Wordie: Banal: Comments

Comment by tiredseashell, 29 days ago

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:05:23 +0000

Like modern life.

Comment by whichbe, about 1 month ago

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:48:59 +0000

Seems to be like the pronunciation of 'canal', huh.

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 month ago

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:46:42 +0000

Milosrdentsvi, meet gangerh. :)

Comment by Milosrdenstvi, about 1 month ago

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:35:43 +0000

Drives me berserk when people pronounce it to rhyme with 'anal'. Makes me simply wild! It is pronounced how yarb explained; anything else is simply indicative of where your mind's been.

Comment by Darqueau, 2 months ago

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:08:21 +0000

"Banal ideas cannot be rescued by beautiful execution.”

sentence 32. Sol Lewitt. Sentences on Conceptual Art

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:57:23 +0000

Nasaal? Haha!

Comment by chained_bear, 10 months ago

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:35:22 +0000

U, I say it a lot, actually. Only, every single time there's a long pause while people stare at me. I can only surmise it's out of shock that someone's pronounced it aloud.

Comment by bilby, 10 months ago

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:52:57 +0000

Don't like this one. Visually it looks like bum and anal slammed together (heaven forbid!) and the pronunciation is ugly and nasaal.

Comment by yarb, 10 months ago

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:23:09 +0000

I (and people I know) use this word all the time! Whenever I watch the TV news, for example. It's pronounced buh-NAAL. To rhyme with kraal.

Comment by uselessness, 10 months ago

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:19:51 +0000

The word everyone knows but no one is quite sure how to pronounce. Seems it's only ever presented in written form.