Words

[c9]

1. I dislike how "ASAP" no longer means what it means. Or at least, it seems that way. I regularly edit my emails to remove usage of "ASAP" because it seems to indicate "do this right the fuck now," not "as soon as you can, I understand that you may be busy."

2. My new CEO mispronounces the folllowing words:

• nuclear (Nuke-yalur)
• COBOL (cobalt)
• ManuLife (Manual-Life)
• Acura (a-CURE-ah)

3. That is all.

Comments

[jamincan.livejournal.com]

I believe that the pronounciation of a trailing 'a' sound isn't really a error in pronounciation so much as a characteristic of your stepfather's accent. It goes beyond the North-Eastern US too; as far as I can tell, it's a common feature of many local accents within the UK and Canada.