One other matter. Below you will find a list of common misspellings and
confusions.
Note the correct spellings of:
Sacrifice, Israel (not Isreal!!), received (i before e except after
c!), circumcise (not circumsize!!), Pharaoh ( almost always the sounded
vowel, o in this case, comes second in the series!), separate, a lot
(not alot).
Facts: there was no apple mentioned in Genesis 3. The fruit is
unknown.
Remember to underline or italicize titles or foreign words.
So, these are the sorts of mistakes that crawl under the skin of religion professors. I wonder what grumpy biology or poli sci professors send to THEIR students to welcome them back from vacation?
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I will never forget a stoner dude doing his final presentation in Lynn Miller's class and consistently mispronouncing "schistosomiasis". (I think the offending replacement was "schistomaniasis".) You could see Lynn building up a head of steam until he finally stopped the guy and corrected him. The guy said it right twice and then reverted to the previous pronunciation. By the end Lynn was singing after mention, "SCHIS-to-so-MIASIIIIIS".
And to this day, whenever I hear the word, I hear Lynn singing: "SCHIS-to-so-MIASIIIIIIIS".
The end.
I still hear Lynn Miller singing "Al-u-mini-um!" in my head whenever I need some foil. The man releases pronunciation spores.
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