Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Silver View Post
I hate "R U R A L"; I just can't ennuciate it without sounding like RuRRRRWral Ugh!!
Too funny...I've always hated the work "rural" as well...impossible to say. I used to work for the County Office of Procurement & Contracts...and I can't say "procurement." So I just called it "Purchasing" because that's what we did.

I get a kick out of words that you can accidentally spell wrong but then they become another word. These can be dangerous (and hilarious) words. Example: At work, I once wrote a contract for janitorial services for the Pubic Defender's Office. Spell checker can't tell the difference between Pubic and Public! Unfortunately we also have County departments called Public Health, Public Guardian, and Public Authority.

Another word I just discovered which also has this nightmarish spelling issue is "pines." Switch the vowels...you'll see what the problem is.