hayneous

[Wilson Gray]

Back in the day, I used "haynious" and "misCHEEvious." I unlearned
them in high school. However, a couple of other pronunciations that I
learned in high school, "Jenghis (not only pronounced with a "j," but
also sometimes spelled with one, in those days) Khan" and "Da-RYE-us,"
for Darius, king of Persia, seem to be on the way out, in these days.

-Wilson

On 9/4/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Lt. Gen. Tom McInerny (ret.) in Fox News says "hayneous" for "heinous."  More than 10,000 raw Googlits for the spelling "heinious."  And almost 30 for "hayneous."
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>   Cf. "mischievious."
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>   JL
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-Wilson
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Everybody says, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange
complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.

--Sam Clemens

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