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this time I'm right
Mar. 20th, 2025 07:21 amAudiobooks have been teaching me how to pronounce words I really thought I already knew how to pronounce (see: my learnings about tousling). The latest word that's tripped me up: OGLE
(This word comes up a lot, somehow? Everyone's OGLING each other these days, I guess. PLEASE OGLE RESPECTFULLY.)
I would pronounce this word with an 'o' sound like in 'ogre.' (Or as in 'oh no,' just in case I've been pronouncing ogre wrong all this time.)
But when I've heard it in audiobooks, it's ALWAYS pronounced with an 'o' sound like in 'toggle.' (Or 'goggles,' which I admit is an excellent extrapolation of similar sounds from similar themed words. And I do love words that rhyme with boggle.)
THIS TIME when I went to the internet, it turns out the ogre pronunciation is right! WOOHOO! (A very, very brief search indicated that UK and US English pronunciations are the same in this case. I'm happy to celebrate both pronunciations, but I'm also excited that I was (finally!) right about one of these words.)
(This word comes up a lot, somehow? Everyone's OGLING each other these days, I guess. PLEASE OGLE RESPECTFULLY.)
I would pronounce this word with an 'o' sound like in 'ogre.' (Or as in 'oh no,' just in case I've been pronouncing ogre wrong all this time.)
But when I've heard it in audiobooks, it's ALWAYS pronounced with an 'o' sound like in 'toggle.' (Or 'goggles,' which I admit is an excellent extrapolation of similar sounds from similar themed words. And I do love words that rhyme with boggle.)
THIS TIME when I went to the internet, it turns out the ogre pronunciation is right! WOOHOO! (A very, very brief search indicated that UK and US English pronunciations are the same in this case. I'm happy to celebrate both pronunciations, but I'm also excited that I was (finally!) right about one of these words.)
