My whole life I’ve said continuity as “continue-uh-tee” when it’s “con-tuh-new-uh-tee”?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I recently said "Chia-puss" instead of pronouncing it right and a partner at my law firm turned and said "I've always pronounced it Chiapas," kind of with a "but what do I know?" attitude. It was SUCH a nice way for him to correct me.

Chia-puss? What word is this supposed to be?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you say "niche"?
I always avoid saying that word allowed

neesh

*aloud

No way really??? I heard it pronounced “nitch” on TV the other day and assumed I’d been saying it wrong . Because I don’t actually know.

I just Googled it and "nitch" is the Americanized version that was most common up through the 20th C, and "neesh" is more British/Canadian/Int'l (and now social media, apparently). It vindicates my belief that I've heard it as "nitch" for almost my entire life (born 1978), but my teenaged daughters were trying to convince/gaslight me the other day that "neesh" is and has always ever been the only correct pronunciation and "nitch" is just flat out wrong. Not exactly true.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/niche

If you want to stick close to the original French word, it's neesh. Which is why the UK and Canada pronounce it like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you say "niche"?
I always avoid saying that word allowed

neesh

*aloud

No way really??? I heard it pronounced “nitch” on TV the other day and assumed I’d been saying it wrong . Because I don’t actually know.

I just Googled it and "nitch" is the Americanized version that was most common up through the 20th C, and "neesh" is more British/Canadian/Int'l (and now social media, apparently). It vindicates my belief that I've heard it as "nitch" for almost my entire life (born 1978), but my teenaged daughters were trying to convince/gaslight me the other day that "neesh" is and has always ever been the only correct pronunciation and "nitch" is just flat out wrong. Not exactly true.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/niche

If you want to stick close to the original French word, it's neesh. Which is why the UK and Canada pronounce it like that.

Same for clique: kleek. Often if it's a French word that ends in e, you need to elongate the vowel sound that comes before the terminal e.
Baguette is bag-ay-tt, not bag-ett.

[Anonymous]

How do you all say associate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP- did you think continuity when pronounced correctly was a different word? I'm sure you had heard it?

I did! I hadn’t considered how it was spelled though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you all say associate?

The noun or the verb?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you all say associate?

The noun or the verb?

Either/both. Wondering about the see or she in the middle, not the it or ate at the end.

[Anonymous]

KNEW-OR-LEENS
or
NOR-LINS
or
NOR-LEE-ON

[Anonymous]

I thought cougars were "cow-grrrs" and no one understood me. They were like Cowgirls? What?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:KNEW-OR-LEENS
or
NOR-LINS
or
NOR-LEE-ON

Nor-fik

Nor-fuk

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:KNEW-OR-LEENS
or
NOR-LINS
or
NOR-LEE-ON

None of these. It's New Or-lins

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:KNEW-OR-LEENS
or
NOR-LINS
or
NOR-LEE-ON

None of these. It's New Or-lins

Or it can be New Ahl-yuns

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will never, ever forgive my mother for laughing at me (aged maybe 10-12) when I said epitome as epi-tome instead of eh-PIT-toe-mee. She tried to backpedal, saying it was an indication that I was a reader, and that's a good thing... but she laughed at me.

I don’t see the issue. It’s funny. You can laugh at you, too; it’s a good skill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will never, ever forgive my mother for laughing at me (aged maybe 10-12) when I said epitome as epi-tome instead of eh-PIT-toe-mee. She tried to backpedal, saying it was an indication that I was a reader, and that's a good thing... but she laughed at me.

She probably thought it was cute. Are you still oversensitive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you all say associate?

The noun or the verb?

Either/both. Wondering about the see or she in the middle, not the it or ate at the end.

I pronounce the “ss” like s and the “c” like “sh.”