Hey Everyone... Just thought of sharing one of my memories related to pronounciations, especially since we were in Telugu-Tamil dominated teacher school(pls no offence here)..we had this craft teacher in 7th std i believe(can't recollect her name)..she used to teach us Book Binding and she used to pronounce it as or rather I used to hear it as "Boo..Baani", beleive me for 2-3 months I was thinking it as boobaani !!!
Cheers Vinayak On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Archana Sharma < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey Nayan, > > I hope you didn't think I was picking on you, did you? > > The idea was to bring and discuss people's favourite/pet mistake. Mine > being the error in spelling "occasion" and many more. Since I already knew > yours I mentioned that. And this was because it was discussed a while ago. > > Of course, it doesn't matter even if you make mistakes and even i am guilty > of never reading what I write, until i hit the send button. And it is my > profession!!! > > I had a childhood friend who was quite anal about spellings...question or > contest him and he would immediately run to the dictionary and prove himself > right. > A many years ago, while in a gossip session, i said, "your illicit > relationship..." and he laughed and said it is illict (pronounced as illikt) > and not ill-is-it. He had never realised there is an i before the last > letter. I protested quite confidently this time. > > And he again ran to the dictionary and was completely shocked to know that > all the while when he was reading the cover pages of Stardust, filmfare > and gossip fares, he just didn't notice the 'i'. > > This is what i meant by mistakes which may be silly but refuse to get > shaken off. > > Long mail? Well i have to make up for the lullness off late in the group, > nai? > > Arch > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Nayan Mapani <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Arch- >> Very interesting attachment, well after going through the same I think >> that i always knew them all but surely I must be making a lot of mistakes >> while writing. I do not check what I write since I do not think it matters >> so much since it is informal. But it would be really interesting to know >> from you what mistakes I commit regularly! >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Archana Sharma <[email protected]> >> *To:* vaniv88-89 <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sat, 30 January, 2010 9:24:23 PM >> *Subject:* nice way to combat common english mistakes :) >> >> Dear all, >> >> We all make some or the other pet english mistakes. and now we will know >> that the world makes it too. And here is a link someone had posted on >> facebook to get rid of some of the mistakes we make. >> >> Though none of the mistakes mentioned here, i make...i do think once >> before writing weird. And occasion is not mentioned here...but i always get >> confused....is that ocassion? Oh Well. >> >> The most common mistake i have found in england is loose for lose (as in >> lost), and "it's" written even when they mean "its". You won't believe even >> my boss did that. >> >> another common mistake not mentioned here is writing her's for hers. >> >> Enjoy this link: And please share your own favourite mistake. I know >> Nayan's and guess what Nayan, it finds a mention in this website...but, i am >> afraid, not very kindly :( >> >> http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling >> >> >> Archana >> >> ------------------------------ >> The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! >> Homepage<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_yyi_1/*http://in.yahoo.com/> >> . >> > >
