>>On the pronunciation front, one of my top items is "temperature." Last time I looked (just now <g>), there were 2 r's in that word, but most people elide the first one.
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>>Tamar
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>I don't remember the last time I worried about pronunciation. Starting life with a New York City accent and living in the North, South, Midwest, and now California there are now lots of words I pronounce as if they have alternative spellings. FWIW, the temprature outside is in the low 50's and it's raining.

If only they all said "temprature." What I hear all the time is "temp-a-chur." Hmmm, wonder if we should blame this on the Cheer detergent people?

Tamar