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segue pronunciation

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Anne58 Thu 20-Dec-12 16:17:28

Ana me to with regard to picture skew!

I also remember walking past a house for sale, where the board said "Apply within" and thinking it applely within, as in "oh how nice, they have apple trees"

Another one in the same vein was my darling Jack, helping with the shopping when quite youg and asking "Is this wine for boys?" I said "No darling, it's for mummies and daddies" He replied, " Then why does it say on the lable "serve child"? !!!

Mishap Thu 20-Dec-12 16:10:13

Misled - used to pronounce is as one might tickled - difficult to describe the mispronunciation in words!

Ana Thu 20-Dec-12 16:09:40

I thought 'picturesque' was pronounced 'picture-skew' when I first read it a a child!

Ella46 Thu 20-Dec-12 16:01:49

I read lots of 'school stories' too and I thought Penelope was pronounced Penny lope!

Granny23 Thu 20-Dec-12 15:58:26

I disgraced myself at an advance age by referring to the Cotton Easter in our front garden and, until quite recently, firmly believed there were two separate places Millguy and Milngavie. As to 'seque' I don't even know what it means. shock

gracesmum Thu 20-Dec-12 15:54:52

When I was a child I loved "school stories" where the girls had names like Phoebe - I mentally pronounded that foe-eeb for years!!

grannyactivist Thu 20-Dec-12 15:53:06

I have just seen the word 'segue' on another thread and remember the first time I heard it spoken. I was quite shocked to hear it (correctly) pronounced 'segway'. Similarly, in my teens I used to say 'en-you-I' before I learned that ennui is pronounced 'on-wee'. I learned most of my vocabulary from books and didn't know how to properly pronounce many of the words I used until I was in my late teens or early twenties - and I expect there are some words that I still haven't cottoned on to. Have any words caught you out with their pronunciation?
(Or is it just me? blush )