Oh. You'll be proud of me, I taught someone a new word yesterday and in the process looked it up myself to discover it wasn't pronounced how I thought it was (and how the actor on Nero Wolfe did it). puerile.
I'd heard it "pure-isle" and supposedly it's "pure-eee-ell"...
I was a little concerned I'd mis-chosen the suffix for wainwrightry and was just dreading when I saw the email notice. I thought, "Damn, she's going to tell me that's not a word." I'm rather pleased right now. Thanks.
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Date: 2009-08-14 03:12 am (UTC)Oh. You'll be proud of me, I taught someone a new word yesterday and in the process looked it up myself to discover it wasn't pronounced how I thought it was (and how the actor on Nero Wolfe did it). puerile.
I'd heard it "pure-isle" and supposedly it's "pure-eee-ell"...
I was a little concerned I'd mis-chosen the suffix for wainwrightry and was just dreading when I saw the email notice. I thought, "Damn, she's going to tell me that's not a word." I'm rather pleased right now. Thanks.