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To: EveningStar

I have a dear friend who say mis-CHEE-vee-us (mischievous) and AHN-ree (ornery). Makes me crazy.


20 posted on 11/18/2016 12:48:30 PM PST by workerbee (The President of the United States is public enemy #1)
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To: workerbee

It’s MIS-chi-vus, not mis-CHEE-vus, just added in case you missed that aspect.


194 posted on 11/18/2016 3:36:00 PM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: workerbee

Can’t stand it when people pronounce taco as tack-o.

Can’t stand when they pronounce jalapeno as halo-pee-know.

Then there’s the newscasters who can’t learn how to pronounce local Texas towns.

Burnet is not Bur-nette. It’s mispronounced so often the townfolk have a saying, “It’s Burn It durn it, can’t you learn it.”

San Saba is pronounced with the emphasis on San SAba, not San SaBAAAAA.

San Saba is the Pecan Capital of the World. Pecan is definitely NOT pronounced pee-can.

Llano is Lan-o, not Yawn-o.

Oakalla - is pronounced Oak-alley. I was in Austin (spit, spit) one day when someone mispronounced it. I and three other people in the store immediately said, “It’s Oak-alley.”

Manchaca is pronounced Man-check.

Jimenez is Heh-men-ez, not Jim-in-ez.

Salazar is Sal-u-zar, not Sa-laaz-er.


205 posted on 11/18/2016 4:11:41 PM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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