Quin;1115387 said:
You might be surprised
OT, but who the fuck decided to spell surprised with two r's? I've never in my life heard anyone say the first one... It's always suprise... /rant
I pronounce the "r" - sə(r)-ˈprīz
its in the origin of the word. Its the Latin prefix
sub (under) of the french word
prendre (to take). the r is used because of the r in the word its modifying.
sub- under, inferior, secondary, less than, in place of, secretly [suc- before c; suf- before f; sug- before g; sum- before m; sup- before p; sur- before r; sometimes sus- before c, p, t.] Thus the use of su
r because it prefixes p
rendre
(consequently, it could just have easily been
supprise and
susprise based on language rules alone, but it would NEVER be just
suprise...but thats the way language evolves)
I rather ejoyed taking 2 years of Latin in college.