[HPFGU-OTChatter] Spelling and pronunciation

[Doreen]

Angela wrote:
Oooh, I love rants about poor spelling and grammar! I consider myself to
be a good speller, but I still have automatic spell check on my e-mail
programs. I think it is sheer sloppiness not to proof read!

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What about people who mispronounce words? Some of my pet peeves are
"nucular" for "nuclear" and "jew ler y" for "jewelry".

My mother told me about a recipe that used "canine" pepper. We were walking
at the time, and I actually missed a step when she said that! This is a lady
who never misses a cooking show, reads everything, and can hold her own
during Jeopardy.

OTOH, there are my foreign friends, who often have misconceptions about
certain words because of the way they think they heard them pronounced. My
favorite example is when my friend said to me, "Isn't that like the pot
calling the cattle black?"

Doreen
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