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"Pitcher" instead of picture

 

"Wesconsin" instead of Wisconsin

 

Last week one of my students argued forcefully that the phrase was "out of contest" and not "out of context."

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"fedville" for Fayetteville

"nekkid" for naked

"crown" for crayon

"arn" for iron

 

Though these fall more in the dialect/accent category than mispronunciations.

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"ornery"

 

A lot of folks pronounce it "ah-ner-ee."

:wave I do and I am! I really shouldn't be talking about the way people say things...I'm of the "y'all" and "gonna" crowd, but that's cute, right? I think my friend who likes to "drawl" pictures and eat "punkins" is far worse than I am.
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Liberry instead of Library

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"ornery"

 

A lot of folks pronounce it "ah-ner-ee."

Two syllables, bud. "Ahn-ree" :stunned

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Can I admit to a some-what embarrassing one?

 

I had always heard (verbally) the phrase "take it for granted" as "take it for granite" (like the rock type). I used the rock version for years until I read in used in print.

 

No one ever called it on me because the pronunciation - and meaning - were so close.

 

Weird huh? Well ... embarrassing, at least.

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Can I admit to a some-what embarrassing one?

 

I had always heard (verbally) the phrase "take it for granted" as "take it for granite" (like the rock type). I used the rock version for years until I read in used in print.

 

No one ever called it on me because the pronunciation - and meaning - were so close.

Same thing for me with "for all intents and purposes," which for years I thought was "for all intensive purposes."

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Same thing for me with "for all intents and purposes," which for years I thought was "for all intensive purposes."

Oh wow...I ummm, yea :stunned

 

Thanks for clearing it up :thumbup

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