Tuesday Tutoring Tip for October 13, 2009
Tuesday Tutoring Tip for October 13, 2009
Always annunciate and articulate all the Ss in asterisk; avoiding the aft S assembles asterik, an absurd abomination that advertises anti-awareness. Some people pronounce (and spell) this word without its second S. These people do themselves a disservice. The word itself comes from the Greek word asteriskos, which means little star. It is both a mark of punctuation meaning refer to something else, and a way of saying additional circumstances apply, as in Barry Bonds’ home run record should have an asterisk by it because of his alleged involvement with steroids.
Remember: the asterisk is worth the risk.