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Nov 08TRIPLE WORD SCORE
Correct pronunciation is on the top of my list of “rules people should live by”. My sign is Virgo, so I cannot help but be critical of correct linguistics and try to enforce them in my life. These three choices are names and words I often hear incorrectly role of people’s tongues, so I was absolutely thrilled to find the new site FORVO.com [All the words in the world. Pronounced] for us all to use as a reference.
What are some words you just hate when people mispronounce?
I thank you w/all my heart for introducing Forvo.com! My boss has the brain of a 14-year old gum smacking teenager and blindly refuses to uphold surname etiquette. (Almost unforgivable) When I hear her pronounce Rachel Zoe as “Rachel Zoey” – it’s like nails scratching on the chalkboard.
Proenza Schouler! Chaiken! Nicolas Ghesquiere!
OH, and you’re right. I wrongly trusted Wintour’s pronounciation and for some reason I was speaking with the understanding that Schouler was somehow Germanic.
No one can seem to say Braunschweiler right, I’ll have to keep my last name. : )
LRB – I also cringe when I hear ZOEY!!!!
Phuong – What the hell is wrong with Wintour? Where’s Carine when you need her!?!? Also, lets start adding those names, and yours too!
Martine – That reminds me, do I really know how to say Braunschweiler? Next time we talk, have me say it aloud!
OK…how about a simple word like library, I hear people all the time pronounce it as LIBERRY…….torcher!