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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Before we get to today's lesson, Mrs. B
must correct pronunciation mistakes.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is pronounced the same as Lancaster, Ohio:
LANK-is-ter.
It's Lancaster, California, that is pronounced LAN-caster.
Thank you, Matt Stevens, at WOIO.
And Cairo, Illinois, is pronounced CARE-o.
Thanks, Bill Berra, at WTMJ.
Now Mrs. B wants you to take a look at
this from The New York Times:
~Young men and women in Saudi Arabia
may chafe against the rules, even try to evade them, but they can be
merciless in their condemnation of those who flout them too
brazenly. (5-12-08)
Flout (rhymes with
"pout") means to disregard or ignore.
So it's the correct word.
Flaunt (pronounced "flawnt")
means to show off.
~This summer, ladies won't flaunt assets
(headline, Philadelphia Inquirer, 5-11-08)
Mrs. B is proud of what you've learned
but hopes you won't flaunt your grammar expertise.
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