More on "calvary"

[Charles Doyle]

One of my teachers in grade school consistently pronounced "geography" as [jiarg at fI]. That [g]/[r] metathesis somewhat resembles the case of "integral"/"intregal"--with the (also) commonly heard "intergal" being intermediate?

--Charlie
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>>Integral/intregal comes to mind as one among a number of common mistakes of this class; that is, where there is no second real word, but the order of consonants presents a trap for the unwary. . . .

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>I confess I've always had problems with that one.  It's not so much a mistake, since I always correct myself ("intregal...integral"), but for some reason I can't ever seem to get my tongue around "integral" on the first try.
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>LH

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