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post #211 of 219
2/26/09 at 9:57am

Re: What words that people mis-pronounce that drive you nuts?

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
Well, I just waded through all 209 posts (dating back five years) and am stunned that larynx hasn't yet gotten a mention.

I put larynx in the same category with ask and nuclear...words that are simply mispronounced on a regular basis for reasons which escape me.

Why people say "LAR-nix" when the word is clearly spelled so as to be pronounced "LAR-inks" is beyond me. Same with "aks/ask" and "NOO-cu-ler/NOO-clee-er." Maybe it's a dyslexia sort of issue--where the brain "sees" the letters in a different order than they really are.
Never heard of the larynx issue. Then again, I'm not often involved in conversations where there's a need to use the word larynx.
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post #212 of 219
2/26/09 at 10:06am

Re: What words that people mis-pronounce that drive you nuts?

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Never heard of the larynx issue. Then again, I'm not often involved in conversations where there's a need to use the word larynx.

It frequently comes up in the Larynx of Arabia thread.
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post #213 of 219
2/26/09 at 11:39am

Re: What words that people mis-pronounce that drive you nuts?

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Originally Posted by Malcolm R
Never heard of the larynx issue. Then again, I'm not often involved in conversations where there's a need to use the word larynx.

Never heard of it either. Maybe it's a regional thing, like the "length, width, heith" thing I mentioned earlier in this thread.

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Originally Posted by Jay Taylor
It frequently comes up in the Larynx of Arabia thread.

Oh, so it's an arabic thing.
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post #214 of 219
2/26/09 at 11:39am

Re: What words that people mis-pronounce that drive you nuts?

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Originally Posted by Malcolm R
Never heard of the larynx issue. Then again, I'm not often involved in conversations where there's a need to use the word larynx.
Not only that, but when have you ever had to write larynx in order to view how it's really spelled?

"Hey John, What's up? How's your larynx today?"

"Hi Julie, How are you? I can meet you for lunch after my larynx scraping appointment."

"Yo dude! You missed it last night, we were yelling so loud that I f***ed up my larynx real bad"



Seriously though, I've probably pronounced it as "Larnyx", but I've never had to write it (or read it) before, so it never crossed my mind that it was incorrect.
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post #215 of 219
3/7/09 at 7:32pm

Re: What words that people mis-pronounce that drive you nuts?

I ALWAYS say "O-bit-uary" not "O-bitch-uary" and "li-brary" not "li-bary."

When did they add bitch to obituary?
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post #216 of 219
3/7/09 at 7:57pm

Re: What words that people mis-pronounce that drive you nuts?

^^ You've never been to one of my family's funerals
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post #217 of 219
3/7/09 at 7:57pm

Re: What words that people mis-pronounce that drive you nuts?

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Originally Posted by RyanAn
When did they add bitch to obituary?

Actually, that is a correct pronunciation-- ō-bĭch'ōō-ěr'ē
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post #218 of 219
3/7/09 at 11:04pm

Re: What words that people mis-pronounce that drive you nuts?

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When did they add bitch to obituary?

That's the way I pronounce it.
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post #219 of 219
3/8/09 at 5:52pm

Re: What words that people mis-pronounce that drive you nuts?

I've NEVER heard anyone say o-bit-you-ary, always... o-bitch-you-ary.

I have heard a reference to the "O-bit" in the paper.
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