tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post8750091996471390171..comments2024-03-02T02:26:00.928-05:00Comments on bleakonomy: I can pronounce now!tetracontadigonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04604381739383227553noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-50703855594313603202008-12-21T23:16:00.000-05:002008-12-21T23:16:00.000-05:00As a kid, I used to think "misled" was pronounced ...As a kid, I used to think "misled" was pronounced "mizzled" -- when I saw it in print -- even though I knew the word "misled" as to spoken English. I just thought they were synonyms.Stuart Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-23588483982912476172008-12-15T19:21:00.000-05:002008-12-15T19:21:00.000-05:00If its any comfort, it happens to the paid profess...If its any comfort, it happens to the paid professionals as well -- today a BBC report refered to the Noble prize (rather than 'no-BEL'), and an NPR reporter was completely flumoxed by Ptolomy (I believe she tried for pah-tah-LO-me rather than TOL-o-me).<BR/><BR/>I always stumbled over Presbyterian, right through seminary (often it came out pruh-BREST-ri-an, which makes no sense except to a freudian therapist I suppose)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-87537789197292832562008-12-15T18:16:00.000-05:002008-12-15T18:16:00.000-05:00this is great, thanks. I too am now going to prono...this is great, thanks. I too am now going to pronounce various book-only words fruitily (see, e.g. "blackguard").<BR/><BR/>ps: I'm a visitor from tnrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-54283193744265787432008-12-15T10:40:00.000-05:002008-12-15T10:40:00.000-05:00I think the English pronounce capillary that way, ...I think the English pronounce capillary that way, but what the hell do they know? You should hear how they pronounce "aluminum."Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213051268392108382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-36640764104766691612008-12-15T10:02:00.000-05:002008-12-15T10:02:00.000-05:00As a lad I thought a certain type of blood vessel ...As a lad I thought a certain type of blood vessel was called a ca-PILL-ary. I was also mocked in class for reading aloud about the Missouri COM-promiseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-24521924027003661812008-12-15T09:37:00.000-05:002008-12-15T09:37:00.000-05:00I went years reading "epitome" and thinking it was...I went years reading "epitome" and thinking it was some word I had never heard of, while happily using it in conversation.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213051268392108382noreply@blogger.com