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Originally Posted by gordyhulten
Ah, sweet mediocrity. For some reason, it's one of my favorite words right now. Just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?
Say it with me, now: Mee - dee - ah - krih - tee.
Beautiful.
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interestingly, the adjective form, mediocre, is pronounced much like tapioca. mee- dee- oh - coeur. a very mediocre pronounciation.
and why can't we just pronounce both words the same way? i mean, i know why, but...still,
why? life is complicated enough as it is! why do we have to further it by obfuscating our language with ridiculous rules of pronounciation and overly long words like "obfuscate"?
take "enough" as another example. ever realize how many different ways there are to pronounce the "-ough" suffix? "enough", "through", "borough", etc. what is the point?
titles you will not see in this thread's third incarnation: "yet another ootp6 dynasty, year 3: the right way to pronounce pale hose: suck - age".
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Originally Posted by gordyhulten
Why the bolded third "n" in Cincinnati? Did I miss a story somewhere along the line?
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Originally Posted by BadluckinOOTP
I think that it's bolded because since its a very commonly misspelled word. I think.
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^^^gets it. jestor will appreciate it, at least. he's a stickler for proper spelling.