Herb - Now Aluminum

Carol justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 11 02:37:29 UTC 2007


Julie:
> I don't mind any of the above pronunciations. It's when people
pronounce  the word "jag-wire" that I go up the wall! 
>  
> Julie (apologizing if "jag-wire" is actually an accepted
pronunciation somewhere rather than merely atrocious articulation)

Carol:

Ah, a new direction for this thread! Some of the many
mispronunciations that grate on my nerves are "nucular" for "nuclear,"
"often" with the "t" pronounced (an affectation, IMO), and "sell" for
"sale."

I don't think any of the three except "sell" is a regional variation.
The other two are just mispronunciations that are, regrettably, common
enough to be included in dictionaries, which, these days, are
increasingly "descriptive" rather than "prescriptive."

Carol, who misses the "olden days" of her childhood when correctness
was considered a virtue







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