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Narnia reminded me of my LDS Missionary Training Center experience.
Missionaries share the experience of Joseph Smith and his struggles with organized religions of his day. They quoute him from his history as saying, regarding these churches, "though my feelings were deep and often poignant, still I kept myself aloof..."
I taught at the MTC for 2 years and made it a point the very first class I taught where this quote was used to share the correct pronunciation of "poignant". There is nothing worse that hearing that silent "g", so I just started sharing with everyone the correct way to pronounce it. I'd even make the classes repeat it back so I knew they'd gotten it straight.
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In fourth or fifth grade, I believe, I asked my teacher if she had any suppository reading assignments (as opposed to "supplementary reading assignments"). I got a weird look, but I thought it was just because she thought I had an impressive vocabulary.
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I worked for an ambulance company that also ran an "invalid van service." I was always offended by the thought of calling people in wheelchairs in-VA'-lid.
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It was only last year when I figured out hors d'oeuvres ('or derves') and what I pronounced as 'horz doovres' where the same thing, even though I knew that they referred to the same thing.
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Scarey story of possible genetic problems in my family.
My brother worked for Wal-Mart.
no, that's not the problem.
One day he walked past the guy who was displaying the V-8 Juice. My brother noticed all the vegetables on the can. He started a conversation with, "Hey, how many different vegetables are in this stuff."
The guy looked up at him strangely. "Uh, 8"
My brother laughed, "Wow, what a coincidence. You guys should use that in your marketing. You know--8 Veggies in your V-8"
Much to the relief of the V-8 Rep, my brother walked off.
Only later did he realize his blunder (V-8 got its whole name from 8 Vegetables).
That is not the scarey part.
The scarey part, that points to possible DNA damage in such a close relative, is this: TO THIS DAY HE LOVES TO TELL THIS STORY.
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It isn't a word kerfuffle, but in the spirit of things I should have realized long ago, I present the following nuggets of information obtained in the last week:
1. The purpose of a secret admirer is for the person recieving the presents to try and figure out who the admirer is.
2. Saturday Night Live is broadcast...live.
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quote:I was always offended by the thought of calling people in wheelchairs in-VA'-lid.
All of my friends and acquaintances who use wheelchairs are really politically active. No surprise then, that not one of the chair users I know likes "invalid" applied to them, no matter how it's pronounced. Posts: 4344 | Registered: Mar 2003
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quote: Me too, Tom! I always thought "segue" was pronounced "seg," meaning that the real pronunciation was was spelled "segueway."
WHOA! Segue is pronounced segway? AHHHHH! My life has been a lie! I just thought.. Segue (seg) Segway (another word) My life has been a lie!! Next you're going to tell me fugue is pronounced fyoogway!! (checks dictionary.com)
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That is indeed one of the weirder pronunciations. It wouldn't even make sense from the french. Unless, of course, the french spelled it segué...
...oh, but look, it's not french! It's Italian!
quote:Etymology: Italian, there follows, from seguire to follow, from Latin sequi
Ah. I can now sleep a little sounder.
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I googled for "skillery" to see if my name meant anything other than a name for a fictitious alligator and found a Wake Forest University tribute to the legendaryDoctor Tom Jeffries.
He conjures up some mighty powerful words in his speech, but my favorite is “magnolius” instead of “magnanimous;” kind of like Mother Teresa, but with flowers.
Wish I could have lived back in the days of Doctor Tom. What beautiful speech they had back in the days before television and radio homogenized our language.
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I just thought.. Segue (seg) Segway (another word) My life has been a lie!! Next you're going to tell me fugue is pronounced fyoogway!! (checks dictionary.com)
