Mine was epitome. I was reading out loud to my mother when I was around 10-11 and pronounced it "ep'-i-tome." Imagine my surprise when she corrected it to "e-pit'-o-me." I've been suspicious of words ending in "e" ever since. Is it English or is it Greek???
You're like my fairy godmother, and Santa Claus, and Q all wrapped up into one! Q from Bond, not Star Trek.
Buffy ,'Help'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SailAweigh - Mar 23, 2011 9:29:01 am PDT #29808 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Jesse - Mar 23, 2011 9:29:38 am PDT #29809 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
fact: elizabeth taylor outlived the person who wrote her NY Times obit.
Wow.
I know there are a couple of words I still don't have solidly in my head, but I can't remember what they are right now.
DavidS - Mar 23, 2011 9:30:23 am PDT #29810 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Segue
Right?
and archipelago.
I actually corrected my high school English teacher on this one. He sort of blinked and said, "No, I think you're right."
Tom Scola - Mar 23, 2011 9:32:58 am PDT #29811 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Guillotine.
Polter-Cow - Mar 23, 2011 9:33:44 am PDT #29812 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
epitome
Oh yeah, I definitely thought that was pronounced like it looks. Don't remember when I found out the right way, though.
Zenkitty - Mar 23, 2011 9:34:16 am PDT #29813 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
So, which words did you mispronounce and how embarrassing was it when you were corrected?
Proprietor (PROP-uh-teer), Toledo (TOE-le-doh), and mausoleum (maw-SO-lee-um). I still get mausoleum wrong half the time. It was embarrassing and infuriating. I was a kid, in all three cases, and it was my family laughing at me.
I still don't know how to pronounce archipelago.
Tom Scola - Mar 23, 2011 9:36:12 am PDT #29814 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
ark-ə-PEL-ah-go.
erikaj - Mar 23, 2011 9:38:08 am PDT #29815 of 30001
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
inchoate Mamet(As in David) Talking about David Ma*may* was way more embarrassing cause I actually said it out loud and thought I was slick, besides.Sometimes I still get flushed cheeks if he is reviewed and I see it. Keith Olbermann used "inchoate" in a commentary so that was a private embarrassment thinking how often I thought "en-choat" and nodded at myself. Of course, my dad sometimes made fun of me for using exotic words *correctly* too, so I probably have many issues about that kind of thing.
Allyson - Mar 23, 2011 9:39:22 am PDT #29816 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Hyperbole.
Hyperbowl.
Polter-Cow - Mar 23, 2011 9:39:43 am PDT #29817 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yep, did that one too.