One final warning. Do not pronounce Greek or Hebrews from the pulpit. It can easily be perceived as showy or arrogant. Your people are not concerned with how to pronouncehuiothesia. Instead, they need to know why it is such good news that they have beenadopted. Leave a commentPosted in...
There seems to have been a mistake, sir. This woman to my left doesn’t even know how to pronounce Ina May. The thing of it is, of course, that I know nothing at all, and I hate that so much. “We can read everything there is to read and still have no idea how it will ...
Still leashed, we descended again. I watched the other divers moving as if in a dream, a buoyant ballet accompanied by breathy Darth Vader symphony echoing in my helmet. In an ungainly attempt to dodge a school of fish speeding towards some unseen goal, I backed up, flippered furiously to...
If you are unfamiliar with the Polish language, as we are, a lot of Polish names seem complicated and impossible to pronounce. We also had no general idea of the basic layout of the Polish side of the Tatras. To help you out, here is a map of where you’ll be going, so when I ...
(For your ease in waking your bedmates, I pronounce it SEE-OH-AH.) The important thing is to recognize it when it is happening — and to take steps to break the pattern before it solidifies. Whatever you do, don’t panic — SIOA-avoidance can be overcome. Before I’m done with ...
But once avocados reached California in the mid-19th century, that name wasn’t going to sell. Not only were testicles not great for branding, but it was hard for North Americans to pronounce. ("Alligator pear," another early moniker, wasn't much better.) A little modification was in o...