Did you know the correct pronunciation of flaccid is not flassid? No, neither did I until Boynton pointed it out. She was reading a Big Book of Things, one of those tomes chock full of juicy tat-bits, when she stumbled upon this startling state of affairs.
Failing the flaccid test:
Renegades flaccid "PornoZombies"
The Renegade Theatre Experiment opened last week with its latest offering, "The PornoZombies," a staged opportunity burdened with an audience-limiting title. Unfortunately, the world premiere of Matt Casarino's play also comes burdened with more than its operating moniker.
Naturally, we didn't believe it at first, so she jumped on Google (that can't be comfortable) to see what was what droop-wise and discovered that although nearly everyone says flassid, that's in fact limproper usage, the correct way to say it is flaxid.
Who'd have thought it. And me a sky-on of private education.
It's just the older way, not the correct way...I suppose older people may have more chance to use it in everyday conversation......
Posted by: nick | 01 August 2006 at 18:02
Yeah, I suppose so. Still, it's got flac' cid - (ks) as the pronounciation in my dictionary.
Posted by: Tony.T | 01 August 2006 at 18:09
I won't dis your dictionary.
Posted by: nick | 01 August 2006 at 18:37
Don't give me flak, Sid.
Posted by: carneagles | 01 August 2006 at 18:47
Best use of "DIC! - tion" in a song:
Posted by: Tony.T | 01 August 2006 at 19:21
Television, by the way.
Posted by: Tony.T | 01 August 2006 at 19:32
So I guess next time you won't be flumoxed.
Posted by: Francis Xavier Holden | 01 August 2006 at 19:43
My mum (who was very snooty) always hated "Skedule", saying it should be "shedule", but my dad who only went to Our Lady of the Bleeding Strap used to say it depended on which shool you went to.
Posted by: os | 01 August 2006 at 20:04
Only when I'm doing a crocksword, F ... X.
Oz: I take it your dad had dinner for lunch and tea for dinner.
Posted by: Tony.T | 01 August 2006 at 20:09
There's a fraction too much diction.
Posted by: carneagles | 01 August 2006 at 20:25
I just had a look at that song's lyrics. What a load of nonsense.
Posted by: Tony.T | 01 August 2006 at 21:00
Actually I re-googled and found this discussion.
"It occurred to me, in thinking about this poll, that if the older pronunciation of flaccid were still widely used, then flaccident would be a tremendous neologism in this age of Viagra. Then I learned that someone beat me to it. "
That flaccidental link is good too.
Posted by: boynton | 02 August 2006 at 13:38
Did you know a flaxident is also when you slip over on linseed oil?
Posted by: Tony.T | 02 August 2006 at 15:01
I thought it was one of the theories about the colonisation of Australia.
Posted by: boynton | 02 August 2006 at 17:17
What? You mean how Australia's economy rode on The Don's bat?
Posted by: Tony.T | 02 August 2006 at 17:32
What caused the raising of the word 'flaccid' with you and Boynton anyway?
Posted by: Scott Wickstein | 02 August 2006 at 21:01
I have been using Flaccidus Minimus as a general insult term since seeing Life of Brain.
I will adjust my pronunciation accordingly.
Posted by: Bruce | 03 August 2006 at 10:58