Benny Bengough

drcy · #1 04-02-2017, 11:03 AM

Harry S. Truman grew up in a small town, but was a voracious reader at the the local library. It was said that as a politician he had an impressive vocabulary but mispronounced many of the words, because he learned them from reading.

Snapolit1 · #2 04-02-2017, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by drcy

Harry S. Truman grew up in a small town, but was a voracious reader at the the local library. It was said that as a politician he had an impressive vocabulary but mispronounced many of the words, because he learned them from reading.

I've often though better someone tries to use big words and pronounces them wrong than not have any interest in developing an interesting vocabulary.

Kawika · #3 04-02-2017, 12:20 PM

It took me years to get over pronouncing Lajoie as La-joy and I still trip over Honus (it's Hon-iss) and now I've got to say Ben-goff? I'll stick with Ben-go. I'm too old for this.

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