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It's eSpresso, not eXpresso, thank you very much!
She Runs, She Eats
Excitable Boy
Expresso Love
... as I am about to ascend onto the great stage of this world, having been only a spectator until now, I advance masked.
Eye of Sauron
Thread half-life is achieved when things repeat.
As for expresso, lots of mexican food places seem to have "macho burritos" and... "expresso burritos". Don't order the essssspresso burrito or you might get stink eye.
And once again Mr. Wizard (aka: Stevie Ray) explains the internet.
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That guy who fixes your back? A co-worker pronounced it choir-practor every single time.
Wheel Of Fortune contestant lost for swimmin.
Ridiculous.
But...reminds me of my favorite poem:
Women, women, I like women
We take our clothes off, and we go swimmin
submitted in a 10th grade poetry contest. Finalist, if I recall.
But Och! I backward cast my e'e, On prospects drear! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear!
Two more for the "pronouncing letters that aren't there" category:
There's no t at the end of across.
There's no h at the end of height.
Oh, and I did see myself in one of the previous posts, but since my pronunciation is supported by Merriam-Webster, I have no intention of changing it.
. The last one is "discrete" vs. "discreet".
I never knew this. I always thought one word meant both "distinct and separate" AND "careful not to divulge secrets". lol, there is a sort of connection between these 2 meanings, which i guess is often the root of the errors to begin with.
Don't order the essssspresso burrito or you might get stink eye.
I lived in New Mexico for 2 years and I got stink eye every time i tried to speak Spanish. In fact I was once taunted by a pack of little street urchins for about a half block after saying "Como esta usted?".
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