Have you ever KNOWN that you KNOW for SURE the words to a song, only to find out you didn't.
For instance, I KNEW the Bon Jovi song lyrics were: "A shot to the heart and you're too late..." until I was laughed at and asked to repeat what I sang only to find out it's "Shot through the heart and you're to blame". Ok. Whatever.
How about finding out the proper use for a word and once you knew it was correct to say it that way, you get annoyed when everyone else is still doing it incorrectly. For me, it's "hanged". A person is "hanged" not "hung" when they are killed by hanging.
Or the meaning of a word. Until this week my friend RS thought it was called a "Zip Code" because it made the mail sort easier and faster (Zip!). But I've known for many many many years that it was an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan. Just a piece of useless knowledge trapped in my tiny brain.
Now, for the reason I'm writing this particular blog. Today I found out that I've been pronouncing "meme" incorrectly for EVER.
I'm sure there will be people out there (Sunshine? Gusto?) who are thinking to themselves "OF COURSE that's how it's pronounced....I can't believe you didn't know that!!" But you know what? Until I stumbled across this link, I had no idea.
I always thought it was "mee-mee". You know, because the questions are usually about "me".
HOWEVER, it's pronounced "meem"....rhymes with CREAM and DREAM.
*sigh* My whole world is upside-down now. LOL.
Care to give me an example of something like this that has happened to you???
Smiles, lulu
Smiles, lulu
3 comments:
First of all, when you think you know the lyrics to a song and it turns out that they are wrong, it is called a mondegreen.
A one is from Jimi Hendrix' song "Purple Haze". The words really are "Excuse me while I kiss the sky". But everyone swore they heard "kiss this guy", so apparently Jimi would kiss someone in the band when he sang the song.
And as for mispronunciations, since I developed my vocabulary through reading, I do it every so often.
Fifth FIFTH or FITH.
If you can pronounce the second f, good for you. But there’s nothing slovenly or improper about dropping it and rhyming fifth with pith and myth. It is beastly, however, to drop the h and say FIFT or drop the th and say FIF.
Fifth FIFTH or FITH.
If you can pronounce the second f, good for you. But there’s nothing slovenly or improper about dropping it and rhyming fifth with pith and myth. It is beastly, however, to drop the h and say FIFT or drop the th and say FIF.
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