In the business world, they say “time is money” so you should be as efficient as possible. When writing a paper, you’re not supposed to repeat yourself.
So why should speaking be any different?
Introducing: Contrary-dundancy.
Contrary-dundancy [kahn-trayr-ee-dun-dance-ee]
noun (pl. -cies)
Inspired by French contractions and Jeopardy’s Before and After category, it is a new way of speaking where one eliminates repeating the same sound twice in row when pronouncing words. It is both contrary to what is taught in school and also very efficient.
Examples:
1. The phrase “my iPod” is pronounced “myPod”
2. A UNC basketball fan who is (understandably) upset by Deon Thompson’s defense might yell, “Play D, Deon!” when he should have said, “Play D-on!”
3. A female told blogger Alex Pomer that she “didn’t want to go on a Valentine’s Day date” with him. She should have said, “I don’t want to go on a Valentine’s Dayte” with you.
4. Loyal readers of Alex Pomer’s blog should pronounce their names as indicated:
- Rob Broadhurst = Raw Broadhurst
- Weird Doyle = Weird Oil
- Sarah Rutledge = SaRutledge
End definition.
Whether or not you decide to embrace this amendment to appropriate speech, listen for contrary-dundancies.
You’ll find that most people aren’t as to-the-point as they think they are.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Holy cow, I never really thought about doing that. I guess it truly makes sense, though. This is a really clever idea, and an extremely witty, well-written blog post. Keep up the good work, Alex, I think that if you keep a positive mindset and a good attitude you will go far in life. If you ever need someone to talk to for encouragement, or anything at all really, don’t hesitate to call.
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