Heh.
My surprise was diphtheria. I've never pronounced that right, and I'm not sure I've ever heard it right either.
I try to say "fort," just for the fight of it.
Jayne: Anybody remember her comin' at me with a butcher's knife? Wash: Wacky fun.
'Objects In Space'
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."
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2004 6:47:31 am PST #1799 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Betsy HP - Mar 23, 2004 7:02:39 am PST #1800 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I can't get out of my side of the bed for books, and I'm out of shelf space. I may have too many.
I am Plei. In fact, I just had to move all the books beside the bed out to the hall so I could spray for fleas. Now I can't walk down the hall.
THIS MUST STOP. I think.
deborah grabien - Mar 23, 2004 7:09:42 am PST #1801 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Betsy, you need bookshelves in the garage, is all.
That cross-post? Made me extremely happy.
Like "forte" -- it's only supposed to be pronounced "for-TAY" when referring to music; when it's used to mean a strong point, it's supposed to be pronounced "fort."
I can't imagine using any pronounciation other than "for-TAY." But I'll confess, I've always said "pernickety" and got stared at for it. On the rare occasions I heard it as a kid, there was no "s".
Megan E. - Mar 23, 2004 7:27:23 am PST #1802 of 10002
The mispronunciation that makes me cringe didn't make the list. When people say "Prior-ize" instead of "PrioriTize" it drives me crazy!
Fred Pete - Mar 23, 2004 7:32:38 am PST #1803 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
When people say "Prior-ize" instead of "PrioriTize" it drives me crazy!
I'll sometimes say "prior-ize." Usually when I want something done several days ago. Preferably by Richard Pryor.
juliana - Mar 23, 2004 7:44:28 am PST #1804 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Usually when I want something done several days ago. Preferably by Richard Pryor.
So, you want it flambéd?
(rassenfrassen html. I can't even joke in cyberspace!)
Java cat - Mar 23, 2004 8:29:47 am PST #1805 of 10002
Not javachik
I read her Tess mysteries out of order so I am pretty confused about where things were left.
This is a fabulous site to aid in getting the books in order. You can search by author or by character. Handy, that.
And look! Deb Grabien's in there!
www.stopyourekillingme.com PS it's timing out without connecting but I expect that's a temporary thing.
bon bon - Mar 23, 2004 10:14:29 am PST #1806 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
100 most mispronounced words/phrases. There were a few I use that I hadn't known were wrong, most notably "spitting image."
This is why that 100 words list is crap.
Skyzy - Mar 23, 2004 12:28:51 pm PST #1807 of 10002
This is why that 100 words list is crap.
Yeah, I was reading the list and I was thinking that some of these pronunciations were perfectly acceptable in any dictionary you look.
Great example: often. I say "offen", but I know it's correct to say "often" (even if it irritates me). The list says the former is the only correct way.
RobertH - Mar 23, 2004 4:45:47 pm PST #1808 of 10002
Disaffected college student
The list is absolutely right where it agrees with me:
barbituRate, RRRRRate
. . . and absolutely wrong where it doesn't. Yeah, you shouldn't say "card shark" when you mean "cardsharp", but "card shark" has a perfectly valid meaning (to me, at least) of "person who is very good at some card game or another". Note the lack of trickiness in definition.
(And, hey, look, that other link agrees with me. Cool. I didn't read it first, honest.)
Side note: people have been saying "aks" for 1000 years? Huh. Well, 1000 years ago, "ask" and "ax" might've been synonyms.