Friday, June 1, 2012

Linguistic Pedantry 3

My boyfriend successfully changed the subject from an increasingly awkward and frustrating conversation about when, where and whether either of us had seen our housemate.

"/ju:dɪdwɔ:t/?" he asked.

"/aɪsɔ:rɪmlɑ:stnaɪt/," I repeated.

"/ju:dɪdənthævtu:kʌthɪmʌp/" my boyfriend replied, pointedly enunciating every sound.

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