I say the T in often.
Especially when it's followed by times.
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
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."
P.M. Marc - Mar 17, 2004 12:53:20 pm PST #1461 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Beverly - Mar 17, 2004 12:58:08 pm PST #1462 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Thank you, ita! I think I read (skimmed) every song on the filk page. Duh me.
Steph L. - Mar 17, 2004 1:25:35 pm PST #1463 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I don't think I've ever heard anyone pronounce the "t" in "often."
Just like 20 -- "twenny," or "twen-tee"?
P.M. Marc - Mar 17, 2004 1:35:30 pm PST #1464 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Just like 20 -- "twenny," or "twen-tee"?
Twen-tee.
Much was the correction from my mother if I said it any other way.
Wolfram - Mar 17, 2004 1:37:52 pm PST #1465 of 10002
Visilurking
I screw up pronounciation on words all the time. It comes from reading a lot in my youth. I probably should have spent more time watching tv.
My most recent gaffe was innocuous which I pronounced innoc-chew-us. And I'm not sure how to pronounce gaffe.
DavidS - Mar 17, 2004 1:51:25 pm PST #1466 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And I'm not sure how to pronounce gaffe.
Those letters in order, but one syllable. Silent e.
Volans - Mar 17, 2004 1:58:13 pm PST #1467 of 10002
move out and draw fire
technically the definition of an acronym is when the initials form a word in common usage
Is there a word for that thing the military and related government agencies do where they take the first syllables of words and cram them together into a new word? Like "retcon" or "humint."
sarameg - Mar 17, 2004 2:11:13 pm PST #1468 of 10002
I used to think "draught" was a totally different word than "draft."
If it is any consolation, I read this and went "huh." Now, I've never been in a situation where I was called on to say 'draught,' so never had a chance to be corrected.
There are a LOT of words out there I'm sure I mispronounce still. All that reading, little talking.
I'm still not sure how "slough" is pronounced (from Little House books.) I'm leaning towards "slew"/"slow" maybe because that was what my mom called it. But in my head, it is "sluff."
DavidS - Mar 17, 2004 2:16:51 pm PST #1469 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm still not sure how "slough" is pronounced (from Little House books.) I'm leaning towards "slew"/"slow" maybe because that was what my mom called it. But in my head, it is "sluff."
Just checked on Merriam Webster (with pronounciations sounds): It rhymes with "ow!" as you might say after you have stubbed your toe, but before the profanity.
§ ita § - Mar 17, 2004 2:17:44 pm PST #1470 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The shedding meaning of it is sluff though (I don't know which sense LHotP was using).