Paphos Life

Why do so many people pronounce this word wrongly.

On the tv and the radio most pronounce it FEBURAY

It annoys me.

Tomorrow is Wednesday, which I pronounce in three syllables and not in the two "Wensday", which I hear all the time. What for me is tragic is that my dictation system accepts only the slurred pronunciation.

If that is the only thing people have to worry about, then they have it good in my book.

Old Shakespeare wrote proper English, and you wouldn't understand most of it now, language evolves, no big deal.

WHL wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:54 pm they have it good in my book.

What book would that be whl ?

memory man wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 2:37 pm

WHL wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:54 pm they have it good in my book.

What book would that be whl ?

phrase. In my book means 'in my opinion' or 'according to my beliefs',,,,,,,,,,,,That book.

WHL wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:54 pm

Old Shakespeare

He wasn't that old

Christ, how old are you HiC?

Must be a few undred

I pronounce February correctly but I must admit I say 'Wensday'

Ah wednesday. I had no trouble spelling that as a child until we had a spelling test and they gave three alternative ways of spelling it. I had to pick the correct one. That was the first time I saw it written "wedensday", which is how a lot of people pronounce it. For years afterwards I spelled wednesday wrong.

I work on the principle if people can pronounce a word correctly, there would be less spelling mistakes.

People are just lazy and it's much worse now we have text speak

PhotoLady wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:44 am I work on the principle if people can pronounce a word correctly, there would be less spelling mistakes.

I work on the principle if people can pronounce a word correctly, there would be fewer spelling mistakes.

I work on the principle that if people can understand what you're saying then at least you're able to communicate. LOL

People who keep going on about how others spell, says more about them then the people they complain about...
for **** sake get a life, you know nothing about each members circumstances,
Forums like this one, have members who are University graduates there are some who where put to sit at the back of the class, because teachers thought you were just thick, to waste their time on, where they might of been dyslexic etc.
just what are you after,? browny points for picking up on peoples mistakes?
or would you like Dominic to give every member a spelling test , before being allowed to post, I for one find it very boring, rant over.

You can have Grammarly on your computer by downloading it..

I deleted Grammarly. It was ok for spelling mistakes (as is the in-built spell checker) but I didn't like its grammar corrections. I had quite a few arguments with it before telling it to bog off.