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August 05, 2006
100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English
Right here.
Oh, what fun it is to find out what a fool I've been making of myself all these years.
w00t!
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In response to the aluminium/aluminum question: having been exasperated one too many times by English people telling me I pronouced it wrong, I finally looked it up (I'm Canadian, by the way). Turns out the discoverer of said metal never could decide which way to spell it, and hence, pronounce it. He flipped-flopped a few times throughout his career. In the UK they opted for the extra letter, and in North America we opted for dropping it.
Now why some people over there pronounce it "mee-graine" as opposed to "my-graine" is beyond me.
Posted by: Susie Derkins | Aug 17, 2006 2:10:06 PM
Someone has yet to explain to me in very small words that I can understand, the veddy English pronunciation of Al-you-min-e-yum as opposed to a-loo-min-um.
Posted by: Wade | Aug 16, 2006 6:34:22 PM
How bout:
1) In Like Flint (correct: In Like Flynn, as in Errol)
2) Record Alblum (correct: album)
3) Butt Load (correct: Boat Load...I think)
Posted by: sbove | Aug 7, 2006 11:31:56 PM
They left out one of my favorites, "nip it in the butt."
As in, "We must nip this mangling of the English language in the butt."
*sigh*
;-)
Posted by: anonymouse | Aug 5, 2006 11:12:20 PM
Ah, the joys of a British public school education. I didn't get any of them wrong!
Posted by: Skipweasel | Aug 5, 2006 6:11:08 PM
