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Tarpaulin
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 7:53 am
by GORDON
Turns out I've been saying this word incorrectly, forever.
https://www.google.com/search?q=tarpoline
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.
Tarpaulin
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 7:57 am
by TheCatt
I've always just said tarp.
Tarpaulin
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:12 am
by Troy
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.
Tarpaulin
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:56 am
by TheCatt
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.
Tarpaulin
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:25 pm
by GORDON
Just now I rhymed it with "shovel."
Tarpaulin
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:52 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:25 pm
Just now I rhymed it with "shovel."
But not novel?
Tarpaulin
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:04 pm
by GORDON
Shovel. I read the word, then gleaned the intent, then rewinded it in my head, and it rhymed with shovel.
Tarpaulin
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:36 pm
by Leisher
I thought hovel and novel sounded alike.
Tarpaulin
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:38 pm
by GORDON
I don't think it matters. I won't be lusting for the death of those who say it differently , today.
Tarpaulin
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 7:37 pm
by TheCatt
Leisher wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:36 pm
I thought hovel and novel sounded alike.
Yeah, that's how I categorize them. My wife rhymes hovel with shovel.