Re: Pronunciate. *ZAP*
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 15, 1999, 1:48 |
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On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 21:39:10 +0000 "Raymond A. Brown"
<raybrown@...> writes:
>At 10:11 am -0500 12/3/99, Brian Betty wrote:
>.......
>>
>>The misparse that really gets my dander up, however, isn't ironical.
>It's
>>pronunciate. Damn it! I *hate* when people say that.
>
>Interesting - I don't think I've heard 'pronunciate' this side of the
>pond
>- but what is not uncommon over here is 'pronounciation' - yep, folks,
>/pr@'naunsieiSn/.
>
>What we do hear over here, even among 'educated speakers', is
>'interpretate'. Yuk.
>
>Ray.
>
Hmm...what about "commentate", the verb meaning the action that a
biblical (or other) "commentator" does? I've used that, in order to
differentiate it from "comment", which does not fit the meaning at all.
-Stephen (Steg)
"hhalomot zeh b'emet"
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