Here are a couple of verbal hangups you likely do not know about me:
- I cannot properly pronounce these words: bull, bowl, pull, pole. It hurts my throat to say them.
- I always mis-say this word: vigilant. I ALWAYS say: viligant
- Over the past few years, I've lost the ability to say neighborhood like a normal person. I now say "neighbaaaahood"
- I've never been able to say the band name Fall Out Boy properly. It always comes out Faaaaaal Out Boy. This is unintentional, but it cannot be stopped.
- I've recently begun calling people I like "Pumpkin" both in person and in emails.
- I really like calling people "Pumpkin"
- When I casually speak German, my pronunciations are flawless. When called upon in class to read, I get so nervous it sometimes sounds like I'm in day eins of Deutsch eins.
13 comments:
I briefly lost the ability to spell neighbor.
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Thanks for sharing that Thunda!
I can never speel accomodate right.
When I casually speak German, my pronunciations are flawless. When called upon in class to read, I get so nervous it sometimes sounds like I'm in day eins of Deutsch eins.
A wee nip of courage may help your pronunciation.
I eagerly await a limoncello variant including this concoction.
German can be spoken casually?
A wee nip of courage
Kuemmel is sweet and sticky and disgusting. Stick to the akvavit. Bommerlunder from Flensburg is a nice German akvavit, though there is the danger that your flawless pronounciation will turn into Plattdüütsch.
I mispronounce quite common words: urticate, salpinx, bordereau.
I hate salpinx, whenever it comes up I just pretend to sneeze, and point.
I now say "neighbaaaahood"
Too much time in Baahston.
The other advantage of akvavit is that it turns you into a viking.
Fish - you're likely on target with the Boston connection. I do spend some quality time there.
You know it is over when you need a quatah foah the metah.
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