Elementary
K
Potassium
Anemone
uh-nem-uh-nee
Even Nemo couldn't pronounce this word in the Pixar movie — and he lives in one! If you can get through the first two syllables, you're in the clear.
Roses are red, ...
...Violets are blue
“Veni Vidi Vici”
Julius Caesar
AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE #4
"The Dance" - Garth Brooks
FE
Iron
Onomatopoeia
on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh
Buzz, hiss, splash, meow — those so-simple words all are perfect examples of onomatopoeia, which is the act of naming something similar to the sound associated with it. Good luck saying — and spelling — this doozy!
How do I love thee? Let me...
...count the ways.
"How Do I Love Thee?" (Sonnet 43)
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
"Keep the change, ya filthy animal!"
Home Alone
"Father" - A Moving Royal
"Abba" - Dancing Queen
CU
Copper
Isthmus
is-muh-s
Those double Ss are absolutely killer. Thankfully, most people don't live on narrow strips of land and can ignore the geographical term altogether.
Shall I compare thee to a...
summer's day?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Sonnet 18) - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“If you wear a dress and have an animal sidekick, you’re a princess.”
Moana
"Well don't you dare look back..."
and probably shouldn't talk or run -
just take a stroll with the man in...
”Shut up and Dance” - Walk The Moon
AG
Silver
Anathema
uh-nath-uh-muh
There are too many As for this one to roll off the tongue easily, and if you're wondering what it means, you're not alone. Anathema — that is, someone or something intensely disliked — is in the top 1% of looked-up words on Merriam-Webster.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand —
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep — while I weep!
O God! Can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
A Dream Within a Dream
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
"Shut your mouth kid. If you wasn't Soda's kid brother I'd beat the tar out of you."
Two-Bit
- from the book The Outsiders
AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE #4
Song a "Memphis Dance"
First Name Male/Female
Last Name something done in the kitchen
"Tennessee Waltz" - Sam Cooke
HG
Mercury
Worcestershire
woo s-ter-sheer
If you're asking some to pass you the Worcestershire sauce, don't sweat it. Pronunciations of the condiment vary based on where you're from, but most people skip the first R altogether.
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can _,
So long lives this, and this gives life to _.
see
thee
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Sonnet (18) - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
"Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers."
Socrates
nosioP - "ecnaD t'noD amaM ruoY"
Original by Loggins and Messina
“Your Mama Don’t Dance” by Poison