I suspect that all of us, at one time or another, have discovered that we have been pronouncing a word to ourselves incorrectly, perhaps for long periods of our lives. That could be a kind of blooper when we say it aloud, right? For example, a basketball play-by-play announcer last year wanted to say that a player's shot had gone "awry" but prounced it as if it rhymed with "story."
So, just to show LS that I am a condescending jerk who gets his laughs at the expense of others, let me tell you the blooper my wife revealed to me the other day. As a kid, she started reading the word "misled" as . . . . . you know I can't think of how to describe this pronunciation. The "i" is a long i as in "rifle." The accent is on the first syllable, and the "led" is like "eld." In fact, the word "misled" was like "rifled" but with an m instead of the r and s in place of the f. I have been laughing at that one for days now. She says she still says it to herself sometimes when she is reading. I'm going to have to sit down sometime and try to remember all the words I have butchered myself. Tim P.S. For heaven's sake, don't tell my wife that I am humiliating her over the internet. What she doesn't know won't hurt her. -- **************************************************************** Tim Gaines [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Psychology phone: 864-833-8349 Presbyterian College fax: 864-833-8481 Clinton, SC 29325 **************************************************************** --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
