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.
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.
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.
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.
We still play draughts in Jamaica.