XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage   
   From: phil@anonymous.invalid   
      
   On 29/07/2024 12:25, Peter Moylan wrote:   
   > On 29/07/24 19:25, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:08:29 +1000, Peter Moylan    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> There used to be a low-calorie Australian beer called Dietale. My   
   >>> uncles used to pronounce it as if it were an Italian word.   
   >>   
   >> So did I when I first saw it.   
   >>   
   >> I've discovered that "biopic" is pronounced "BI-o-pic", but I still   
   >> tend to pronounce it as "bi-Opic".   
   >   
   > So do I. So, I imagine, do many people, because the word looks as if   
   > it's supposed tp rhyme with myopic.   
   >   
      
   Yes, I'm one of those many. I also firmly believe it's possible to misle   
   people, having encountered 'misled' in print at a tender age. A poster   
   here a while back also brought us 'skipants'.   
      
   I have the same confusion, in my head, with Dutch 'tegelijk', which I'm   
   prone to think rhymes with 'degelijk'.   
      
   --   
   Phil B   
      
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