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Saying it wrong on purpose
June 22, 2008 9:21 am
(@martha-barnette)
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The best example I ever heard of intentionally saying it wrong was by an instructor who was correcting someone else when he said, "You put the accent on the wrong sylLABble."
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June 23, 2008 6:12 am
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My grandfather used to say “He put the em-PHA-sis on the wrong syl-LAB-ble.”
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June 26, 2008 4:12 am
(@martha-barnette)
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They sound like the EP-i-tome of good pronunciation!
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