I like pronouncing 'picturesque' as 'picture skew'As it arouses me when people correct me.
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob,
Tue 10 Aug 2010, 12:27,
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I thought that was how it was pronounced for many yearsas I'd only read it and never heard it spoken.
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Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
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.
(*Read: Smug little know-it-all who might have benefited from a clip round the ear.
The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!,
Tue 10 Aug 2010, 12:39,
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and in other news...(
Wobbly Bloke Hello, did I miss anything on,
Tue 10 Aug 2010, 12:30,
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I always pronounced "awry" - or ree - in my head when I read it, yet used the word correctly in speech.
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doog Don't read this.,
Tue 10 Aug 2010, 12:46,
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Oh and segue always puzzled me when I read it too.
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doog Don't read this.,
Tue 10 Aug 2010, 12:47,
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