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thenewgreen  ·  3798 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Kenning Journal - Poetry Out Loud - Elizabeth Bishop's The Fish

Well now I'm curious as to how you pronounced affidavit?

I'll definitely play this poem for my daughter. Thanks for thinking of us!





_refugee_  ·  3798 days ago  ·  link  ·  

aff- ih - dahv - it.

I also have to frequently remind myself that the noun "plow" does not rhyme with "snow."

user-inactivated  ·  3798 days ago  ·  link  ·  

...wait, that isn't how you pronounce affidavit?

_refugee_  ·  3798 days ago  ·  link  ·  

More like aff-ih-DAVE-it I think: listen

user-inactivated  ·  3798 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well damn. Nobody could be buggered to tell me I've been saying it wrong all this time, it would seem!