2: Words

Words are pretty simple, I'd say.

Then again, I plan on making words my future career choice, so I guess they'd have to come naturally if I expect to get anywhere with them. Either way, one thing that really worries me about words is when people either don't pronounce them right or spell them right.

(I know I said this would be weekly, but hey. You get a treat in the first week. Woohoo.)

Today, during one of my classes at school, my teacher used the word 'familiar' in context. I'm not going to recreate that context, because, frankly, I'm pretty sure I wasn't really paying attention.

Good grief.

Anyway, my professor, who is a great person and all, a real young and chill guy, used the word 'familiar.' Normally, I'd have absolutely no problem with that at all, but this time, like a lot of other times I have endured, this man pronounced it as 'fermiliar.' And thank you, Safari, for underlining that word in red, because that word DOESN'T EXIST. LIKE, AT ALL.

What do these people do in their spare time, sit at home and add letters to random words of the English language? Another common example that I get is "Do you have an 's' after your last name? Meyers?" No, otherwise I would have introduced myself as so. While we're on the topic, do you have a 'q' at the end of yours? No? That's weird? Yeah, exactly.

One that I can admit I've probably done before is the word 'jewelry.' I often hear it pronounced as 'jewlery,' and things like that kind of make me want to cry a little. It's like people held this word in their arms, like a baby, and then dropped it down a flight of stairs, jumbling up the letters. This one isn't as bad, mostly because I've done it before, and it's okay if I do it. 

It is all about me, after all.

Well it's true...

Don't even get me started with:

"Can I axe you a question?"

Because the answer would be no. No you can't.

Conclusion: Let's pronounce words the way they're supposed to be pronounced.