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.
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.
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.
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.
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 :-)
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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"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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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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MEANWHILE, HOW AWESOME ARE JIM AND PAM.
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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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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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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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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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