Thursday, February 01, 2007
Important Pop Music Question of the Day
Is “sorry” really the hardest word to say?
Because, without even delving into a science textbook or William F. Buckley’s vocabulary lessons, I would’ve put money on something like “cacophony” or “barbiturate”. And for some people, “moot”.
Which is pretty funny for the rest of us.
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Yes, but your point is mute.
People crack me up.
I bet some people wish that my points were mute. Or at least that I’d get a debilitating cramping of my typing fingers.
Call it a hunch.
My money is on something like “comfortable”, actually. If you pronounce it with only three syllables, you’re shifting phonemes in the same way as those who say “nuculur”. (Which is also a good choice.)
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But a one-finger wave is still easier than saying, “sorry”, so it’s a good alternative for those with a problem. Apparently.
TW: children—Those poor, misguided souls that think there is some sort of one-to-one correspondence between spelling and pronunciation in English.
I’ve always had trouble with this, personally.
No fair using Welsh. I’m pretty sure that even native Welsh speakers can’t pronounce that one.
Well, of course nukulear is already taken.
2nd worst offender is Tom Shane, who still claims he’s selling “jewlery”. He probably used a relator when he bought his house too.
I can’t give a definitive answer on the hardest word to say, but I do know that saying sorry is much easier than asking permission.
The hardest thing for me to say is, “I’m going to be spending another summer in hot, humid Georgia.”
Last night at work we were trying to figure out what Our Lady of Guadalupe was the patron saint of. I decided that she was the patron saint of words you can’t say when you’re drunk.
So I humbly submit Guadalupe.
I find “No” to be nearly impossible to say when I’m drunk, also. Just for the record.
Oh, good Lord, you shouldn’t say that around this group of
desperate bastardsbrilliant, young writers.I’m reminded of the Laugh-In skit series involving Joanne Worley ... she’d be dressed in an evening gown with a feather boa, leaning on a grand piano, and start to sing a song which would turn out to be a pun or something.
This particular time, she started one of the songs from Oklahoma!, and got out, “I’m just a girl who can’t say nnnnnn ... nnnnnn ... nnnnnn ...”
TW: even21
No, it isn’t.
"non-pareil” is pretty hard for me to say. As is “archetype”.
I used to have big troubles with “Subsequently”, too.
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