February 22, 2007
Here’s a list of the 100 most often mispronounced words. I love this list! Here are a few of the sample words from the list and I encourage you to hit the full link as well.
perogative
prerogative
Even in dialects where [r] does not always trade places with the preceding vowel (as the Texan pronunciations “differnce,” “vetern,” [...]
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December 14, 2006
Where I live, in the Texas Hill Country, we’re often tired, hot, bedraggled and trying to make certain our prickly pear wine doesn’t turn into vinegar, all the while avoiding any angry rattlesnakes on our front porch.
And one thing we absolutely hate is jargon. Ok, some folks out here like jargon, but they’re usually [...]
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