That's funny - I've never had a problem with this word, but I have heard others struggle with it. Pih-CUE-lir-lee (more or less - peculiar with a LEE on the end)
Another one I don't have a problem with but others do is "indefatigably". *shrug*
That's funny - I've never had a problem with this word, but I have heard others struggle with it. Pih-CUE-lir-lee (more or less - peculiar with a LEE on the end)
*shakes fist at "indefatigably"*TriciaG wrote: ↑October 4th, 2020, 10:24 amThat's funny - I've never had a problem with this word, but I have heard others struggle with it. Pih-CUE-lir-lee (more or less - peculiar with a LEE on the end)
Another one I don't have a problem with but others do is "indefatigably". *shrug*
Oops! It was incorporealness. But just now I've got "peculiar virulence." I hope it finally came out okay, and if not...
I’m no Ioan Gruffudd, but if we ever do the Hornblower series, I’ll gladly voice-coach the Librivox crew of HMS Indefatigable in the name of their ship.ColleenMc wrote: ↑October 4th, 2020, 11:30 am*shakes fist at "indefatigably"*
Colleen
ugh! remunerative. I need to distance myself from that word.
I recall the first time I came across that word. I read it as “train sub-station”. As luck would have it, British Rail had me at the Canterbury Station at the time, but my train of thought was definitely a runaway by that juncture.
Oh my, yes! It really isn't very readable. Don't ask why, but I read "transhumance", not the same. at. all!
I like that image! A little pointer guy!MaryinArkansas wrote: ↑June 9th, 2019, 6:31 pm OK. Not a word, but a phrase: “At this point in time” drives me nuts! It gives me a mental image of some guy in front of a giant sized map of the stars, running back and forth with a pointer, stating: “Not At THAT point in time, (running over to a different area of the map,) “But at THIS point in time.” Apparently the words “then” and “now” were removed from the dictionary.