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VERY DRY POST..

in the midst of doing my assignment..I sidetracked (as usual)..n becos I'm just weird tat way or I'm a nerd wadever u tink I am..I ended up at..dictionary.com

yes.............I know u tink I'm mad right =/

but the English language is so fascinating is it not?

here's random words which I nv knew existed n words with difficult pronounciation..

1. Slugabed (slug-a-bed) one who stays in bed until a late hour..so I'm a slugabed

2. donnybrook (donny-brook) a brawl, heated quarrel or dispute

3. volte-face (vault-fast) a reversal, about-face in policy or opinion

4. sobriquet (so-bri-k) a nickname

5. gloaming (glo-ming) twilight, dusk

6. solace (sol-liss) comfort, console, allay (I've been saying SOL-LACE! all tis while..damn)

7. kitsch (kich) art characterised by pretentious bad taste (??? I just saw a famous blog shop using tis word! blah blah blah is a kitschy piece with cute prints etc etc) --> see! the importance of knowing a word b4 using it! n no of cos I'm not going to name the blog I mean I'm not grading anyone on English or anything or wad la I'm just saying tat's all ok! I come in peace..

8. melee (may-ley) hand-to-hand combat, confusion, jumble (I've been saying meeee-lee for ages n ages n ages)

9. chichi (shee-shee) trendy

10. raiment (ray-ment) clothing

n here's some words which are confusing n mixed up etc..

- CaLvary vs CavaLry (I nv knew there was a difference..I always thought it was calvary..hahaha! I went to check..one refers to where Jesus was cruxified while the other is the troops on horseback..)

- the word IRREGARDLESS doesn't exist! becos there already is "-less" in it! so it's already without..like double negative kinda thing..

- pronoun is read as pronoun but pronounciation is read is proNUNciation

- pecan u know the nut is read as pi-can't! why didn't they just spell it tat way then.. O_O

- don't pronounce the L in salmon..say SAM-UN

- forte is only pronounced as fort-tay when referring to music..so when u're saying maths is ur forte..say..FORT

-often is read without its T! say ofen!

-accessory is EK-cessory

- aluminium is el-yer-mi-mium

- hereditary is huh-rad-i-tary

n I tink I should go n slp now n stop being mad..lastly..sword is read as SORD!

tata!