Discovering you've been pronouncing a word wrong all your life
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LipGloss
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Velociraptor
Red Squirrel wrote: Here in north-east Scotland, I’ve heard semolina commonly pronounced sem-o-line-er. I presume it’s peculiar to the area, as I ate a lot of semolina as a kid and my extensive Fife family (inc Mum) pronounce it sem-o-lee-nah. Semma-liner in my household of origin too. |
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