28 August 2007

not that i'm an expert

but i do like to think i say and spell most words correctly. for instance, someone who practices law is a law-yer, not a loy-er. here are a few other examples:

this...



...is a pitcher;

what you take with this...



...is a picture.

these...



...are cray-ons, not crowns. (i, sadly, am guilty of this one.)

the holiday that comes in february (which does have that r right after the b and is therefore pronounced feb-RU-ary, not feb-U-ary) is valentiNe's day. not, contrary to popular belief, valentiMe's day. (honestly, dog, i expected more of you.) here is a picture to prove it:



and you know if mr t says it, it's gospel.

as far as the spelling mistakes:
there = place
their = belonging to
they're = they are
desert = dry sandy place with lots of snakes
dessert = hot fudge sundae
percocet = Rx
percoset = nonexistent word used by bone-headed medical office staff
grateful = full of gratitude
greatfull = nonexistent word used by bone-heads in general

also, when someone tells you that something is said a certain way even if you may think you know better, do not correct them. example: there is a dr here in provo whose name is faux, pronounced fox. i referred someone to him last week, spelled his name and told them it was 'faux like fox.' for the rest of the conversation, as i could not get this someone off the phone to save his life (since his was the one in danger after 12min of dumb questions), the someone kept referring to dr foe. seriously. after the second time i said his name was 'faux like fox,' the someone told me that it was really pronounced 'faux like foe' and that i was wrong and therefore telling everyone i referred to 'dr foe' how to say his name wrong. he made it a point for the rest of our delightful conversation to call him 'dr foe.' i sure hope he brings this up to 'dr foe' when he actually gets scheduled for an appointment. should he be so lucky to get in to him without a referral. oops. guess i forgot to mention he'd need one of those. i was too busy thinking this someone was an idiot, i-d-o-u-t.*

*thanks, shaq. i love you anyway, you big oaf.

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