Confounding homophones
Ah, homophones: They are the average speller’s Achilles’ heel. A homophone is a word that is pronounced like one or more other words but has a different meaning, derivation or spelling. A most frequent...
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How to pronounce "patronize" or The childlike belief of willing something...
Here’s an ideal example of the way I thought as a young girl growing up. I thought, for sure, that if I believed in something “hard enough” — as in almost bugging my eyes out while holding my breath or...
View ArticlePet peeve no. 12: Italian vs. I-talian
Here’s the deal. No one knows how to pronounce every word that’s out there. I sure don’t. And even though I have a pretty good grasp on how to pronounce the average word — a big part of my job includes...
View ArticlePronunciation 102: how to pronounce “pajamas” the Paul Simon way
This is a short addition to the previous post on the correct pronunciation of pajamas (or, as the case may be, pajama). One of my favorite albums is “Negotiations and Love Songs,” and one of my...
View ArticleGet your kicks: How to pronounce ‘route’
Got this blog entry idea from the guys on the morning news. They were talking about a route (obviously) that someone was trying to take (as in road or path) and couldn’t decide if it should sound like...
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