Annoying words
Precipitately...ugh it took me TEN attempts to get that one out. Dude, just say "quickly" or "hastily" or, as we say here in the South, "right quick."
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Oooh if you say it slowly or with the pause in the middle, it's an easy edit. Great tip!KevinS wrote: ↑February 9th, 2021, 8:26 pmSay 'insects,' then drop the 'in.'dronald wrote: ↑February 9th, 2021, 8:15 pm "Sects"
Reading mostly theology and church history, this word drives me nuts. The singular is easy but the plural sounds like a different word. I tried at least 12 times to say it right until I gave up and assumed it probably doesn't sound that bad to someone listening.
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Sounds the same as the slurred "sects" to me. I don't pronounce the T when I say "insects". *shrug*KevinS wrote: ↑February 9th, 2021, 8:26 pmSay 'insects,' then drop the 'in.'dronald wrote: ↑February 9th, 2021, 8:15 pm "Sects"
Reading mostly theology and church history, this word drives me nuts. The singular is easy but the plural sounds like a different word. I tried at least 12 times to say it right until I gave up and assumed it probably doesn't sound that bad to someone listening.
I think it is one of those words that people will understand in context.
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Another from the piece I'm editing == "shouldst" In this case, it's historic archaic language. Words like that or like "hither" "thither" etc. really irritate me in fiction where it's a stylistic choice to make it sound "old-timey" and it would be just as easy to use modern language.
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Yes, that's the point. But this imagining removes, one hopes, the unwanted imagery. Unless you are deathly afraid of insects. That would be a problem!TriciaG wrote: ↑February 10th, 2021, 7:01 amSounds the same as the slurred "sects" to me. I don't pronounce the T when I say "insects". *shrug*KevinS wrote: ↑February 9th, 2021, 8:26 pmSay 'insects,' then drop the 'in.'dronald wrote: ↑February 9th, 2021, 8:15 pm "Sects"
Reading mostly theology and church history, this word drives me nuts. The singular is easy but the plural sounds like a different word. I tried at least 12 times to say it right until I gave up and assumed it probably doesn't sound that bad to someone listening.
I think it is one of those words that people will understand in context.
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Hahahaha I’m with Tricia- I say insects..... not that clearly. Typical Californian, lazy pronounciation, I supposeKevinS wrote: ↑February 9th, 2021, 8:26 pmSay 'insects,' then drop the 'in.'dronald wrote: ↑February 9th, 2021, 8:15 pm "Sects"
Reading mostly theology and church history, this word drives me nuts. The singular is easy but the plural sounds like a different word. I tried at least 12 times to say it right until I gave up and assumed it probably doesn't sound that bad to someone listening.
“Sects”, however, I pronounce pretty clearly with a break between the t and the s. If you say it carefully enough, it won’t sound wrong.
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hahaha! Well, I've tried for a couple of minutes now and I just can't pronounce it that way.JayKitty76 wrote: ↑February 10th, 2021, 2:18 pm “Sects”, however, I pronounce pretty clearly with a break between the t and the s. If you say it carefully enough, it won’t sound wrong.
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Oh "SLOUGH"! When you come across it unexpectedly and have to work out is it rhyming with "bough" (noun) or"tough" (verb)..."the slough of avowal" for goodness sake!!! Anne F
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Huh - I'd pronounce it to rhyme with "flu", if its context was a mire or swamp (such as the slough of despond in Bunyan).anneflebari wrote: ↑February 11th, 2021, 3:34 pm Oh "SLOUGH"! When you come across it unexpectedly and have to work out is it rhyming with "bough" (noun) or"tough" (verb)..."the slough of avowal" for goodness sake!!! Anne F
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I would rhyme it with 'off.' Haha!anneflebari wrote: ↑February 11th, 2021, 3:34 pm Oh "SLOUGH"! When you come across it unexpectedly and have to work out is it rhyming with "bough" (noun) or"tough" (verb)..."the slough of avowal" for goodness sake!!! Anne F
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Had never come across "slew" pronunciation! But this character is definitely in Bunyan's slough (bough) of despond:) Guess she'll just have to slough (tough) it off ....thanks for the thoughts, English can be rough and now I've got a cough so that's enough!!! Can't believe I missed "dough"...just not thorough enough!TriciaG wrote: ↑February 11th, 2021, 3:49 pmHuh - I'd pronounce it to rhyme with "flu", if its context was a mire or swamp (such as the slough of despond in Bunyan).anneflebari wrote: ↑February 11th, 2021, 3:34 pm Oh "SLOUGH"! When you come across it unexpectedly and have to work out is it rhyming with "bough" (noun) or"tough" (verb)..."the slough of avowal" for goodness sake!!! Anne F
This one took me forever to learn -- "slough" as a verb is "sluff" like sloughing off of dead skin cells. "Slough" as a noun is as you all said above "slew" or "sloo"...in fact when someone refers to a bunch of things as a "slew" they usually use this spelling ("She had a slew of problems") but I think it was originally meant to be "slough" like the slough of despond.
The varying pronunciations of "ough" must drive English as a second language learners batty. Makes me remember the Dr Seuss title "The Tough Coughs as He Ploughs the Dough"...
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The varying pronunciations of "ough" must drive English as a second language learners batty. Makes me remember the Dr Seuss title "The Tough Coughs as He Ploughs the Dough"...
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"Cancel" and "culture" together... even worse than "political" and "correctness."
Thank the literary deities that LV materials almost certainly would never feature these odious pairings.
But I dream in dread of sects that gasped in the slough.
Thank the literary deities that LV materials almost certainly would never feature these odious pairings.
But I dream in dread of sects that gasped in the slough.
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"Of value." The concept indicated by the phrase is not inherently meretricious, but the doubled-up v sounds are properly vexing; either they slur together or I slow down with a jerk in a spot that does nothing to help comprehension....
I used to think of "slough" in the noun sense as rhyming with "bough" but have heard "slew" more recently... maybe it's a regional thing? I see both listed online. (I'm from New England...)
I used to think of "slough" in the noun sense as rhyming with "bough" but have heard "slew" more recently... maybe it's a regional thing? I see both listed online. (I'm from New England...)
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