How Not to Kill Yourself with Incantations | Friday, Period 1

[nuclear_snide]

"Right." Bob shook his head. "So apparently a number of you were involved in that whole 'alien abduction' thing last week. I didn't bother with class, so you didn't miss anything."

Because they were probably really concerned about that, right?

"This week, we're moving on from the physical issues involved in incantations and on to the actual act of reading. Sort of." He turned around and wrote a number of words in the air:

valusientles	cianiam	liverieking	chring	writutes
imatutionsolia	builitie	interading	fibegirdly	onalizes
perizes	shrudownsh	dadshight	troperen	ausphes
believate	mutiquenerized	extriatele	chlootogy	batoms
beness	coholdmated	swelized	eldecinez	riante
arizate	emenvilly	boneity	ropoloos	augulatical

"I want you all to read these. Slowly and carefully, all of you together. Pronounce each one as you think it should be."

He waited.

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[nuclear_snide]

After they'd given it a go, Bob stepped back up. "Notice how many different ways there are to say some of these things?" he asked them. "Never assume you know the correct pronunciations of strange words, simply because they look like something in your language." He waved at the glowing words. "These are all nonsense, of course, but magic generally won't be. Just because you look at it and it looks familiar, don't assume it is. Research is your friend.

"In this case, the point isn't to learn any one language - it's to make yourselves aware of the assumptions you make already. So today, if you said something one way, and someone else said it differently, find out why. How might your assumptions mislead you? Discuss."