Friday, January 19, 2024

pronouncing it wrong this entire time

Susurrus. A noise like a whisper or murmur. Susurrate. Susurration.

I've been pronouncing it "SUSS-er-us" this entire time, but it's actually "soo-SERR-us." This reminds me of when my buddy Mike corrected my pronunciation of miscegenation years ago. I'd been saying "miss keg a nation," and Mike told me it was "miss edge a nation." 

Damn. Embarrassing. But we learn through our mistakes, which is how I still learn Korean.



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1 comment:

  1. John MacJanuary 20, 2024 at 7:40:00 AM GMT+9

    I feel your pain. Way back in the day, when I would dictate correspondence into a voice recorder for my secretary to transcribe, she came into my office laughing and said, Boss, ascertain is not pronounced "as certain."

    I got even with her, though. The big boss, Jack, was on holiday, and she marked her calendar, "Jack off." I asked, do you always schedule that activity?

    Thanks for the memories!

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