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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (1097)4/6/1998 12:34:00 PM
From: jbe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4710
 
I did exactly the same thing as a child! I pronounced it "mize-ld" -- and everybody laughed at me! As an adult, I still mispronounce words that I have only seen on the written page, but never heard in real life.

I also, or so I am told, mispronounce some common words. For example, poem: I say "p-oh-m." No amount of correction can make me change the way I pronounce it. (The "right way" sounds downright stupid to me.) Is that a "regionalism," or simply an ingrained bad habit?



To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (1097)4/6/1998 12:38:00 PM
From: jbe  Respond to of 4710
 
Oops - CORRECTION! I say "poim" (as in "oink"); "pohm" is the "right way" (which sounds goofy to me).

jbe


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