I learned at a very early age to look up words and their etymology, but I tended to skip over sounding out pronunciation!
One of the nice feature of online dictionaries is the pronounciation button, where you can hear the word properly pronounced.
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
River ,'Safe'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
DavidS - Mar 17, 2004 7:40:47 am PST #1399 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jess M. - Mar 17, 2004 7:41:00 am PST #1400 of 10002
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
I had a very embarrassing incident with the word facade in 7th grade or so....
Beverly - Mar 17, 2004 7:43:17 am PST #1401 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
"fuckedy?" Hee. My downfall was chaos. Which I pronounced, "chowse."
I still say "munciple" in my head, only just managing to rearrange it to municiple before it hits audible.
Jess M. - Mar 17, 2004 7:44:40 am PST #1402 of 10002
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
"fuckedy?"
nope, "fa-Kade"
Megan E. - Mar 17, 2004 7:45:03 am PST #1403 of 10002
My downfall was chaos. Which I pronounced, "chowse."
I said it "chay-ous"
Steph L. - Mar 17, 2004 7:46:02 am PST #1404 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I used to think "draught" was a totally different word than "draft."
Until I was about 18 or so. No, really.
Betsy HP - Mar 17, 2004 7:46:36 am PST #1405 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
cha-ose. Long O.
amych - Mar 17, 2004 7:48:48 am PST #1406 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I somehow managed to get "chaos" right, and still derive "chow-tic" from it.
Deena - Mar 17, 2004 7:49:54 am PST #1407 of 10002
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
How funny. My embarrassing incident was fuh-KADE in 7th grade, and Greg's was chowse. It's nice to be in such good company.
Jessica - Mar 17, 2004 7:50:16 am PST #1408 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"misled" = meye-zzld. A word totally unrelated (in my head) to the past tense of "to mislead."