Comments on: Amuck http://www.myfavoriteword.com/2007/12/20/amuck/ Your Word, in Your Words Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: aaron carter http://www.myfavoriteword.com/2007/12/20/amuck/comment-page-1/#comment-3880 aaron carter Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:49 +0000 http://myfavoriteword.com/2007/12/20/amuck/#comment-3880 <a href="" title="" rel="nofollow"></a> This is wonderful writing! paula deen This is wonderful writing! paula deen

]]> By: Abby http://www.myfavoriteword.com/2007/12/20/amuck/comment-page-1/#comment-1789 Abby Mon, 23 May 2011 00:20:56 +0000 http://myfavoriteword.com/2007/12/20/amuck/#comment-1789 The "o" in crotch is pronounced as the short o (same sounds as off and boss). A long a is the same as saying the letter A and a short u sounds as uhh (our thinking sound). Yeah, there are dialects and accents, but this is the agreed-upon pronunciation according to the OED. The “o” in crotch is pronounced as the short o (same sounds as off and boss). A long a is the same as saying the letter A and a short u sounds as uhh (our thinking sound). Yeah, there are dialects and accents, but this is the agreed-upon pronunciation according to the OED.

]]> By: Alex http://www.myfavoriteword.com/2007/12/20/amuck/comment-page-1/#comment-1650 Alex Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:50:21 +0000 http://myfavoriteword.com/2007/12/20/amuck/#comment-1650 Amuck is not a word. Amok is the word you are after. Please study your dictionary! Amuck is not a word. Amok is the word you are after. Please study your dictionary!

]]> By: Alice http://www.myfavoriteword.com/2007/12/20/amuck/comment-page-1/#comment-986 Alice Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:19:27 +0000 http://myfavoriteword.com/2007/12/20/amuck/#comment-986 Joanna, that's not necessarily true either. How you pronounce your vowels depends on where you come and what influenced your pronunciation of English growing up. Joanna, that’s not necessarily true either. How you pronounce your vowels depends on where you come and what influenced your pronunciation of English growing up.

]]> By: Joanna http://www.myfavoriteword.com/2007/12/20/amuck/comment-page-1/#comment-977 Joanna Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:01:02 +0000 http://myfavoriteword.com/2007/12/20/amuck/#comment-977 Um, that's not true, the O in "crotch" is pronounced like a long A, not a U. If it were pronounced like a U, that'd be a whole different word; crutch. Um, that’s not true, the O in “crotch” is pronounced like a long A, not a U. If it were pronounced like a U, that’d be a whole different word; crutch.

]]> By: Craig K http://www.myfavoriteword.com/2007/12/20/amuck/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Craig K Fri, 01 May 2009 03:22:17 +0000 http://myfavoriteword.com/2007/12/20/amuck/#comment-795 Great word but it's more interesting with it's original spelling: amok. It's one of a family of words (monk, crotch) where the O is pronounced as a U. The word was made popular with Kipling's work, and in his day was more about elephants going crazy than anything else... Great word but it’s more interesting with it’s original spelling: amok. It’s one of a family of words (monk, crotch) where the O is pronounced as a U.

The word was made popular with Kipling’s work, and in his day was more about elephants going crazy than anything else…

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