# Me Being A Picky Grammar Turd. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-being-a-picky-grammar-turd/74664 "2001-08-02T16:52:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-being-a-picky-grammar-turd/74664/21 "2001-08-03T15:50:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scott \* > \*\* > Also, “jool-er-ee”, “comf-ter-bull”, “ek-cetera”. > > Maybe I’m a Picky Pronunciation Turd. Doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. \*\* Valid points. That kind of stuff irks me too, especially (not pronounced _ex-pecially_) because oral communication is so much easier to pick apart. However, I have a question I’d like to ax. How else would I pronounce “comfortable”. Com-FORT-A-Bull? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-being-a-picky-grammar-turd/74664/22 "2001-08-03T16:42:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scott \* > \*\*Then there are those people who talk about going to the ATM _machine_ at 8 AM _in the morning_… \*\* Scott, I was going to use the ATM machine this morning, but I forgot my PIN number. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-being-a-picky-grammar-turd/74664/23 "2001-08-03T17:30:35Z")
My picky pronunciation turd thing (PPTT) is “folks” pronounced FOALKS. The “l” is silent, fokes. We don’t prounounce it. But, I am compelled to caution – don’t argue speech with a Southerner. We hyah gen’lly say hit how hits s’posed to be sayad. ---
**Author:** ![Syzygy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Syzygy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syzygy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-being-a-picky-grammar-turd/74664/24 "2001-08-03T19:58:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > \*\*However, I have a question I’d like to ax. > > How else would I pronounce “comfortable”. Com-FORT-A-Bull? \*\* Yes, that’s it exactly. A small difference when buried in a sentence, I grant you, but at least it’s not as picky as a professor I once had. He would correct the common pronunciation of the word “Wednesday” (wens-day) to the “correct” pronunciation (wed-nes-day). Of course, when he said it his way in a sentence, it sounded like “wens-day” anyways, but I wanted a good grade in the class, so I politely nodded. I also had to put up with his British pronunciation of aluminum (alumin_ium_), even though he was an American. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Munch \* > \*\*Scott, I was going to use the ATM machine this morning, but I forgot my PIN number. > \*\* I can’t believe I left that out. Would’ve been a hat trick. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-being-a-picky-grammar-turd/74664/25 "2001-08-03T20:26:28Z")
When did the “t” sound creep back into “often”? I refuse to go along with this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-being-a-picky-grammar-turd/74664.md?page=1)