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<blockquote data-quote="Algolei" data-source="post: 2148195" data-attributes="member: 1073">Hello!&nbsp; *waves* <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I use the word on occasion because I know what it means.&nbsp; But I didn't know how to pronounce it until now because I've never heard it spoken--and why would I look it up in the dictionary to find out the pronunciation when it seems so obvious? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> (I had the same problem with the word &quot;abyss.&quot;&nbsp; Although it didn't help when the first time I heard it used [on the tv news!] it was mispronounced.)I actually believe you are correct.&nbsp; I have mispronounced the word &quot;quixotic&quot; as key-HOT-ik in the past, and every time I did, someone thought I was saying &quot;chaotic.&quot;&nbsp; Which I wasn't.&nbsp; Because I'm an ultra-geek-wannabe who likes to use words I've read but never heard.&nbsp; *Glee!*&nbsp; Love me, LOVE MEEEE!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Algolei, post: 2148195, member: 1073"] Hello! *waves* :) I use the word on occasion because I know what it means. But I didn't know how to pronounce it until now because I've never heard it spoken--and why would I look it up in the dictionary to find out the pronunciation when it seems so obvious? :p (I had the same problem with the word "abyss." Although it didn't help when the first time I heard it used [on the tv news!] it was mispronounced.) I actually believe you are correct. I have mispronounced the word "quixotic" as key-HOT-ik in the past, and every time I did, someone thought I was saying "chaotic." Which I wasn't. Because I'm an ultra-geek-wannabe who likes to use words I've read but never heard. *Glee!* Love me, [i]LOVE MEEEE![/i] [/QUOTE]

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