How do you even prounounce these words ?????

There is one word in particular that I have always had trouble prounouncing - "Suite".

Is it "Sweet" or "Soot" or ?? and my obviously incorrect pronunciation ( a hash of sweet/soot and please don't ask how many to mess that up :D)  has got me many funny looks.

So I decided to look it up and along with it look up a few more of the "funny" ones and write up the phonetic way of prounouncing the words.

1. Suite - Yup it is "Sweet" and not "Soot" or my mish mash version

2. Scion - "Sion" ( easy for mumbaikers to remember).

- A young member of a rich and famous family.

3. Cynosure - "Sign-a-sure".

- A person or thing that is so good that it attracts a lot of attention.

4. Circumlocution - "Sir-come-lok-u-shun"

- An indirect way of saying something - especially something unpleasant.

5. Albeit - "All-be-it". 

Means - Although.

One of the few words which is actually a phonetic set up albeit with a missing L but we tend to mess it up.

6. Macabre - "Mah-Kaab". This is the English prounciation while the American sounds like " Muh-Kaab-Rahh."

- Used to describe something strange and unpleasant because it is connected with death or violence.


Please add on or send me words to add on.

Words you would not believe exist - Part 2

Its been a while since I last posted even though this was in draft. So here goes - part 2 of words you would not believe exist !!!

 

At some point, will try post the etymology of these words for those interested in the origin of words.

Bissursolid : Mathemetical notation representing seventh power of a number

Degust : to taste food or drink carefully, so as to fully appreciate it

Didaskaleinophobia: Fear of going to school
 
Nigroglobulate : The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto


Nudiustertian : The day before yesterday

Podobromhidrosis: Smelly feet

Radappertization : Treatment of food with ionizing radiation to kill bacteria 

Xertz : To gulp down quickly and greedily

zenzizenzizenzic : Mathemetical notation representing a number raised to the power of 8