Kate wants to hear from you! The next question of the week, straight from Kate, is: What word had you beenmispronouncing all your life?
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December 20, 2016 @ 6:41 pm
Turmeric. I thought it was tumeric
December 21, 2016 @ 1:13 pm
Anxiety — I always think it’s “anx-iety,” sorta like the Egyptian symbol with “iety” at the end. Love you, Kate, and greetings from Bangor, Maine. You know my sister in P-town. Thank goodness there still are sane people like you in this world!
December 21, 2016 @ 1:27 pm
PATina.
But I still like paTIna better.
December 21, 2016 @ 1:37 pm
Tanzania … was putting accent on second syllable not the first! Then I went there! changed that pronounciatii
December 21, 2016 @ 2:42 pm
Melee. (Appropriate for the times, huh) I insist on saying it just like it is spelled: mealy.
Wonderful to hear from you on this first day of winter. Reminds me there is still a good world out there.
December 21, 2016 @ 7:32 pm
So many, where do I begin?
Quinoa. WTH don’t they spell it, Keenwah? I thought it was Qui-noa, one of the forgotten Judd sisters.
Bruschetta. Obviously I have an issue with food.
December 21, 2016 @ 8:06 pm
Raze. …. I thought it odd that destroying a structure was referred to as “raise” . So, I always said rahz.
December 21, 2016 @ 8:10 pm
ophthalmologist
I always say OFF.THE.MOL.O.GIST
But now I hear people say OP.THE.MOL.O.GIST
Listened to website that say both.
??????
December 27, 2016 @ 11:35 pm
You are promouncing it correctly. Sadly, even the oPHthalmologists mispronounce it. The end of civilization as we know it…
December 27, 2016 @ 11:35 pm
You are promouncing it correctly. Sadly, even the oPHthalmologists mispronounce it. The end of civilization as we know it…
December 21, 2016 @ 9:09 pm
Archipelago. Always say ARCH-i-pel-igo. Oh well.
December 22, 2016 @ 12:19 am
Impotent, emphasis on the 2nd syllable. Potent. Impotent. I read the word for 10 years before I ever heard it pronounced, because not even a failed Southern lady would say it out loud. May have something to do with the fact that I still say it wrong in my head before I say it out loud.
December 22, 2016 @ 12:55 am
Opaque. I thought it was opague!
December 23, 2016 @ 12:57 pm
I still pronounce merry, marry and Mary all the same. I thought they were homonyms. My wife informs me otherwise. Maybe it’s Buffalo’s fault.
December 24, 2016 @ 7:52 pm
Lafayette…..hmmmm….in TN it’s called La-fay-ette, but pronounced with 2 syllables…go figure…only in TN!!!!
December 24, 2016 @ 9:30 pm
An ex-friend always said “supposebly” instead of “supposedly”. I cringed inside every time she’d say it!
December 25, 2016 @ 5:37 am
February, I would feel silly saying it correctly by actually pronouncing the first r.
Saying washer would be peculiar when it’s worsher, 🙂
December 29, 2016 @ 2:05 pm
I used to work with a woman who pronounced Italian as I – Talian. This woman grew up in Dean
Martin’s hometown. A city crawling with Italians. Maddening.
January 5, 2017 @ 1:52 pm
Apparently, and thank you and Julie Ray for this:
Supercallousfragileracistextrabraggadocious!
January 9, 2017 @ 1:46 pm
As it turns out, I have been mispronouncing “Dumbcluck” … moreso lately.
My CLs sound like “F”.
January 13, 2017 @ 7:49 pm
Vagina, around the time I discovered I had one, (in the bath; What a Surprise! What’s this?!)
VAJ-in-a. I was adolescent and had only read, not heard, the word vaJIna. Finally some adult around me spoke it.
January 15, 2017 @ 12:11 am
In related news….
I was in 5th grade before I realized Wonderland was NOT Alison’s last name! :-0
Like, I love her Twist?
The “epi-tome” of embarrassment!