Friday, February 10, 2006
what can one say?
Have you ever heard a word pronounced so oddly that you actually don't know what to say? A long-ago college-educated friend of mine pronounced "supposedly" with a "b" - "supposubly". I worked up the nerve to ask her why she said it like that and pointed out its spelling and meaning. She listened, admitted puzzlement herself, . . . and continued to say supposubly. Yesterday I heard another educated and well-read person say it the same way. I've been too startled to know what to say. It's not wrong grammatically, after all, it's just wrong and isn't a real word. What can one say?
Labels: reflections, silliness
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