Words you invented, or said the wrong way (page 4)

luna

Chestadrawer instead of dresser drawer. I don't know where it came from, but that's what I always call them, and I get ridiculed.

Also, i'm now programmed to say "soda" when I ask for a coke, pepsi, whatever. I grew up calling it "pop", but apparently that is not allowed in California.

I know there are other things I say that come out wrong sometimes....My parents watched PBS (thus, BBC shows) all the time when i was little, so I tend to call things by the British name. It's pathetic, really. I even started spelling things all proper english in school. (glamour, theatre, etc.)

I really need a life.

Luna

Mac

Chestadrawer = chest of drawers

Mindchild

I had a heck of a time getting the right pronunciation down of chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile as it was a chemical I once talked about in public talks (not WTS talks). I kept saying it as chlorobenzyliDIEmalononitrite instead of the correct way. Once in awhile a college professor would call me on it and ask me if it was a regional pronunciation I was using. Sheesh, you don't get cut any slack in academic circles. But hey, terrible handwriting for doctors and professsors is completely acceptable. Good thing we have keyboards now.

Skipper