Enunciation
Jul. 12th, 2004 10:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plonqAnyone who has had the misfortune to meet (and speak with) me in person will know that I am a lazy speaker who often slurs his enunciation. I ran into that again today when I had to repeat myself a couple during conversation, but sometimes the results can be amusing.
A few years back my (then) brother-in-law was visiting, and one of my cats jumped up into his lap. He's not a cat person per se, but they owned a cat and he has learned to tolerate them. The conversation went something like this.
Him: I seem to have collected a cat. Does he bite?
Me: No, but if you pet him too much he might shed on you.
Him: Whoa! (as he forcibly tosses the cat off his lap).
Me: You're afraid of a little hair on your clothes?
Him: What? Oh... shed.
Obviously he thought I'd said something else.
A few years back my (then) brother-in-law was visiting, and one of my cats jumped up into his lap. He's not a cat person per se, but they owned a cat and he has learned to tolerate them. The conversation went something like this.
Him: I seem to have collected a cat. Does he bite?
Me: No, but if you pet him too much he might shed on you.
Him: Whoa! (as he forcibly tosses the cat off his lap).
Me: You're afraid of a little hair on your clothes?
Him: What? Oh... shed.
Obviously he thought I'd said something else.
