Random Thoughts Thread

[Hobie-wan]

Uh Oh, Luke...

"Literally"?!? Alert!!

http://theweek.com/article/index/241002 ... dictionary

That article is epic.

It is certainly ironic.

[Stark]

Uh Oh, Luke...

"Literally"?!? Alert!!

http://theweek.com/article/index/241002 ... dictionary

That article is epic.

It is certainly ironic.

Not as ironic as ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.

[Luke]

Another pet peeve is when people pronounce mischievous as:

Miss chee vee us

Never heard it pronounced that way before I moved to the South.

[BoneSnapDeez]

According to my relatives from New York I pronounce everything incorrectly.

[Ack]

Another pet peeve is when people pronounce mischievous as:

Miss chee vee us

Never heard it pronounced that way before I moved to the South.

How do you pronounce pecan?

[Hobie-wan]

Another pet peeve is when people pronounce mischievous as:

Miss chee vee us

Never heard it pronounced that way before I moved to the South.

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first pronunciation

[Luke]

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It's miss cha vus, not miss chee vee us. The word would need more letters to be pronounced mis chee vee us.

How do you pronounce pecan?

Puh-kahn, but for some reason I say Pee-Can Pie.

[Hobie-wan]

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It's miss cha vus, not miss chee vee us. The word would need more letters to be pronounced mis chee vee us.

The 4 syllable one is the first example on dictionary.com if you go listen. Your way is listed as 'non-standard'.

[MrPopo]

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It's miss cha vus, not miss chee vee us. The word would need more letters to be pronounced mis chee vee us.

Technically yes, but for that word I'd argue that the spelling has not caught up to the pronunciation.

[prfsnl_gmr]

Here's another one...Lawyers across the country cannot agree on the proper pronunication of "voir dire":

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ ... make_you_/