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?
Scott, I was going to use the ATM machine this morning, but I forgot my PIN number.
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.
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 (aluminium), even though he was an American.
I can’t believe I left that out. Would’ve been a hat trick.
When did the “t” sound creep back into “often”? I refuse to go along with this.