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Originally Posted by nikki1920
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An old manager said this ALL the time. I would just stare at her in disbelief.
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My mom does this. I just correct her each and every time. I won't stop until she sees the light. :humph:
It's a little gross, but it KILLS me when women say "ministration." I
every single time. The word is
men-stru-a-tion. I know it's not one we often look up in the dictionary, but try it. I hear it mostly with women from the south...a couple days ago my professor said it and I almost chucked a textbook at her head.
I sat there thinking "You have a
doctorate and can't even pronounce that? Thank God Almighty you have a son!"
- it's not grammar, and while there are standard English pronunciations, I personally LOVE the different pronunciations you can here from all over the country . "Car Talk" wouldn't be the same without that distinctive Boston accent, I can't imagine my grandmother without her soft southern drawl, and even Palin's almost Canadian-clipped speech is interesting to me. 
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