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Bezig met laden... The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete Opinionated Guide for the Careful Speakerdoor Charles Harrington Elster
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Bought this to bone up on words and stuff because this certain person kept on butting in and correcting how I pronounced words (the ass). This book is undeniably useful, but ultimately made me feel like a fool. So I gave it to my little brother, who's in a Nazi stage right now (grammar, among others) and might love to use this to lord his pedantry over his peers. Teens. Odd note: this book insists "flaccid" can be pronounced "flak-sid". That's the only thing that stuck. Oh and I learned that Qatar is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable. Not that it matters, how you say it, as long as the money still gets to where it needs to be, amiright? lolz. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Contains an alphabetically arranged list of over one thousand commonly mispronounced words, including the author's explanation of how each word should be pronounced and a brief essay supporting his position. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Grocery: apparently it is groh-suh-ree, with an S, not grohsh-ree, with an SH. I've probably said and heard this word a million times in my life, and never once with an S sound.
New: the proper way to say it is NYOO, like in newt. Surprised the pants off me!
Any word with "-alm": ahm, with no L sound. This one was a total shock because it meant that I've been saying balm, calm, palm, psalm, almond, etc. completely wrong. Except for salmon, that one I nailed (small consolation). Really, we are supposed to pronounce balm like bomb? Really?! Frankly, there's no way I'm going to starting saying these words without the L sound because it sounds awful to my ears.
My favorite passages are the ones that contain fun tidbits, like calling out famous people for saying something wrong, or describing a personal encounter with a mispronouncer. Also when the author gives information about a pronunciation that goes beyond what is in various dictionaries, such as how locals say a certain place name.
One very big thing I've taken away from this book is a sensitivity when it comes to the words pronounce and pronunciation. They came up a lot in this book (obviously), and I was saying "pronunciation" wrong (I think; it's sometimes hard to remember how you say a word in your natural speech). Now I'm very aware of it, for better or worse. ( )