The correct way to pronounce this is "prah-line" not "pray-line," although, if the announcer at my 8th grade spelling bee had used the latter pronunciation, I would have gotten it right, not wrong! Because she pronounced is "prawline" which sound like "Pauline," who was my step-grandmother. Duh.
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somern commented on the word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
My 8th grade Social Studies teacher, Ms. Elliott, taught us this word. She died later that year in a car accident.
January 10, 2007
somern commented on the word palimpsest
Discovered in The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
January 8, 2007
somern commented on the word hominy
Knock knock
Who's there?
Hominy
Hominy who?
Hominy boxes of cereal do you want?
December 12, 2006
somern commented on the word trantulent
Based on jimmynewland's dream in which I used this non-word, it means something along the lines of taciturn.
December 6, 2006
somern commented on the word praline
The correct way to pronounce this is "prah-line" not "pray-line," although, if the announcer at my 8th grade spelling bee had used the latter pronunciation, I would have gotten it right, not wrong! Because she pronounced is "prawline" which sound like "Pauline," who was my step-grandmother. Duh.
December 4, 2006