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Frankenbuddha - Mar 23, 2011 11:04:09 am PDT #29887 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

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

epitome

My sistah!

In my head, it's still mahCAHbrah. Still.

Wait, it isn’t?

I had trouble with unique (uni-quay, anybody?).

Also, a lot of Yiddish words, like chutzpah.

As for British words/pronounciations, hearing St. John pronounced always confused me.

Sophia Brooks - Mar 23, 2011 11:05:09 am PDT #29888 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Oh- and my diurector is insisting that the proper pronounciation of Perdita is not per-DEETAH but PER-di-tuh. I have never heard it that way.

DavidS - Mar 23, 2011 11:05:35 am PDT #29889 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

hearing St. John pronounced always confused me.

Right, on Mad Men? "Sinjin"? Who the fuck is that? Is he a genie?

DavidS - Mar 23, 2011 11:06:42 am PDT #29890 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Wait, it isn’t?

More like: Muh-cahb.

Nora Deirdre - Mar 23, 2011 11:07:41 am PDT #29891 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Hebert, anyone?

Ha!(Aay-bear) Also: Calliope (Cal-ee-OPE), Burgundy (Ber-GUN-dy), Esplanade (ESS-plaa-nade)

Daisy Jane - Mar 23, 2011 11:08:22 am PDT #29892 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Perdita

Wasn't that the mom dog's name in 101 Dalmations? I'm pretty sure that was per-DEETA.

Heh. Uni-kway.

You guys Imma 'bout to round up a posse and head to LA to string some people up by their toes.

Frankenbuddha - Mar 23, 2011 11:08:37 am PDT #29893 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Right, on Mad Men? "Sinjin"? Who the fuck is that? Is he a genie?

I used to hear it on Monty Python and always thought it was just a silly name (as in Norman St. John Polevaulter).

Daisy Jane - Mar 23, 2011 11:10:51 am PDT #29894 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

My favorite is Chartres because everyone wants it to be pronounced the French way.

Do you know Kara refused to call Saban SAY-bun? It was SAH-bahn.

Polter-Cow - Mar 23, 2011 11:10:52 am PDT #29895 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Right, on Mad Men? "Sinjin"?

More like, in Jane Eyre.

§ ita § - Mar 23, 2011 11:11:40 am PDT #29896 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

St. John Ffeatherstonehaugh. Now, that's a name.

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