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Thread #60703 Message #972745
Posted By: Giac
26-Jun-03 - 11:17 AM
Thread Name: BS: Commonly misspelled/mispronounced words
Subject: RE: BS: Commonly misspelled/mispronounced words
TV sports persons annoy me daily with this one:
Ath-a-letic. As in, sports fans and athaletic supporters.
A local one which is kinda funny the first zillion times you hear it:
fidgiderry
Got it yet? Whatever you were thinking, likely that's not it. It's refrigerator. Seriously. It is a corruption of the brand name, Frigidaire. That first R apparently is impossible to see, but is made up for by pronouncing the E. Written spellings, too, are quite exotic, including "frigerotor".
Ain't langidge grate?
Mary