"Airyoodishun"

Dennis, ten years ago I told you this is the wrong way to pronounce "air - uh - dish - 'n". Your pronunciation makes my ears wither. I think you have a bad ear.

Since that date, dictionary.com has arisen with its sound bites of pronunciation. They have "airyoodishun" in there. But they are wrong. And so are you.

My authority to say this comes via William Safire, an "air - uh - dite" man who has written many books on language, the misuse of the English language, and the mispronunciation of American words by silly Americans trying to over-pronounce certain words, including "airy oo dish un". Stop! stop! enough already.

People who say "PEE un ist" and "flout ist" also drive me nuts but it's the guy who says he's very careful about his language while saying airyoodishun that makes my ears curl, almost as badly as the people who say, "between you and I..."