a goddamn editor who knows full well how to pronounce "foliage").
Wow, I'm ranty. I think I'll go wash some dishes and lecture the pets about language.
Tom Scola - Jan 23, 2009 11:53:00 am PST #8783 of 10000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I know you know how to text me.
The next time I'm in a life-or-death antacid situation, I will.
Steph L. - Jan 23, 2009 11:54:07 am PST #8784 of 10000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
The next time I'm in a life-or-death antacid situation, I will.
Good. I don't want your heartburn hanging over my head.
Kathy A - Jan 23, 2009 11:56:19 am PST #8785 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
For years, my sister would say "verity" when she meant to say "variety." Also, she couldn't say "specific"--it came out "sus-pific." I'd give her hell for these two until she practiced until she had them both memorized perfectly.
erikaj - Jan 23, 2009 11:58:45 am PST #8786 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm allergic to Bactrim too. I never thought hives would make me feel fortunate.
Connie Neil - Jan 23, 2009 12:01:14 pm PST #8787 of 10000
brillig
My mother always pronounced the word Nelson as Neltson. We teased her about it, and the only way she could say it right was if she did it very slowly and forced her tongue not to make the T sound. She had no idea where she learned to pronounce it that way.
Amy - Jan 23, 2009 12:01:58 pm PST #8788 of 10000
Because books.
Erythromycin is the one I always stumble over for no good reason.
It's not mispronunciation per se, but up here everyone emphasizes the wrong last syllables of words like elementary and documentary, so it comes out doc-u-men-TARY. Drives me right up the wall.
Scrappy - Jan 23, 2009 12:04:08 pm PST #8789 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
On "This Old House," they all say "a-sem-bah-lee" for assembly and "mason-air-y" for "masonry". Must be a New England thing?
Tom Scola - Jan 23, 2009 12:10:31 pm PST #8790 of 10000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Thanks for reminding me, Scrappy. They start renovating a Brooklyn brownstone on TOH this week. I have to put that on my DVR.