http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Comments for the list '•Unexpected Pronunciation, Now! with Public Access!' http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Of course, not, Pro. Adding it here makes us all look at the word in a new way, and that's the whole point, right? :) Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:53:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Chained, I added <a href="/words/bicycle">bicycle</a> here, hope you don't mind. I know it's a word you learn very early in your life, but still... an unexpected pronunciation! Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:54:37 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Oh skipvia! I knew I saw a list like this more recently than this ancient, decrepit one. I'm sorry, I'll go post a link to your list on that other page we were talking about. As soon as I figure out what it was. Oh yeah, <a href="/words/segway">segway</a>. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:46:21 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments There are a bunch of these on my Say What? list, but I'm too lazy to move most of them over. Added a few, though. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:11:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Haha! Father of Debride? That's hilarious! Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:33:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments When I see "debride" I immediately put a "Father of" in front of it to get exactly the wrong <a href="/words/pronunciation">pronunciation</a>. (Which, <a href="/words/BTW">BTW</a>, should go on a list of words with "unexpected spelling" because I ALWAYS want to spell it "pro<a href="/words/noun">noun</a>ciation".)<br /><br />PS No one expects pronunciation! Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:09:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments What about <a href="/words/detritus">detritus</a>? Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:26:37 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments <a href="/words/ptomaine">ptomaine</a> Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:38:40 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments I guess I thought of <a href="/words/paraphernalia">paraphernalia</a> because people often pronounce it pehr-uh-fuh-neel-yuh. Or maybe that's just how my misguided ear has heard it =/ Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:46:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments I don't know about paraphernalia, though it's a great word anyway. <a href="/words/Circuit">Circuit</a>? Hmm... maybe. But then would I also have to add <a href="/words/circuitous">circuitous</a>? Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:55:32 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments One of my favorite words as spelling goes: <a href="/words/paraphernalia">paraphernalia</a>. And perhaps <a href="/words/circuit">circuit</a>? Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:15:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Oh, don't cross screendoor. That is one baaad screendoor. *shudder* Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:45:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments I don't think screendoor would let me, anyway. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:37:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Just don't pee on that battleship. I hear it's illegal. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:25:18 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments That's about as funny as a screen door on a battleship. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:16:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Yeah! Pwned! I'm the big man, beatin' up a screen door! <br />And STAY out! Foo! Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:14:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments *shudder* Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:11:10 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments uselessness, not on your birthday. :) Consider the screen door warned to stay the hell away from your ass. You hear that, screen door? Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:42:02 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Screen doors hitting asses? Man, I've missed a lot! Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:06:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Oh crap, chained_bear, do we know each other? Shall I apply that slamming screen door to my own behind? Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:46:37 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments *slams screen door onto litigious's ass* Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:16:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments litigious, litigious, litigious, neener <a href="/words/neener">neener</a> neener! Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:15:26 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments I guess it shouldn't be added, because <br />1) it cannot compare with <a href="/words/sarsaparilla">sarsaparilla</a>, <a href="/words/colonel">colonel</a>, or <a href="/words/suite">suite</a>, <br />2) it's my list, and <br />3) the person who mispronounced it yesterday ticks me off on a regular basis, and the word's inclusion here will needlessly remind me of that person, so for the collective sanity, it should not be included. <br />I hereby banish "litigious." Get out, and don't let the screen door hit your ass. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:14:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments I concur. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:19:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments So shouldn't it be added since the pronunciation is unexpected? Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:00:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Well, that's why I didn't add it to this list. <br /> <br />It does look like it should be "LIT-i-gus," though, in the same way that "pimiento" looks like it ought to be "pih-MEN-toh." Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:53:24 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments yeah, I actually prefer that pronunciation, c_b. It's so much more fun to say. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:44:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments For what it's worth, that's how <a href="/words/litigious">litigious</a> looks. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:40:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Yesterday I heard someone pronounce "litigious" as "LIT-ig-ous." Not only accenting the wrong sylLAble, but using a hard G sound. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:45:40 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Unfortunately, I think people would slap me if I tried to pronounce it that way, correct or not. <br /> <br />Hey, how about <a href="/words/sergeant">sergeant</a>? Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:40:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments true... unexpected spelling... The OED says it's supposed to be pronounced with a "y" sound rather than just "pi-men-to," the way most people (of my acquaintance) say it. Velly intellesting. Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:10:20 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments <a href="/words/Pimiento">Pimiento</a>, perhaps, since you don't ever hear that "i"? Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:02:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments I looked through it, but I guess I should have sorted alphabetically first! :) Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:01:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Thanks seanahan--it's already on the list though! :) Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:53:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments <a href="/words/colonel">colonel</a> Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:47:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments <a href="/words/Debride">Debride</a>. Gross meaning, strange pronunciation. Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:08:34 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments How 'bout <a href="/words/suite">suite</a>? Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments <a href="/words/Sarsaparilla">Sarsaparilla</a> is a great example. Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:11:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Thanks seanahan! Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:35:42 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments Along the lines of <a href="/words/boatswain">boatswain</a> you have <a href="/words/coxswain">coxswain</a>. Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:15:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments <a href="/words/Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a>. But then you're getting into British pronunciation, I suppose. Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:52:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments <a href="/words/Solder">Solder</a>! Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:35:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/%E2%80%A2unexpected-pronunciation-now-with-public-access#comments