A Story about "Biased"

[L. Inman]

Hello --

This is a story I'm telling on myself.  When I was about 11, I came 
across the word "biased" in something I was reading.  Gradually, I 
learned what it meant through context, but I didn't know that you 
shouldn't pronounce it with two distinct syllables.

So one day Mom and I were having a conversation about something, and 
I said, "Well, I'm biased about that."  To my discomfiture she 
laughed at me and said, "Bi-assed, are you?  Well, I should hope so!  
I'd feel sorry for you if you only had one!"

I would not say I have a huge sense of humor about myself, but I had 
to laugh along on that one.

Lisa