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I think that it was very considerate of the tattoo "artist" to highlight one of his more significant mistakes.
More than likely, the recipient of this "art" will never realize the he/she is displaying a spelling mistake on his/her skin.
He didn't make 'lifes' possessive either but that pales in comparison to the spelling error.
I will admit to making a crafty sign with our last name on it for our new home many years ago
that, after hanging for many months, was noticed by a guest who pointed out that the name was spelled wrong.
He didn't make 'lifes' possessive either but that pales in comparison to the spelling error.
The presence of that error (and possibly others that were cut-off in the photo) is the reason for my characterization of the highlighted error as "one of his more significant" mistakes.
I have occasionally heard that one, too, and I have observed that this seems to be a...racially-connected...mispronunciation. Is your friend a member of...a racial minority?
After hearing people say, "srimp", I have tried to say it that way and I actually find it very difficult to do!
No, she is not a member of a racial minority. Her family is from Southern Virginia. That's the only time I've ever heard that pronunciation.
"Apparently swapping out the sh- for a s- is common in many areas of England and dates back to the 13th century. In the United States, it's usually confined to the South and creeps up the Atlantic seaboard. Virginians seem especially fond of their srimp cocktails."
"While Reese makes the claim that it's not incorrect to use this variation, he does quote at length from an 1856 text, Punctuation and Improprieties of Speech, which goes beyond the polite term "incorrect." Allow me to quote at length as well, because I find it hilarious:
'Sometimes the words shrink, shriek, shrine, &c., are pronounced as if written srink, sriek, srine, the letter h being entirely suppressed. This is the affected pronunciation of over-refined school girls, who cannot bring themselves to utter the homely English sound of sh when combined with an r, for fear apparently of distorting their faces. The utterance of this combination of sounds certainly does require a projection of the lips beyond what is beautiful, but still all good authority requires that these and similar words should have the full sound of the sh as in show, shine.' "
Here you are!
"While Reese makes the claim that it's not incorrect'Sometimes the words shrink, shriek, shrine, &c., are pronounced as if written srink, sriek, srine, the letter h being entirely suppressed. This is the affected pronunciation of over-refined school girls, who cannot bring themselves to utter the homely English sound of sh when combined with an r, for fear apparently of distorting their faces. The utterance of this combination of sounds certainly does require a projection of the lips beyond what is beautiful, but still all good authority requires that these and similar words should have the full sound of the sh as in show, shine.' "
"Apparently swapping out the sh- for a s- is common in many areas of England and dates back to the 13th century. In the United States, it's usually confined to the South and creeps up the Atlantic seaboard. Virginians seem especially fond of their srimp cocktails."
Can you locate any explanation for the substitution of an "ugly sh" for the correct "s" sound?
The growing incidence of "sh" substitutions is almost enough to give me...a shtroke.
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