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bironic October 12 2009, 15:53:08 UTC
You were right on mischievous (MIS che vus) - dunno what on Earth Sam's pronunciation was supposed to be. Lot of us mispronounced it [mis CHEE vee us] because, I don't know, there's an "i" in there somewhere? But it is not.

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roga October 12 2009, 16:04:50 UTC
Really? And now I'm second guessing myself that maybe that wasn't the word Sam meant? But it sounds like mischievous:

"A pagan god whose name was Leshi. A [ma-shee-vious] god, could take on infinite forms--"

"--Let me guess. Liked to munch on his fans."

It sounds like mischievous fits in there...

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therealjae October 12 2009, 16:12:07 UTC
Yes, this is right. roga is right, but a lot of native speakers are not. *g*

-J

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roga October 12 2009, 17:29:30 UTC
I've now heard people saying that both words might work both ways? So it might be a regional thing in the US. And maybe it was the actor's inner Texan coming out to play.

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leiascully October 12 2009, 16:03:29 UTC
bironic is right: you were correct the first time on "miss-che-vus". But a lot of people do say it the other way.

My favorite professor and his wife had a game where when one of them said something about patronizing (in whichever pronunciation, as both are correct), the other would condescendingly say, "I believe you meant [other pronunciation]" and then they'd both crack up. So precious.

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roga October 12 2009, 17:22:28 UTC
Aw, LOL. Potato, potahto.

MEANWHILE, HOW AWESOME ARE JIM AND PAM.

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leiascully October 12 2009, 17:23:19 UTC
SO AWESOME AND I CRIED.

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roga October 12 2009, 17:31:49 UTC
EEEEE. It actually took me a while to figure out what they were doing on the boat, but man, once I figured it out, my HEART. And Jim clipping off his tie -- and revealing that it was the plac C -- if enough people watch that episode, Jim Halpert will bring about world peace.

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Wrong Kevin? This is why we can't have nice things nogah October 12 2009, 16:49:09 UTC
NOOOOO WHYYY

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Re: Wrong Kevin? This is why we can't have nice things roga October 12 2009, 17:35:12 UTC
I'M SORRY BB. BELIEVE ME, I WANT TO SHOOT MYSELF MORE THAN YOU DO. Next time I will think when I bump into OCs instead of run on instinct.

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amproof October 12 2009, 16:52:55 UTC
I have never in my life heard someone say mis-shee-vius. LOL mis-chih-vus or mis-cheev-us

Also, on patronize, the tr sound go together whether you make the a long or short. :), though the t sound is emphasized. paTronize.

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roga October 12 2009, 17:49:19 UTC
And I know the tr goes together, I just meant the long A vs short A thing (if I'm using that correctly even now :-)).

The one word I didn't add here just because it's from a few weeks ago is plaid, which I recently learned was pronounced plad and not played. Thank you Jim Cantiello :-)

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hexapuma October 12 2009, 18:27:23 UTC
I always say MisstCh-eevee-Us and I've used both versions of patronizing in my time.

Not sure about using Paris Hilton as the definitive benchmark on anything language-related though!

The one that always gets me is Valkyrie. I can never decide if it's Val-Kai-Ree or Valker-ee.

Funny pronunciation? Jim Dale reading the American versions of the Harry Potter books and pronouncing Animagi as Annie-Mar-Jee instead of Anee-May-J-eye.

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roga October 12 2009, 18:40:55 UTC
LOL, okay, I've always read that as if it were in Hebrew, which makes it sound kind of Japanese: ah-neh-mahg-ee.

But I'm no example for anything. Before pronunciation was clarified in book 4, I used to read Hermione's name as Hermee-ownee. So...

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