[cynicalheretic]

oxymoron -- It's the one word that drives me up the wall when people miss pronounce it. It's not someone who doesn't know how to wash their face correctly or someone who thinks chocolate gives them acne.

[Aaron]

OxyMaroon?

[killJOY]

OK-si MOR-on.

[ucosty]

oksee-more-on? wait how's it really meant to be pronounced?

[Newsseeker]

How do people mispronounce it? Until recently I had been mispronouncing epistemology. Not that I have had an opportunity to use it all that much but I still was emabarassed.

[peaker_2005]

People mispronounce oxymoron?!? Geez, it's a see-it-and-say-it word.

Oh, wait, (recalls Moran graphic).

Doomer rating +1

The other thing I have a gripe with is people who can't be bothered at least making an effort with spelling. Fine if you make a mistake, we're all human and it happens to the best of us, but at least TRY!

/rant

[cynicalheretic]

ok-si-mawr-on [awksimaron]

[PenultimateManStanding]

OK, how about synecdoche? People tend to think it's pronounced SIN-ek-dosh but it isn't.

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newsseeker', 'H')ow do people mispronounce it? Until recently I had been mispronouncing epistemology. Not that I have had an opportunity to use it all that much but I still was emabarassed.

[Plantagenet]

"--Sheeet, Jetho, we gots one o dem awl mines on ah fahm too."

Its pronounced OIL, Mr. Clampett.

[Niagara]

Almost as bad as saying "pronOUnciation"

Here's another strange fact - did you know the word "gullible" does not appear in the dictionary?

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Niagara', 'A')lmost as bad as saying "pronOUnciation"

Here's another strange fact - did you know the word "gullible" does not appear in the dictionary?