I think that ds1 has been taught this incorrectly.
1) super-LAY-tiv (to rhyme with "super native")
or
2) soo-PER-li-tiv
Maryz
Sat 24-Nov-12 21:26:20
Oh, dear. Yes, Mon-taaaj
Fuckit. There are no rules. I think what I say is just right though, that would solve it.
Has hyperbole been mentioned yet?
For years I pronounced it HY-per-bowl.
3b1g
Mon 26-Nov-12 21:41:55
Until I was about 25, I thought that banal was pronounced in a way that rhymed with anal.
bialystockandbloom
Mon 26-Nov-12 21:45:22
Until I was about 18 I thought there was a word mizzled which meant being duped into thinking something erroneous.
Er, oh yes. Pretty similar to the meaning of misled then. 
bialystockandbloom
Mon 26-Nov-12 21:47:50
Sorry austenozzy but pmsl at 'bru-sk-etta' 
3b1g, I still think that!
How do you pronounce it then??
I'm notoriously awful when it comes to pronunciation.
lottiegarbanzo
Mon 26-Nov-12 21:54:10
I know someone who pronounces banal thus 3b1g!
Also others who've thought that about misled (and ORrey for awry, as above). I think mizzle is fine, misty drizzle is it not?
3b1g
Mon 26-Nov-12 21:55:37
Chinley: to rhyme with Carl.
lottiegarbanzo
Mon 26-Nov-12 21:55:42
Maybe it's you chinley! It's ban-Ahhl, or more like b-nAhhl.
BOFingTheDude
Mon 26-Nov-12 22:07:50
I'm not sure which would be more dispiriting: banal sex or anal sex.
I think bANAL sounds better. Bahnaal sounds so poncy!
Everything should be spelt how it sounds anyway methinks. The world would be a much better place.
AViewfromtheFridge
Wed 28-Nov-12 16:33:39
Did anyone hear Steve Wright pronounce epitome epi-tome not once, but twice this afternoon on radio 2? Surely if you're broadcasting to the nation you should check these things!
singleWhiteMale
Sun 09-Dec-12 23:03:05
