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[yagathai]

I overheard a co-worker in the elevator today talking to another co-worker about how she tried to rent an action movie for her kids, and she was so embarrassed because she had to show the clerk the movie on the printout she had made, and then he corrected her pronunciation of the name of the film.

The film she asked for? "The Metal Lions". The actual movie? "The Medallion".

Here's the worst part: In the elevator, she was still pronouncing it wrong. She kept saying "Muh-day-lee-on".

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[isis-newton.livejournal.com]

there is no helping some people

[lawbabeak.livejournal.com]

There are some combos even local accents just can't get ahold of. "Groin" is often pronounced "grow-in". A clients grandma once showed up after court, upset at what happened. Client apparently had kicked a cop in the tender bits. Grandma was struggling with "grow-in" - you could tell she could tell it wasn't quite right (missing teeth and alcohol for lunch didn't help) - and she finally settled on "gurney."

My Granny? "pita" will always be "pitta", "feta" "fettah", and "buffet" "boo-fay"

I myself am struggling with the local pronunciation of "Lafollette" - it's not la-FOE-ette, but LA-fall-et. I'll probably have to say it a bunch in front of a jury at the end of January, so it's important that I learn to get it right. And get it right without screwing up my face in some weird Matewan grimmace to give it a flat mountain twang.

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

I was astonished and dismayed when I borrowed a copy of Jorge Luis Borges's Labyrinths from my university library and the librarian at check-out commented, "That was a good movie." I stared at her for a moment, debated whether to correct her, then said, "Yes, it was."

Also, a co-worker once asked me where Atlantis was, because she was hoping to vacation there.

The stupid, it hurts.