There I was being all erudite and proclaiming something vaypid, and I was mispronouncing.
But, more importantly, how were you pronouncing "erudite"?
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jessica - Mar 17, 2004 10:14:35 am PST #1435 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Steph L. - Mar 17, 2004 10:16:40 am PST #1436 of 10002
That which does not kill you should RUN
Heh. Co-worker and I just had a long discussion about whether one pronounces "FAQ" as a word ("fack"), or as letters (F-A-Q). I say word; he says letters.
This came up because I'm creating a FAQ about our journal's style guide, as the proofreaders seem to have chosen to ignore housestyle, and I'm tired of having an embolism about that fact.
erikaj - Mar 17, 2004 10:18:08 am PST #1437 of 10002
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
I say f-a-q.
Jessica - Mar 17, 2004 10:26:48 am PST #1438 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
FAQ = fack, to me.
Megan E. - Mar 17, 2004 10:27:42 am PST #1439 of 10002
I say "fack"
Susan W. - Mar 17, 2004 10:28:05 am PST #1440 of 10002
The wide universe is the ocean I travel, and the earth is my blue boat home
I say fack.
Katerina Bee - Mar 17, 2004 10:29:28 am PST #1441 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Fack here.
Vortex - Mar 17, 2004 10:29:59 am PST #1442 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
But, more importantly, how were you pronouncing "erudite"?
Ha! That, at least, I knew how to pronounce.
Heh. Co-worker and I just had a long discussion about whether one pronounces "FAQ" as a word ("fack"), or as letters (F-A-Q). I say word; he says letters.
I say fack, but that's because I come from a military background, and they LOVE making abbreviations into words (although, technically the definition of an acronym is when the initials form a word in common usage, i.e. NASA, but not C.I.A.). I mean, I call the High Occupancy Vehicle lane the HOV (prounounced "huv") lane.
DavidS - Mar 17, 2004 10:38:06 am PST #1443 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I used to think "draught" was a totally different word than "draft."
Me too. "What is this game they played back in Olde England? It was called drots." Similarly I had pegged "gaoler" as "gail-er" instead of "jailer" and still read "cupboard" as "cup-board" instead of "cubberd."
Two people laughed in my face for pronouncing "chimera" with a "CHIM-ur-uh" instead of "Kie-meeruh." Two! C'mon that one's not a gimme.
Fred Pete - Mar 17, 2004 10:39:44 am PST #1444 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Two people laughed in my face for pronouncing "chimera" with a "CHIM-ur-uh" instead of "Ki-meeruh." Two! C'mon that one's not a gimme.
I once belonged to a club named Chimera. Hard to pronounce wrong after that.