There I was being all erudite and proclaiming something vaypid, and I was mispronouncing.
But, more importantly, how were you pronouncing "erudite"?
And what's the fun in becoming an immortal demon if you're not regular, am I right?
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
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."
Jessica - Mar 17, 2004 10:14:35 am PST #1435 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Steph L. - Mar 17, 2004 10:16:40 am PST #1436 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Heh. Co-worker and I just had a long discussion about whether one pronounces "FAQ" as a word ("fack"), or as letters (F-A-Q). I say word; he says letters.
This came up because I'm creating a FAQ about our journal's style guide, as the proofreaders seem to have chosen to ignore housestyle, and I'm tired of having an embolism about that fact.
erikaj - Mar 17, 2004 10:18:08 am PST #1437 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I say f-a-q.
Jessica - Mar 17, 2004 10:26:48 am PST #1438 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
FAQ = fack, to me.
Megan E. - Mar 17, 2004 10:27:42 am PST #1439 of 10002
I say "fack"
Susan W. - Mar 17, 2004 10:28:05 am PST #1440 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I say fack.
Katerina Bee - Mar 17, 2004 10:29:28 am PST #1441 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Fack here.
Vortex - Mar 17, 2004 10:29:59 am PST #1442 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
But, more importantly, how were you pronouncing "erudite"?
Ha! That, at least, I knew how to pronounce.
Heh. Co-worker and I just had a long discussion about whether one pronounces "FAQ" as a word ("fack"), or as letters (F-A-Q). I say word; he says letters.
I say fack, but that's because I come from a military background, and they LOVE making abbreviations into words (although, technically the definition of an acronym is when the initials form a word in common usage, i.e. NASA, but not C.I.A.). I mean, I call the High Occupancy Vehicle lane the HOV (prounounced "huv") lane.
DavidS - Mar 17, 2004 10:38:06 am PST #1443 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I used to think "draught" was a totally different word than "draft."
Me too. "What is this game they played back in Olde England? It was called drots." Similarly I had pegged "gaoler" as "gail-er" instead of "jailer" and still read "cupboard" as "cup-board" instead of "cubberd."
Two people laughed in my face for pronouncing "chimera" with a "CHIM-ur-uh" instead of "Kie-meeruh." Two! C'mon that one's not a gimme.
Fred Pete - Mar 17, 2004 10:39:44 am PST #1444 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Two people laughed in my face for pronouncing "chimera" with a "CHIM-ur-uh" instead of "Ki-meeruh." Two! C'mon that one's not a gimme.
I once belonged to a club named Chimera. Hard to pronounce wrong after that.