Wrong word order?

Daredevel7 said:
Ditto! In fact, it happened today at CI therapy. My therapist was looking over audiology cards, and one of them happened to say "bilabial". Being the immature person I am, I cracked up then I tried to pronounce it. I got it wrong, but I also saw the word "lingua-alveolar". Totally got that one right!! (SOMEHOW...)
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I recall the time I was taking an IQ test, and the counselor was giving me an oral spelling test. I think I missed one word: he said "ak-wee-es" and I had no idea what the heck word that was. It turned out to be "acquiesce" which is a verb meaning to concur. I knew that word but thought it was pronounced the way it was spelled, "ak-kwise." So, my IQ was formally dropped down because of that, lol.
 
Beowulf said:
I recall the time I was taking an IQ test, and the counselor was giving me an oral spelling test. I think I missed one word: he said "ak-wee-es" and I had no idea what the heck word that was. It turned out to be "acquiesce" which is a verb meaning to concur. I knew that word but thought it was pronounced the way it was spelled, "ak-kwise." So, my IQ was formally dropped down because of that, lol.
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I would have thought it was pronounced the same as you did - the ak-kwise. I just learned something new!

I need to stop using big, long words when I have a tough time pronouncing them :lol:
 
I have always had a tough time with palomino, as in a horse. I keep thinking it's "pah-lo-meen-o, but I've been told it's wrong. (I don't emphasize the "h" in the "pah" part but it's the only way I know how to explain that "a" sound and not the "a" as in paper.
 
AlleyCat said:
I have always had a tough time with palomino, as in a horse. I keep thinking it's "pah-lo-meen-o, but I've been told it's wrong. (I don't emphasize the "h" in the "pah" part but it's the only way I know how to explain that "a" sound and not the "a" as in paper.
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I'm sure you can roll the "r's" in French. Folk just gave up trying to teach me that. :lol:
 
Beowulf said:
I'm sure you can roll the "r's" in French. Folk just gave up trying to teach me that. :lol:
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Oh yeah, I'm not gonna try to roll my r's LOL :lol: but palomino doesn't have any r's in it and that's the one I keep getting wrong.
 
Pronouncing "r" is one I still struggle with and my first name begins with R. I usually prefer to use the abbreviated version. Saves unneccesary effort on my part. My hearing family still insist on using my proper name though.
 
Tousi said:
You around the horsey set a lot?
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Yes, but they're not palominos. My using that word frequently comes from work, its the name of a subgroup I work with. And they have nothing to do with horses :lol:
 
BecLak said:
Pronouncing "r" is one I still struggle with and my first name begins with R. I usually prefer to use the abbreviated version. Saves unneccesary effort on my part. My hearing family still insist on using my proper name though.
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I totally understand. Go with whatever is easiest for you! :)
 
I can't say the r correctly in some words like rare. I get my steaks medium well done which is what I do NOT want. :mad:
 
deafskeptic said:
I can't say the r correctly in some words like rare. I get my steaks medium well done which is what I do NOT want. :mad:
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Wow, that's terrible. You really wanting your steaks rare, I thought, would compel you to write that down at the point of ordering.....
 
Tousi said:
Wow, that's terrible. You really wanting your steaks rare, I thought, would compel you to write that down at the point of ordering.....
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I normally just write down medium rare. That's how I like my steaks. :lol:
 
"Lasagna" stumps me!...I've been told over and over how to pronounce it...still I get it wrong....I love Italian dishes, but just point out what I would like.....as for Parmesan Cheese, I just say "the stinky stuff".....also, the word "subsidary"...
 
Tousi said:
Wow, that's terrible. You really wanting your steaks rare, I thought, would compel you to write that down at the point of ordering.....
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As I can't say "R" at all, it is lucky I like medium steaks!:hmm:
 
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