A Lesson
April 15, 2008
I was screwing around on the net and ran across a page of about 100
mis-pronounced words. Some of them, I thought ... were pretty funny or at
least amusing. Here they are:
Don't Say Do Say Comment
April 15, 2008
I was screwing around on the net and ran across a page of about 100
mis-pronounced words. Some of them, I thought ... were pretty funny or at
least amusing. Here they are:
Don't Say Do Say Comment
doggy dog world dog-eat-dog world The world is even
worse than you think if you think it merely a "doggy-dog world." Sorry to be
the bearer of such bad news.
aks ask This mispronunciation
has been around for so long (over 1,000 years) that linguist Mark Aronoff
thinks we should cherish it as a part of our linguistic heritage. Most of us
would give the axe to "aks."
chester drawers chest of drawers The drawers of Chester
is a typical way of looking at these chests down South but it misses the
point.
expresso espresso While I can't express
my love for espresso enough, this word was borrowed from Italian well
after the Latin prefix ex- had developed into es-.
libary library As mentioned before,
English speakers dislike two [r]s in the same word. However, we have to
buck up and pronounce them all.
jewlery jewelry The root of this word is
"jewel" and that doesn't change for either "jeweler" or "jewelry." The British
add a syllable: "jewellery" (See also its spelling.)
nother other Misanalysis is a
common type of speech error based on the misperception of where to
draw the line between components of a word of phrase. "A whole nother"
comes from misanalyzing "an other" as "a nother." Not good. Not good.
realator realtor As you avoid the extra
vowel in "masonry," remember to do the same for "realtor," the guy who
sells what the mason creates.
And .. My Favorite -
volumptuous voluptuous
Some voluptuous women may be lumpy,
but please avoid this Freudian slip that apprises
them of it.
For the entire list of 100 Most often mispronounced words, Click Here.
worse than you think if you think it merely a "doggy-dog world." Sorry to be
the bearer of such bad news.
aks ask This mispronunciation
has been around for so long (over 1,000 years) that linguist Mark Aronoff
thinks we should cherish it as a part of our linguistic heritage. Most of us
would give the axe to "aks."
chester drawers chest of drawers The drawers of Chester
is a typical way of looking at these chests down South but it misses the
point.
expresso espresso While I can't express
my love for espresso enough, this word was borrowed from Italian well
after the Latin prefix ex- had developed into es-.
libary library As mentioned before,
English speakers dislike two [r]s in the same word. However, we have to
buck up and pronounce them all.
jewlery jewelry The root of this word is
"jewel" and that doesn't change for either "jeweler" or "jewelry." The British
add a syllable: "jewellery" (See also its spelling.)
nother other Misanalysis is a
common type of speech error based on the misperception of where to
draw the line between components of a word of phrase. "A whole nother"
comes from misanalyzing "an other" as "a nother." Not good. Not good.
realator realtor As you avoid the extra
vowel in "masonry," remember to do the same for "realtor," the guy who
sells what the mason creates.
And .. My Favorite -
volumptuous voluptuous
Some voluptuous women may be lumpy,
but please avoid this Freudian slip that apprises
them of it.
For the entire list of 100 Most often mispronounced words, Click Here.
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