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One wrong word (4)
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Jul 30, 2010
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I've noticed that most people have a tendency to regularly pronounce at least one word completely wrong. And not because they have an accent or a speech impediment or a lack of education, but simply because something went wrong in their speech development to cause them to fumble over just that one simple word. For example, I have a friend who pronounces the word "awkward" as "ock-ward," except with a huge emphasis on the "ock" part. One might say he pronounces it "awkwardly." The pastor of my church, besides using the annoying yet dictionary-approved pronunciation of "mature" as "ma-tyoor" (I say "ma-choor," and what I say is always right), pronounces the word "ordinary" as "awww-dinary," which comes out in sentences like, "The love of man is awww-dinary, while the love of God is extra-awww-dinary." One might say his unusual pronunciation is a little out of the "ordinary." I knew a girl in high school who pronounced "frustrated" without the first R, making it "fustrated." One might say it was a little "frustrating" to hear. Finally, my aunt says "goff" instead of "golf," which is something I absolutely can't figure out how to include in a pun. #language
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