If I hadn't heard her say it I would have assumed it was said 'hubri,' but she very definitely said it like it looks, 'hubris.'
Until not that many years ago, because I'd only ever read it, I thought awry was ow-ree.
One of the other words on the earologist's list was susurration meaning a murmuring, a rustling. I think I've seen that used about leaves but have never used it myself.
Now to sit in the sun and think about where novel goes next.
Husband tells me I should have planned everything out beforehand. He doesn't understand that in the novel writing world there are planners and pantsers. I fall into the latter category where what will happen is as much of a mystery to me as it is to my characters.
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I always say that plan and execute is shop class! It's not art, which is exactly as you experience it. The most boring writing is plan and execute. And the most thumpingly arrhythmic is written to music. I have spoken! And I'm looking forward to your progress on the novel, however your characters decide to drive it.
Hubris is a Greek word. As far as we know, pronounced as written, yes. Memories of a misspent youth here..
Mispronouncing words was a big issue for me when I was a kid, because no adults around me knew how to pronounce certain words either. We'd only ever seen them on the page. So, for example, I originally thought "Bulgaria" was pronounced with a soft g, as in "Bulge-aria." And I had an auntie who was always referring to clothes as "chick" instead of "chic." Actually, I knew the correct pronunciation of that one because we took French in school, but I didn't want to be so presumptuous as to correct her about it.
Ghoti is pronounced Fish.
Gh as in enouGH
O as in wOmen
Ti as in staTIon.
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