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La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts) Mon Dec 19, 2011, 02:43 PM Dec 2011

For those of you who have had one too many years of formal education [View all]

Last edited Tue Dec 20, 2011, 12:23 AM - Edit history (1)

do you ever utter sentences/phrases during conversations, and think "god, i sound so pedantic!"

it constantly happens to me. both my brothers usually just look at me, shake their heads, and say "NERD".

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For those of you who have had one too many years of formal education [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 OP

I was BORN being pedantic! Odin2005 Dec 2011 #1

is it? La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #3

Yes, it is. hifiguy Dec 2011 #14

Indubitably nt Xipe Totec Dec 2011 #2

lol La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #4

I get a kick sometimes from people who insist on "proper" pronunciations... MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #5

I love that commercial. geardaddy Dec 2011 #12

A buddy of mine in the Army cracked us up with the story of his father... MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #13

I'm going to have to start using that pronunciation. geardaddy Dec 2011 #15

Beautiful! So how do you pronounce these? nolabear Dec 2011 #26

Nope. Studied math. I learned long ago nobody wants to hear about any of it. struggle4progress Dec 2011 #6

Well, since I had to look up pendantic, my answer is no. nt gateley Dec 2011 #7

lol La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #8

I find that occasionley I write a very erudite sentence with multiple clauses. hedgehog Dec 2011 #9

Yes. Chan790 Dec 2011 #10

happens to me all the time La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #11

huh? Kali Dec 2011 #16

I was a History major in college. Adsos Letter Dec 2011 #17

Sadly, yes. n/t Moondog Dec 2011 #18

Being pendantic is a good thing to do when you're just hanging around. n/t dimbear Dec 2011 #19

Heh heh. Lionel Mandrake Dec 2011 #20

'Encyclopedia' has a lovely story behind it. From Greek: en kyklos pedia dimbear Dec 2011 #21

The British spelling reflects the etymology. Lionel Mandrake Dec 2011 #23

Of course from that same Greek word kyklos, we get two of the three Ks in the KKK. dimbear Dec 2011 #24

The bad "P" word? Lionel Mandrake Dec 2011 #28

lol. La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #27

Only when I'm talking about audio recording guitar man Dec 2011 #22

Pedantic is my middle name. nolabear Dec 2011 #25