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Jessica - Mar 17, 2004 7:57:56 am PST #1412 of 10002

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

"Panache" (pan-a-shay) and "hors d'oeuvres" (not-a-clue) gave me trouble until I hit college. (I knew what hors d'oeuvres were, it just never occured to me that that unpronounceable word might be them.)

And because the firsts blog memes I encountered were those long lists of "My favorite color is... / my favorite song is... / etc," I assumed that "meme" was short for "mememememememe." It took several months for me to wonder if maybe this word "meme" that looked exactly like that other word "meme" (which I already knew) might, in fact, be that word.

§ ita § - Mar 17, 2004 7:59:17 am PST #1413 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

amych is right. I misle, you misle, he misles.

Didn't get clear of that one until University. At which point I mentioned it to my sister who was also chagrined, because she'd be doing the same thing.

Which reminds me -- is "ogle" really pronounce ogg-le? In the UK too?

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Steph L. - Mar 17, 2004 8:01:15 am PST #1414 of 10002

Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Which reminds me -- is "ogle" really pronounce ogg-le?

I've always pronounced it "oh-gle."

Susan W. - Mar 17, 2004 8:02:13 am PST #1415 of 10002

Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Mine was awry. Which I pronounced as aw-ree until sometime in high school. At least, I hope it was h.s. I have a vague recollection it was my friend Lee who finally corrected me, which would've made it college.

bon bon - Mar 17, 2004 8:03:08 am PST #1416 of 10002

It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Word on the misled thing!

People have made fun of me for the stress I use with allegory. aLLEGory.

Consuela - Mar 17, 2004 8:22:19 am PST #1417 of 10002

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Oh-gul. I think. But it's not a word I hear used much.

Had a friend who said TaFETTa, for the material. And I think I pronounced segue SegGew, rhyming with glue.

Ginger - Mar 17, 2004 8:33:03 am PST #1418 of 10002

"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Lay-pel for lapel was an embarassing moment. There are a number of words that I learned from reading that I'm still not sure I'm pronouncing correctly. Fortunately, they're too esoteric for my audience to know. I just try to say them with conviction.

When I was in college, we had a talk from a campus cop about being careful on campus -- one of those "If you go out at night alone you might be attacked or eaten by a vampire" talks. He kept saying, "Don't be mizzelled, young ladies, into thinking you're safe. Just don't be mizzelled." It took until the next day for my brain to translate that into "misled."

juliana - Mar 17, 2004 8:54:39 am PST #1419 of 10002

I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

It took several months for me to wonder if maybe this word "meme" that looked exactly like that other word "meme"

Okay, so how is "meme" pronounced? Me-Me? meem? mem?

There are a number of words that I learned from reading that I'm still not sure I'm pronouncing correctly.

Yup. I can't remember specifics, but yup.

Beverly - Mar 17, 2004 8:58:33 am PST #1420 of 10002

Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

OreGANo. Whuh? And, well, why? Still a question: damask, DAM-isk or Duh-MAHSK or Duh-MASK? (Go DAM-isk, choose DAM-isk!)

Ginger - Mar 17, 2004 9:02:48 am PST #1421 of 10002

"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I say DAM-isk. With conviction.

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