jennarenn
I was thinking about pairs of words where one is a misspelling of another. The mistake connotes some additional meaning that is lost when the word is spoken. For example, fstr is an abbreviation of faster, but there's no way to read it.
Wordie confession: I say "I E".
Jun 26, 2008
plethora
Dang, I thought of a really good word for this earlier while I was doing homework. Now I've forgotten :(
Jun 25, 2008
pterodactyl
How about e.g. and i.e.? When reading aloud, I'm always forced to substitute "for example" and "that is", because it sounds stupid to actually say "E G" or "I E".
Jun 24, 2008
johnmperryDramatis personae of War & Peace, indeed any Russian novel, such as Dr Zhivago. I had to mentally substitute Bert, Fred atc. in order to get to end of the book.
Jun 24, 2008
Prolagus
τι κακὸν �?στι πε�?ὶ Ryszard Kapuściński?
Jun 24, 2008
yarb
Long Polish names, and quotations from Ancient Greek.
Jun 24, 2008
dontcry
Um, headers and footers?
Page numbers?
Parens.?
Brackets?
Quotation marks (actually, I use the little two fingers motion on each hand to denote these -- not when I'm reading to myself, of course,THAT would be wierd but when reading aloud -- but that's technically not "pronouncing" them...unless deaf people are looking in...then I guess it IS.
I'm with Pro, I don't get it either...
Jun 24, 2008
Prolagus
What do you mean jennarenn? I want to contribute but I don't get it! Delightful list name by the way!
Jun 24, 2008
jennarenn Actually, I think that that's on another list this week. This one is devoted to intentional misspellings. Jun 26, 2008
dontcry Like "they're there"? Jun 26, 2008
jennarenn I was thinking about pairs of words where one is a misspelling of another. The mistake connotes some additional meaning that is lost when the word is spoken. For example, fstr is an abbreviation of faster, but there's no way to read it.
Wordie confession: I say "I E". Jun 26, 2008
plethora Dang, I thought of a really good word for this earlier while I was doing homework. Now I've forgotten :( Jun 25, 2008
sionnach ibid, viz
What's a fstr? Jun 25, 2008
yarb *gazes blankly past prolagus* Jun 24, 2008
pterodactyl How about e.g. and i.e.? When reading aloud, I'm always forced to substitute "for example" and "that is", because it sounds stupid to actually say "E G" or "I E". Jun 24, 2008
johnmperry Dramatis personae of War & Peace, indeed any Russian novel, such as Dr Zhivago. I had to mentally substitute Bert, Fred atc. in order to get to end of the book. Jun 24, 2008
Prolagus τι κακὸν �?στι πε�?ὶ Ryszard Kapuściński? Jun 24, 2008
yarb Long Polish names, and quotations from Ancient Greek. Jun 24, 2008
dontcry Um, headers and footers?
Page numbers?
Parens.?
Brackets?
Quotation marks (actually, I use the little two fingers motion on each hand to denote these -- not when I'm reading to myself, of course,THAT would be wierd but when reading aloud -- but that's technically not "pronouncing" them...unless deaf people are looking in...then I guess it IS.
I'm with Pro, I don't get it either...
Jun 24, 2008
Prolagus What do you mean jennarenn? I want to contribute but I don't get it!
Delightful list name by the way! Jun 24, 2008