Monday, October 15, 2007

a small pedantic rant

Prophecy. Prophesy. Prophesied. Prophesized.

Prophecy, NOUN. A prediction or interpretation inspired by some divine force. The last syllable rhymes with "tree."

Prophesy, VERB. The act of making a prophecy. The last syllable rhymes with "fly."

Prophesied, VERB. The past tense of "prophesy." The last syllable rhymes with "cried."

Prophesized, HIDEOUS MALFORMATION. Often mistakenly used as the past tense of "prophesy," giving Ginny a toothache. The last syllable rhymes with death.

That is all.

2 comments:

Libby Brown said...

Heh, I was mispronouncing prophecy all this time. Oops.

Libby Brown said...

No, wait, it was prophesy that I've been misprouncing. Prophesy.