what drives me crazy is that the social workers weren't telling them they couldn't pray, but they couldn't pray about reunification of the family because they didn't want the children to feel pressured.

so why couldn't they just have modified the prayers a bit in response to this?

fact: elizabeth taylor outlived the person who wrote her NY Times obit.

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So, query to the board. A comic plot point in the last episode of HIMYM was that Ted mispronounced "chameleon" (as CHAM-uh-Leon) because it was a word that he had learned through reading and had little opportunity to use it aloud.

I myself have suffered the indignity of being laughed in my face by two people for mispronouncing "chimera" (the combination of it being a staple in my fantasy and mythology reading and having nobody to talk about it being the issue).

So, which words did you mispronounce and how embarrassing was it when you were corrected?

And in a last-minute miracle, the Vegas flight went down! OK, that's done. Oy.

Yeah, I had the same issue booking my London flight. It was steady and then suddenly it dropped by $50 one night and then I didn't buy it so it went up $100 the next morning and then by the time I was ready to buy it, it had thankfully gone down $75 or so, so I bought it, and then the next morning it was up $50 again. CRAZY.

Of course, if I bought my flight for Friday right now it would be $3,000. So there's that.

Those Smithsonian ads are awesome.

Happy birthday, Raq!

So, which words did you mispronounce and how embarrassing was it when you were corrected?

Until a few years ago, I thought bedraggled was pronounced "bed-raggled." My friend Emily corrected me. I was so confused.

So, which words did you mispronounce and how embarrassing was it when you were corrected?

I have a blind spot for revelation. Unless I stop and think for a second, it comes out my mouth as "relevation".

Also there's a restaurant in town called Sushi Shige that is a nightmare for me to say. But that's more of a tounge twisting issue.

WorldNetDaily is a known wingnut site. I'm peeved I followed the link before I realized who it was.

Oh noes, the Christians are persecuted! Yeah, right. Pull the other one.

So, which words did you mispronounce and how embarrassing was it when you were corrected?

epitome

So, which words did you mispronounce and how embarrassing was it when you were corrected?

Prodigal, and very

"Ennui" - that's a bitch the first time you try to pronounce it.

Oh and "macabre." Ultimately you need to watch a lot of overblown horror parodies until you've heard "Master of the Macabre" to get it right.

Also the names "Sean" and "Geoff."

So, which words did you mispronounce and how embarrassing was it when you were corrected?

Segue and archipelago.