kellinator: (Daria)
kellinator ([personal profile] kellinator) wrote2003-06-02 12:22 pm

Current grammar pet peeve

The word "ask" is under no circumstances pronounced "ax".

[identity profile] tropiquena.livejournal.com 2003-06-02 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
kids used to make fun of me in the third grade for pronouncing "comfortable" with four syllables, so I just assumed I was wrong (English isn't my parents' first language, so I was wrong a lot).

how weird - I was actually right! :) I just 'corrected' my mom on this one - should've looked it up. ;)

Re:

[identity profile] the-missy.livejournal.com 2003-06-02 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah... most people seem to pronounce it "comft-or-bull," which always weirds me out because they're switching around the T and the R in "comfort" to pronounce it that way. Yet they never pronounce "comfort" as "comftor."