November 9, 2022 12:09 pm
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As someone who long ago embarrassed myself in front of a professor by referring to the philosohper Rene Dess-cart-ess and Goath, author of Fawst, I feel seen.
I resemble that remark!
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Most of us readers can relate to this. I remember one such incident when speaking with a young man who taught one of my college classes. He was such a darling guy and uber well-educated, already being a Doctor of Philosophy at 26; and I was eager to impress him. We were discussing religious heresies.
I knew how to pronounce “heretic” but had never heard the word “heretical” spoken. So I pronounced it like “heretic” with “al” added on. It makes me laugh now. He was very kind and didn’t correct me at the time. But later when I heard him use the word in class, I felt like a dope. LOL!
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By Lucille on November 9, 2022 at 1:30 pm
It has happened to me too, although I can’t give you a good example off the top of my head. Anyway, considering that the British pronounce many words differently than we do, does it really make that much difference?
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By Stella on November 9, 2022 at 1:59 pm
Pyramid. I said pyram’id
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By czarina33 on November 9, 2022 at 7:45 pm