the woods? RSD on December 16, 2008 12:55 pm I didn't realise till recently that WEDNESDAY should be pronounced Wens'day and not Wed'ns'day! I had to check it in a dictionary to confirm it! Now that I know I still get it wrong most of the time! BTW it was a UK dictionary and the pronunciation may vary in other countries? Interesting comments; at the very least, we should all have been sent to our dictionaries or reference works of choice once again. Jehu (292), "notate" is a word with a more specific meaning than "note:" it also means to put down in writing, but using special characters, as with musical notation or mathematical characters. LJ (286), "orientate" is a word with a more specific meaning than "orient" (as a verb): it can be a variation of "orient," but more clearly means to situate facing the east. I believe that careful pronunciation becomes more important when the "mistakes" one hears are carried over into written communication. An example of this has already been shared concerning contractions ("could of" rather than "could've"), where the "mistake" does not exist as a word (or phrase, in this case). More potentially embarrassing are mispronunciations that lead to use of the wrong word which IS a word (think Archie Bunker). Two examples which come to mind are "perspective" in place of "prospective" and "verses" in place of "versus." Using the wrong word can lead to a complete change in the meaning of the sentence in