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Re: What about mispronunciations?
Posted By: codeman38, on host 24.4.253.144
Date: Sunday, March 4, 2001, at 16:53:47
In Reply To: Re: What about mispronunciations? posted by Zoe on Sunday, March 4, 2001, at 16:36:31:

> > Heheh...it bugs me when people say "libary"
> > or "Ay-mish" (rather than amish). My teeth
> > grind when I hear "expresso", though that
> > error is not as common as it was ten years
> > ago.
> >
> > --Jez"still says 'misproNOUNCiation'"zika
>
> And as for "eye-talien". Or is that just an
> aussie thing?

Nope; I've heard it quite often here in the southern US as well.

And now for a few mispronunciations which annoy me: "Supposably". "Real-uh-tor". "Ath-uh-lete". "Aer-e-ate".

-- codeman"there's plenty more, but I can't remember them at the moment"38

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