I read books and “see” text in my mind, but it wasn’t till this board that I realized I was saying “comf-terble”. And I just realized a couple of days ago that I say family “falmly”! :eek: Not a full-on ell, but the hint of one. Now how did that happen?
I have never before seen two rs in TUMERIC. You think you know something…
I’ve always known it to be “turmeric,” but that similar discovery happened when somebody pointed out there’s no “r” in “sherbet.” Literally everybody I know in my dialect says “sherbert” and I thought there was no way in hell it’s spelled “sherbet” on the box and that whoever told me that was mistaken and conflating it with the word “sorbet,” but, sure enough, it’s “sherbet.” I still cannot bring myself to say “sure-bit.” That sounds all sorts of wrong to me.
And here I thought all along that people were taking the “r” out of “tumeric” to put it into “marscarpone”!
Never noticed the extra “r” and I can’t say I’ve ever said the word outloud.
But on the cooking show in my head, we say “too-mer-ick”.
I’d never noticed either, but indeed this month’s Cooks Illustrated has a little blurb on the spice, and that damned “r” jumped right out at me.
I read it with both "r"s when I’m reading it but say it with only one “r” out loud.
I got some turmeric when I got married and set up house in 1983. I think we still have pretty much all of it. Since I never use it I never talk about it. If someone were to ask me what it is, though, I’d pronounce the “R.”
Because, as has been mentioned, it’s right THERE. I also pronounce the word “comfort,” when I say “comfortable,” though, so take that for what it’s worth.
I think i say TER-meric, but I’m not 100% certain. I asked my husband about the yellow spice we use cooking lentils, and he pronounced the “r”, but lightly. He was aware there is dispute re the pronunciation.