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Saturday, February 04, 2012

A hilarious guide to mispronouncing words

The Pronunciation Book is a channel on YouTube that will help you pronounce words correctly. Booooooriiiiiing! Me? I prefer the Pronunciation Manual. Honestly, I don't remember the last time I laughed so hard. Here's a small, side-splitting sampling:














And my personal favorite...


(Kottke)

1 comment:

  1. This dictionary should be in Monty Python's Bookshop:

    "No, well we don't have 'Rarnaby Budge' by Charles Dikkens with two Ks, the well-known Dutch author, and perhaps to save time I should add that we don't have 'Karnaby Fudge' by Darles Chickens, or 'Farmer of Sludge' by Marles Pickens, or even 'Stickwick Stapers' by Farles Wickens with "four M's and a silent Q!!!!!"

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