Commonly mispronounced words

Shawnee123 · 04-19-2007, 06:16 PM

Mackinac Island is pronounced Mackinaw.

I got extra credit in 7th grade history because our teacher was talking about Edinburgh and I told him he was pronouncing it incorrectly. He said "Really? show me." (Not in a mean way, he was a sweetheart) So I pulled out the encyclopedia and showed him. He was amazed. Know how I knew? I had a big crush on the Bay City Rollers in 6th grade.

Around here we have Russia (rooshie) Versailles (ver-sales) and Houston (house-ton). But we're pretty hick-ified in these parts.

04-19-2007, 06:16 PM	#32
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Mackinac Island is pronounced Mackinaw. I got extra credit in 7th grade history because our teacher was talking about Edinburgh and I told him he was pronouncing it incorrectly. He said "Really? show me." (Not in a mean way, he was a sweetheart) So I pulled out the encyclopedia and showed him. He was amazed. Know how I knew? I had a big crush on the Bay City Rollers in 6th grade. Around here we have Russia (rooshie) Versailles (ver-sales) and Houston (house-ton). But we're pretty hick-ified in these parts. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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