11-02-2019, 04:06 PM
I love the linguistical things you bring up; you're quite the wordsmith.
When I first read about the lake I thought it was pronounced man two ay or mantu uh. For those who don't know (and I've heard some of you) it is pronounced locally man uh way or man away. Speaking of which, how does anybody think is the politest way to correct someone when they are getting something wrong? I usually am too embarrassed to say anything or don't want to offend by mentioning it. But then I realized that I wouldn't want to go on saying something wrong, embarrassing myself even more. For example, I recently learned that the name of the island that I had been calling Saint Tropez is acually pronounced san tropay. What a dork.
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When I first read about the lake I thought it was pronounced man two ay or mantu uh. For those who don't know (and I've heard some of you) it is pronounced locally man uh way or man away. Speaking of which, how does anybody think is the politest way to correct someone when they are getting something wrong? I usually am too embarrassed to say anything or don't want to offend by mentioning it. But then I realized that I wouldn't want to go on saying something wrong, embarrassing myself even more. For example, I recently learned that the name of the island that I had been calling Saint Tropez is acually pronounced san tropay. What a dork.
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The older I get the more I would rather be considered a good man than a good fisherman.