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
Tarpaulin
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Tarpaulin
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.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.
Although, we split on "hovel" but the internet says we're both right.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Tarpaulin
Shovel. I read the word, then gleaned the intent, then rewinded it in my head, and it rhymed with shovel.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Tarpaulin
I thought hovel and novel sounded alike.
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Tarpaulin
I don't think it matters. I won't be lusting for the death of those who say it differently , today.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."