Saturday, April 9, 2011

Words I mispronounce on purpose.

pro-NUN-sky-ation  ( I got this from the Pop Eye movie with Robin Williams.)

KA-nif (knife, I think I got this from my dad.)

s-KIZ-ers (scissors, also from my dad.)

Sometimes I put an "r" in "wash", like "Warshington". I got this from an ex-girlfriend's dad.

And I had a math instructor in high school who would say things like "Oh, I put the EM-pha-sis on the wrong SYL-ol-ible."  This always cracked me up.

I've mispronounced these, on purpose, for so long that I don't really notice anymore, and it amuses me when people just think I'm stupid.

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