as I posted on QOTW the other week
I thought dilemma was spelt 'dilemna' for years
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Tue 10 Aug 2010, 12:24,
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I like pronouncing "picturesque" as "picture skew"
As it arouses me when people correct me.
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Tue 10 Aug 2010, 12:27,
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I thought that was how it was pronounced for many years
as I'd only read it and never heard it spoken.
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Tue 10 Aug 2010, 12:29,
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if we are doing "never heard it pronounced before"
As I was a precocious* little Chutney who had read a LOT of books by the time I was about 11. I was quite relived the first time I actually heard someone say "Debacle" It had bugged me for years!
*Read: Smug little know-it-all who might have benefited from a clip round the ear.
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Tue 10 Aug 2010, 12:39,
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*Read: Smug little know-it-all who might have benefited from a clip round the ear.