Be Careful What You Mispronounciate!

The other day Mitchell was bragging to my mother-in-law that he usually arises at 5 A.M.

• Kenz said, "5:00?!"
• Someone else said, "5:00!?"
• Kerr said, "Usually?!"

So funny! ROTFL just thinking about it.


Kenzie loves to read. One benefit is that you are exposed to new vocabulary. One detriment is that unless you carry around a dictionary, you don't always know how these wonderful new words are pronounciated. And so it is a never-ending source of merriment to Sonya and me to hear how the newest words are pronounced.

I try to quickly scrawl them down as she says them. Here is a list (excuse the shameless self-reference!) of some of the latest:

pathetic -- PA-thetic
Campbells soup -- CAMP-bell's
tyranny -- tie-RANNY
suffice -- SUH-fiss
fjords -- Fuh-JORDs
rancid -- RAN-kid
camouflage -- camo-FLAY-gee
gingham -- GINGE-ham
aloe vera -- AIL-low vera
supposed to -- opposed to (Kerr's)

MY FAVORITE:
hallucinogen -- (ha-LU-ci-NOGGIN) If you say it with a swedish accent, you're doing it correctly!

Her usual and valid retort is that books don't come with pronunciation guides, you know!