thy thigh etc.

[Brian M. Scott]

On 14 Jun 2001, at 23:58, Anton Sherwood wrote:

>> I once came across a woman who had learned the word 'misled'
>> through reading, and who pronounced it like 'mild', . . .

> Does anyone really rhyme it with `drizzled'?

I once knew someone who had acquired it through reading as
/'maIzld/ and who only later connected it with the /,mIs'lEd/ that she'd
heard others use.

Brian M. Scott