You know the nursing company "Medela?" Well, if you didn't, you do now. How do you say it? Chances are, "Me-dell-uh." At least that's how I've heard it from everyone until my sister said it's pronounced, "Me-dee-lah." So I tried that out, but nobody said it that way, and I was stumped. I've wondered this for year. Years I tell you, and I finally decided to figure it out once and for all.
My sister was right, it's "Me-dee-lah." I called, that's how. And then Josh came in and read this--before I had the correct pronunciation written--and goes, "You didn't know how to say Medela?" Uh, what? "They're a client of ours." Seriously, all this time. Well, they haven't been his client for all this time, so I suppose he forgot it was a nagging question.
Anyway, so there are like all sorts of words out there that I hear pronounced a variety of ways and now when I'm ready to track them down, I can't seem to think of any. There's the local elementary school that everyone says one way--except if your kids go to school there, all the school employees say it differently, but now that I know, gotta stick with the right way.
Q: When someone pronounces something incorrectly, do you correct them?
Q: Any words you've wondered the correct pronunciation for?
3 comments:
Britax and Chicco. I understand the Chicco, only because it's Italian and that's my thing, my Britax I'm still not sold on what people from random forums online and my visiting teaching are telling me. Bry-tax still sounds weird to me.
I hope you're doing well!
Hi - I am an official representative from Medela. This is very cute. Thanks for sharing!
apricot. the dictionary says it's both ways (my brother looked it up after an argument with my mom, who's from the west).
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