Thread: Awkward words
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Old 07-11-2016, 05:42 PM
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GrammieJan
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Originally Posted by Jeanne S
Mine is the word receipt. My mother, who had poor grammar, pronounced it like REE-seat, so that is the way I learned it. My daughters keep telling me it should be re-SEAT.

And some people use that word when they mean "recipe".
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