pronounced by my friend as "high-FAL-you-tin."
correctly pronounced "high-fuh-LOO'-in."
he refuses to pronounce it correctly because he says it makes him sound like a backwoods hick.
this is especially hilarious to me,
given that "highfalutin" means pretentious and pompous,
and that the reason for said friend's mispronunciation is because he is too pompous/pretentious to pronounce it the correct way.
(endless giggling)
he hasn't seen newsies
ReplyDeletehighfalutin son of a gun. well played, nate!
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