tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post3522238360483721413..comments2024-03-18T10:29:46.055+00:00Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: Mr. PronunciationKen Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-7427697394187841082022-12-26T09:17:07.204+00:002022-12-26T09:17:07.204+00:00I can so relate to this being a precocious reader ...I can so relate to this being a precocious reader of everything I could get my hands on. For years I thought determined was pronounced "Detter Mined" and my grandmother regularly served Horse Doovers at her parties.Carrie Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200797035059634760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-17982003419583744162022-12-15T08:50:57.121+00:002022-12-15T08:50:57.121+00:00Hilarious! A neighbour always said ‘whores devoor...Hilarious! A neighbour always said ‘whores devoors’ 😁🤦♀️Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-9567699616156652662022-12-12T08:07:15.438+00:002022-12-12T08:07:15.438+00:00I have to lower the tone of the conversation. Apol...I have to lower the tone of the conversation. Apologies in advance. Apart from religious literature (of which there were shelves and shelves) there was very little adult literature in our home for me to read, besides I really was not the voracious reader one expects a future writer to be as a child. Am still not much to my annoyance. The first adult literature I encountered problems understanding was pornography. Not that there was any of it in the house but eventually I stumbled across scraps of magazines on tips and other places I loved to rummage as a kid. The stories presented a confusing view of sex but I read every word even the ones I never understood and didn't know how to pronounce (and couldn't possibly ask anyone about), words like fel-lat-i-o and cunni-ling-u-is. The biggest problem I've had with books as an adult has been foreign (particularly Russian) names and my approach to them was to just remember the shape and not even attempt to pronounce the name. To this day I still don't know how to pronounce Meursault. I think I went with Mer-salt.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-87993063381329019992022-12-11T20:24:41.361+00:002022-12-11T20:24:41.361+00:00In to much pain to chortle or giggle, I am in A&am...In to much pain to chortle or giggle, I am in A&E post a fall but I am smiling on the inside. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-53847988709602064962022-12-11T12:06:05.831+00:002022-12-11T12:06:05.831+00:00Enjoyed this. Even giggled and chortled a bit!Enjoyed this. Even giggled and chortled a bit!Not Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10079664557623858500noreply@blogger.com