Wordie: Unexpected Pronunciation, Now! with Public Access!: Comments

Comment by chained_bear, 6 months ago

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:46:21 +0000

Oh skipvia! I knew I saw a list like this more recently than this ancient, decrepit one. I'm sorry, I'll go post a link to your list on that other page we were talking about. As soon as I figure out what it was. Oh yeah, segway.

Comment by skipvia, 6 months ago

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:11:29 +0000

There are a bunch of these on my Say What? list, but I'm too lazy to move most of them over. Added a few, though.

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:33:57 +0000

Haha! Father of Debride? That's hilarious!

Comment by arby, 11 months ago

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:09:48 +0000

When I see "debride" I immediately put a "Father of" in front of it to get exactly the wrong pronunciation. (Which, BTW, should go on a list of words with "unexpected spelling" because I ALWAYS want to spell it "pronounciation".)

PS No one expects pronunciation!

Comment by alguien, about 1 year ago

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:26:37 +0000

What about detritus?

Comment by sionnach, about 1 year ago

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:38:40 +0000

ptomaine

Comment by Valse, about 1 year ago

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:46:29 +0000

I guess I thought of paraphernalia because people often pronounce it pehr-uh-fuh-neel-yuh. Or maybe that's just how my misguided ear has heard it =/

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:55:32 +0000

I don't know about paraphernalia, though it's a great word anyway. Circuit? Hmm... maybe. But then would I also have to add circuitous?

Comment by Valse, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:15:54 +0000

One of my favorite words as spelling goes: paraphernalia. And perhaps circuit?

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:45:52 +0000

Oh, don't cross screendoor. That is one baaad screendoor. *shudder*

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:37:03 +0000

I don't think screendoor would let me, anyway.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:25:18 +0000

Just don't pee on that battleship. I hear it's illegal.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:16:41 +0000

That's about as funny as a screen door on a battleship.

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:14:36 +0000

Yeah! Pwned! I'm the big man, beatin' up a screen door!
And STAY out! Foo!

Comment by screendoor, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:11:10 +0000

*shudder*

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:42:02 +0000

uselessness, not on your birthday. :) Consider the screen door warned to stay the hell away from your ass. You hear that, screen door?

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:06:19 +0000

Screen doors hitting asses? Man, I've missed a lot!

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:46:37 +0000

Oh crap, chained_bear, do we know each other? Shall I apply that slamming screen door to my own behind?

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:16:46 +0000

*slams screen door onto litigious's ass*

Comment by AbraxasZugzwang, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:15:26 +0000

litigious, litigious, litigious, neener neener neener!

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:14:16 +0000

I guess it shouldn't be added, because
1) it cannot compare with sarsaparilla, colonel, or suite,
2) it's my list, and
3) the person who mispronounced it yesterday ticks me off on a regular basis, and the word's inclusion here will needlessly remind me of that person, so for the collective sanity, it should not be included.
I hereby banish "litigious." Get out, and don't let the screen door hit your ass.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:19:04 +0000

I concur.

Comment by AbraxasZugzwang, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:00:39 +0000

So shouldn't it be added since the pronunciation is unexpected?

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:53:24 +0000

Well, that's why I didn't add it to this list.

It does look like it should be "LIT-i-gus," though, in the same way that "pimiento" looks like it ought to be "pih-MEN-toh."

Comment by AbraxasZugzwang, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:44:50 +0000

yeah, I actually prefer that pronunciation, c_b. It's so much more fun to say.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:40:01 +0000

For what it's worth, that's how litigious looks.

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:45:40 +0000

Yesterday I heard someone pronounce "litigious" as "LIT-ig-ous." Not only accenting the wrong sylLAble, but using a hard G sound.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:40:07 +0000

Unfortunately, I think people would slap me if I tried to pronounce it that way, correct or not.

Hey, how about sergeant?

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:10:20 +0000

true... unexpected spelling... The OED says it's supposed to be pronounced with a "y" sound rather than just "pi-men-to," the way most people (of my acquaintance) say it. Velly intellesting.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:02:29 +0000

Pimiento, perhaps, since you don't ever hear that "i"?

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:01:14 +0000

I looked through it, but I guess I should have sorted alphabetically first! :)

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:53:49 +0000

Thanks seanahan--it's already on the list though! :)

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:47:52 +0000

colonel

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:08:34 +0000

Debride. Gross meaning, strange pronunciation.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:00:00 +0000

How 'bout suite?

Comment by palooka, about 1 year ago

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:11:25 +0000

Sarsaparilla is a great example.

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:35:42 +0000

Thanks seanahan!

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:15:29 +0000

Along the lines of boatswain you have coxswain.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:52:22 +0000

Worcestershire. But then you're getting into British pronunciation, I suppose.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:35:57 +0000

Solder!