WELCOME to FRIDAY JUNE 5th, 2026

 The Most Often Mispronounced Words in English (From A  2 C)

• A •
assessory	accessory	Don’t get all dressed up with new accessories and then mispronounce the word. It has a double C with one pronounced hard, the other soft, like accident and access.
acrossed	across	It is better to keep the paths of across and crossed from crossing.
affadavid	affidavit	It is an affidavit even if your name is David.
Old-timer’s disease	Alzheimer’s disease	Dr. Alois Alzheimer first recognized this disease and received the dubious honor of having it named for him.
Artic	Arctic	Try to ‘C’ that you to keep both Cs in this word and in its ‘ant’, Antarctic.
aks	ask	Believe it or not, this one has been around for centuries. Still, let’s give the axe to aks.
asterik	asterisk	Don’t ask for a risk that people will laugh at your pronunciation of this word; get all the consonants on the end of it.
athelete, atheletic	athlete, athletic	Well, the word for athletes is not on steroids: two syllables are enough here.
Don’t say	Do Say	Comment
• B •
barbituate	barbiturate	We ‘R’ all apt to miss that second R in barbiturate? Remember, this word contains (more or less) 4 words: bar+bit+u+rate.
bob wire	barbed wire	No, Bob is not the eponym of this word and it wasn’t named for Barb Dwyer, either. You should hear that D in the pronunciation (though the suffix -ed “having,” is fading fast in the US).
bidness	business	The change of S to D before N is spreading throughout the US. When the unaccented I drops from this word, the S finds itself in the same environment as in “isn’t” and “wasn’t.”
a blessing in the skies	a blessing in disguise	This phrase is far from a blessing even if it comes from the skies. It needs all the help it can get to maintain its disguise.
Don’t say	Do Say	Comment
• C •
cachet	cache	If you have a cache of cash, this word is easier to remember. There is a silent E on cache but a silent T on cachet, a seal or mark of authenticity.
cannidate	candidate	You aren’t being canny to lose the D in this word. Remember, it is the same as candy date, though few would so qualify.
card shark	cardsharp	You’ll be happy to know that professional poker players will not eat you alive, though they still might gnaw through your wallet.
Carpool tunnel syndrome	Carpal tunnel syndrome	There are many mispronunciations of this one; we just picked the funniest. Carpal means “pertaining to the wrist.”
caucaphony	cacophony	There is no greater cacophony [kêkahfêni] to the careful speaker’s ears than the results of switching the first two vowels in this word.
The Caucases	The Caucasus	Not even closed political meetings (caucuses) could change the Latin singular name of this mountain chain to a plural one.
Calvary	cavalry	As if our Ps and Qs aren’t problem enough, in this word you should mind your Ls and Vs. Too bad the cavalry could not have come to the rescue on Calvary.
chester drawers	chest of drawers	Chester may keep his drawers in a chest of drawers but this phrase contains three words, all of which must be pronounced.
chomp at the bit	champ at the bit	Chomp has probably replaced champ for ever in the US but, if you like to joust with windmills, remember how this one was originally pronounced and spelled.
close	clothes	The TH is a very soft sound likely to be overlooked but this word always wears it.
coronet	cornet	Playing a crown (coronet) sounds as bad as wearing a trumpet (cornet) on your head looks—a good reason to keep these two words straight.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! Have a GREAT WEEKEND ‘people, stay safe,

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QUOTES OF THE DAY…

“The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.” —Mark Twain

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”—Oscar Wilde

“The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.” —G.K. Chesterton

“If you can’t beat them, arrange to have them beaten.” —George Carlin

“If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gave it to.” —Dorothy Parker

Thursday’s Movie Trivia of the day!  

Gene Kelly’s “An American in Paris” (1951) won Best Picture. Who won Best Director?

Answer: George Stevens for “A Place in the Sun” 1951 was one of those “upset” years. Most people were confident the real battle would be between “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “A Place in the Sun”. Interestingly, George Stevens won Best Director for “Giant” in 1956, and that movie didn’t win Best Picture either; it lost to “Around the World in 80 Days”.

Fridays Movie Trivia of the day!  

Which of these Best Picture winners did NOT win Best Director?

The Godfather, “The Best Years of Our Lives”, “It’s a Wonderful Life”, “West Side Story” and “The Sound of Music” .

Thurday’s Quizzler is….

I am only a head,

I have nothing within,

I have no mouth,

But speak through my skin.

What am I?

ANSWER:  A drum.

Drums consist of a drumhead (the part of the drum you beat)

over a hollow space and are traditionally made with animal skin.

Friday’s Quizzler is….😎😎

You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word.

Example – cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob)

Words: coriander, editorial, marsupial, tributary, wolverine

Definitions:

a person who enjoys a fermented beverage

a restaurant for killer whales

a true moron

cougar dens

red, as related to gemstones

LOOK for answers to today’s quizzlers in MONDAY’s Jokes, Quotes, Quizzlers & Teases! 😎 Like this newsletter? Want to receive it daily? Also, if you are on the list and do not want to continue to receive this email and would like your name removed from this distribution list, please send an email to the Eucman at Eucstraman@hotmail.com: https://elisabethluxe.com., http://www.themuscleministry.com.

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