I have also fallen in love with applique...to discover I have pronounced it wrong :)
#11
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Mechanicsville, IA
Posts: 1,497
I imagine all of us have some word or another wrong. I love words and definitions and like to get them right. But learned a number of years ago I have been pronouncing album Al-Blum instead od Al-Bum. How did I get that wrong? There is no second L. At least yours was a mistake in a foreign word spelling.
#12
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Northern Colorado
Posts: 506
My daughters best friend in high school was a straight A student and always had her nose in a book reading. One morning she was reading the contents on the back of the cereal box. She asked her Dad, "What is deg er med wheat? I've never heard of that. Her dad turned the cereal box read it and with as straight a face as he could, looked at her and said, "that word is degermed." We still have a good laugh over it.
#14
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Holmen, WI
Posts: 6,459
My DD (who is a lawyer, so it's not like she's never been exposed to words before) doesn't mispronounce words (that's me... I say "pilluh" for "pillow" & get nothing but grief! I also say "may-shur" for "measure") but she gets "macrame" & "macabre" confused... it's pretty funny!
#20
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: western ny
Posts: 1,535
I thought I was the only one. I was talking to my Mom about some app-liqe I was working on. My Mom was so confused about what I was doing. After I showed her she thought it was so funny! Applique not app-liqe.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Singergirlforever
For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
11
05-15-2015 09:50 PM
chairjogger
Main
76
04-10-2012 05:45 PM