I always pronounced it TAR-pollin. Emphasis in first syllable, 2nd and 3rd just kinda fast. Recent audio books were saying it differently. At first I thought the narrators were dumb, but nope. I was the dumb one.
Have always just said "tarp" in conversation.
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Troy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:12 am
I am still embarrassed at all the words I picked up through book reading at a young age and said horribly wrong until corrected years later.
My wife does that, same with a girl I dated in college. I do it sometimes as well, but it's about a 10:1 ratio for her word vs mine.
Although, we split on "hovel" but the internet says we're both right.
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