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That commercial may have been produced by the same dolts who did a commercial awhile back for a product that purported to help alleviate the symptoms of Tinnitus (ringing in the ears). Unfortunately, the narrator of this radio commercial pronounced the condition as, "Tin-eye-tus".
That is the first pronunciation given in the Random House Dictionary, and at dictionary.com, the audo file repeats that pronunciation.
Language evolves for only one reason: Most people saying things wrong, which over time makes them right.
That is the first pronunciation given in the Random House Dictionary, and at dictionary.com, the audo file repeats that pronunciation.
There has now been 50 verifications of pronunciation of the word in question. The number can be cut to 22. Forgiveness requested, jtur88, but, enough is enough!
That is the first pronunciation given in the Random House Dictionary, and at dictionary.com, the audo file repeats that pronunciation.
Language evolves for only one reason: Most people saying things wrong, which over time makes them right.
That's what happened with using "loan" as a verb. Back during the Jurassic Period when I was in secretarial school*, we were sternly warned that using loan in that way was incorrect, and that we should substitute "lend" were we to encounter this grave error. Now people and banks blithely loan people money without a care in the world.
*A post-high-school institution of learning where typing, shorthand, English, and office administrative practices were taught as a means to obtaining employment as a type of assistant called a "secretary". No longer in existence.
Speaking of others verbs like loan kind of made me think of 'loaf' and 'loafing'.
Just wondering if it's used outside of the context of bread! Back when it was a ref to being lazy. I don't think it's sued mcuh anymore...a dying word.
But listen to see how you have to get into the 'union of loafers'! Love the wordplay!
That is the first pronunciation given in the Random House Dictionary, and at dictionary.com, the audo file repeats that pronunciation.
Language evolves for only one reason: Most people saying things wrong, which over time makes them right.
Sorry, jtur, it doesn't make them right; it just makes the wrong pronunciation accepted.
I lived in an area where the local newspaper was named The xxxx Courier. The correct pronunciation of the word is Koo-ree-uhr. But the locals all - all - pronounced it Curry-uhr. Not right, just accepted.
Sorry, jtur, it doesn't make them right; it just makes the wrong pronunciation accepted.
In this case, why does it have to right or wrong? Can't it be like to-MAY-to vs. to-MAH-to? Or as in the word "route" where some say rowt and others say root? In England the word "advertisement" is pronounced ad-VERT-iz-ment while here in the US we say ad-ver-TIZE-ment. Both are correct. Different countries, different regions, different accents all play a role in which pronunciation is acceptable for them.
I do not make this argument for words like realtor and nuclear, which are often mispronounced because an extra vowel is erroneously added. Nucular and realitor will never be acceptable to me.
On the RS forum..."Ive been on a couple of plutonic dates"
Hmmm...I guess that those must have been rocky relationships...
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