Dear speaker,
Just a few things I would like to call to your attention:
- Words that start with “es” should not generally not pronounced as if they start with “ex”, i.e. it’s es-specially, not ex-specially; es-spresso, not expresso. I noted this last week, but it seems to be spreading.
- The abbreviation “vs.” does not stand for “verse”. It’s versus, people. Two syllables. Please use them both. "FSU versus Miami", not "FSU 'verse' Miami". That’s just lazy.
- Please stop saying “chillaxe”. Just…stop.
Thanks ever so, Zil
4 comments:
I tend to mispronounce words that start es-, as a result of having a heavy lisp as a child.
That's a valid excuse. But, I maintain that there is no excuse for chillaxe.
On that, we are agreed.
I also say "elks" instead of "else". Same reason as the es- thing.
There is also no excuse for "ridonkulous." That must end.
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