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I was taken aback by their response

canproofread — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:00:57 +0000

These are sometimes misheard and pronounced incorrectly:

taken aback – surprised
(not taken back)

jibe – agree, e.g., the facts don’t jibe
(not jive)

My desire for correct grammar is deep-seated

canproofread — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:00:56 +0000

These are sometimes misheard and pronounced incorrectly:

cotter key – A pin inserted through a hole to hold machine parts together
(not carter key)

deep-seated – firmly established
(not deep-seeded)

a deprecated method - a construct in a computing language being phased out
(not depreciated)

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (AK)

canproofread — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:00:37 +0000

Now we go to Alaska to see how the locals pronounce their city names.

Nenana – nee-NAN-ah

Tanana – TAN-uh-naw

Chitina – CHIT-NAW

Tok – toke

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (HI)

canproofread — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:00:56 +0000

Now we go to Hawaii [we wish!] to see how the locals pronounce their city names.

Honolulu – HO-NO-lulu

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (CA)

canproofread — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:00:08 +0000

Now we go to California to see how the locals pronounce their city names.

La Jolla – la HOY-a

Miraleste – mirra-lest

Calle Mayor – cally-mayer

Visalia – vice-ALE-ia

Los Banos – los bannos

Placerville – PLASS-ur-vill

Port Hueneme – port y-NEE-me

Tehama – te-HAY-ma

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (OR)

canproofread — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:00:55 +0000

Now we go to Oregon to see how the locals pronounce their city names.

Oregon – OR-ih-guhn

Tigard – TYE-gerd

Tualatin – too-AW-luht-un

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (WA)

canproofread — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:00:55 +0000

Now we go to Washington to see how the locals pronounce their city names.

Spokane – spo-CAN

Sequim – squim

Puyallup – pew-AL-lup

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (ID)

canproofread — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:00:24 +0000

Now we go to Idaho to see how the locals pronounce their city names.

Boise – BOY-see

Moscow – MA-sko

Weiser – WEE-zur

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (NV)

canproofread — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 06:00:04 +0000

Now we go to Nevada to see how the locals pronounce their city names.

Nevada – nuh-VAD-uh

[There is so much informationn on the mispronunciation of this state name that I could not develop a list of local pronunications of town names.]

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (UT)

canproofread — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 06:00:04 +0000

Now we go to Utah to see how the locals pronounce their city names.

Escalante – Es-ca-LANT

Hurricane – HER-kin

Tooele – too-ELL-uh