Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Frequently Mispronounced Words
opportunity = a-Port-tunity (with emphasis on the "por"! part)
appeal = a pill
sick leave = seek live
take a seat = take a sit
cream cheese = crim chiz
divorce = DIE-vorce
pizza = pissa
milk = mirk (where the "r" is pronounced as a blend of "r" and "l")
sailing = siel-ing
atmosphere = at-moss-phere
protege = pro-teach
Crim Chiz is my absolute fave.
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1 comment:
and then there's "film" pronounced as "flim".
-sarah
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