The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #43581   Message #640850
Posted By: kendall
02-Feb-02 - 04:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Great Misquotations
Subject: RE: BS: Great Misquotations
No Don, I also see the humor! I watch any nature show that comes on, and, two words drive me around the bend. ARTIC, AND ORANGUTANG. There are two "C,s" in Arctic (and Antarctic) And only ONE "G" in Orangutan. Dont people read, or listen anymore? Why do so many of us mis pronounce so many words? Stupid? lazy? I have two friends who are always using the wrong words, and I have to look away sometimes. For instance, one was telling me about a canal boat ride he took in England. He said they spent the night at a HOSTAGE, when he meant Hostel. The other said his girlfriend started having CONTRAPTIONS after the second time they had sex.This guy is in a bluegrass band, and, he does this so often, that the mandolin player's wife is keeping a journal. It is a scream!