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been working with the etymologist at work again today...

forzaborza [Edit] [Delete] 18:41, 4 September '12

had a team-building session. was really good, actually. it was mainly about commonly mispronounced words, sayings, places, etc.

1) heinous - actually pronounced hay-nus.

2) cache - cash, not ka-shay.

3) pizza - actually should pronounced pizzer, not peetsa. crazy.

4) spitting image - actually should be spit AND image. true.

5) Lewes (as in the Sussex town) - nearly everyone gets this wrong, even people who live there, and says Lew-is, when it should actually be Loos.

how many of these five did you know?

love this stuff.


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