Peevish Stuff

by snowbird 130 Replies latest jw friends

snowbird

Correct, Crazy.
Syl
MsDucky

I still have a hard time with this one: centimeter
People in the medical community pronounce it son-a-meter.??? I still pronounce it cent-i-meter.
snowbird

How do you pronounce perimeter?
Syl
MsDucky

perimeter = per-rim-eter
crazycate

When I first saw the name Persephone, I pronounced it Per-sa-phone. I thought, "what an ugly name." In my defense, I was only 12.
crazycate

Here's someone's mistake I enjoyed: She is a died-in-the-woods witness. Ha! I wonder what this person thought that meant. Dyed-in-the-wool means inflexible, because, I assume, the dye is in the very fiber rather than the cloth being dyed after being woven.
snowbird

So did I.
I won't tell how I pronounced Prometheus.
Syl
tec

I've never heard err pronouncer 'ur.' I've always heard and said 'air'.
Is there an actual rule?
Or is it like schedule. (sk or sh)
Tammy
snowbird

Q How do you pronounce "err," as in "to err is human"?
A Use the following pronunciation: er or the preferred ûr (as in urge) (American Heritage College Dictionary)
Hope this helps, Tammy.
Syl
crazycate

I know exactly how you pronounced it Syl! So would I have!

Q	How do you pronounce "err," as in "to err is human"?
A	Use the following pronunciation: er or the preferred ûr (as in urge) (American Heritage College Dictionary)