{"id":1284,"date":"2007-12-12T04:11:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-12T04:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2013-05-04T01:44:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T01:44:28","slug":"splotchys-pronunciation-follies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/splotchys-pronunciation-follies\/","title":{"rendered":"Splotchy’s Pronunciation Follies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a treat for you, a sporadic new feature.<\/p>\n

Words that I have mispronounced, in some cases for years<\/span>.<\/p>\n

I’ll present the pronunciation according to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary<\/a>, and my own mispronunciation.<\/p>\n

For the first installment of this feature, you get a twofer!<\/p>\n

Hyperbole (Correct)<\/a>
Hyperbole (Splotchy)<\/a><\/p>\n

Akin (Correct)<\/a>
Akin (Splotchy)<\/a><\/p>\n

I can’t promise this will be a regular feature, as people often nod their head and smile when I talk, and probably are too polite to correct me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Hyperbole (Correct)Hyperbole (Splotchy) Akin (Correct)Akin (Splotchy) I can’t promise this will … Continue reading Splotchy’s Pronunciation Follies<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/splotchy.com\/sounds\/hyperbole.wav\n9325\naudio\/wav\n","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nSplotchy's Pronunciation Follies - SPLOTCHY<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/splotchys-pronunciation-follies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Splotchy's Pronunciation Follies - SPLOTCHY\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here’s a treat for you, a sporadic new feature. 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