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penguinsandpugs<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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This reminds me of middle school – I had been reading far above my grade level for many years, and had transitioned to \u201cadult\u201d novels in 6th grade (meaning books for grown-ups, not erotica).\u00a0 This meant that I read many words that I had never heard.\u00a0 One day, in eighth grade English class, we were reading something out loud (I do not remember what) and I volunteered to read (because I LOVED READING OUT LOUD) and I got to the work epitome.\u00a0 And promptly pronounced it epi-tome, instead of epitamy [sic].\u00a0 See, in my world, there were two distinct words: epitome, and epitamy.\u00a0 I never questioned why<\/em> I had never heard anyone say epi-tome, or why I had never seen epitamy in print (I think I was thinking of epiphany), but I was firmly convinced that these were two separate words.<\/p>\n

My teacher was kind when she corrected my pronunciation.\u00a0 There\u2019s still a lot of words I\u2019ve only ever read and never spoken, because I\u2019m afraid of saying them incorrectly.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Ooooh, let’s not even start about pronunciation! I am a native Spanish speaker, which means I tend to mangle my English pronunciation, “Spanishfying” words a lot. I am very self conscious about that and a tad embarrassed sometimes when in the company of “proper native speakers” (I say proper because for all intents and purposes, my entire education was in English and I have taken all the related international exams that qualify me as a native speaker; but you know what I mean “proper Anglo” speakers). My self consciousness is such that I have been threatening for the past six months to start a weekly Red Light podcast and I haven’t yet done it because I am afraid people will focus too much on my very odd accent and pronunciation (which includes such things like the “epi-tome” moment you describe).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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