Pronunciation Saturday

Musical Names

Francophone Tuesday

English is a Goofy Language

Pronunciation

All the time. Tricky words like banal, concomitant, and paean. Names like Cthulhu, Ng, and Gaiman (long "a" or long "i"?). Weird words like mambaskin, lich, or oenophile. Slang such as pwn. British places such as Lancaster and Worcestshire. Foreign words such as etagere, hors d'oeuvres, vichyssoise, or anything Welsh.

Wednesday Poetaster - Haiku Edition

   
    BTW, the "a" in "poetaster" is short, as in "master" or "plaster".  I've been pronouncing it wrong all these years.

    Really.  Google it.

English is Difficult

    "Ho!  Meow-ner!!

French class

    In truth, my favorite word to practice over and over again in French class was "non".

The

    Incredibly, it's true.  This is going to bug the crap out of me from now on.

Learning French

    Actually, it's not just French letters that this applies to.  Whole syllables in French are silent, especially "-ent".