6 January 2021

Efficacaxity

EFF-i cass-y.

or

ef-FIC-ass-y? (Vide recentia.)

The other day, I heard an even more gorgeously exotic verbal flower:

effi-CAX-ity.

Our unlettered classes are so adorably sweet.

2 comments:

Greyman 82 said...

I've always assumed "caricature" should be pronounced with a slight emphasis on the first syllable, but yesterday on YouTube I heard an English-speaking professor of a leading British university pronounce it with a distinct emphasis on the second syllable: "caRICature". Now I'm confused and don't know what it right!

Syrian Church said...

Perhaps a "caricature" of an English Professor?