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No one likes a smarty-pants, but we must tell you, that $5 word you just used…you’re saying it wrong

How do you pronounce 'Dr. Seuss'?

No one likes a smarty-pants, but we must tell you, that $5 word you just used…you’re saying it wrong

CHANNEL 5. MAY PRONUNCIATION ISN’T YOUR FORTE. THOUGH SOME INSIST IT IS "FORT." WE CAN ALL GET LITTLE LEXA DAYS AGO. -- LACKADAISICAL THIS SHOWS NOT ABOUT WORD SHAVING. THINK OF IT A PUBLIC SERVICE. PERHAPS EVEN U YOUR PRONUNCIATION ACUMEN. FIRST, A QUICK JAUNT OUT TO SPRINGFIELD, A PILGRIMAGE TO THE HIGH TEMPLE OF -- DON’T WORRY, IT IS A LOT MORE FUN THAN IT SOUNDS. >> THE AMAZING WORLD OF DR. SEUSS IS THE FIFTH NEWSEUM TO OPEN ON THE QUADRANGLE. IT OPENED IN 2017. >> K SIMPON IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, ITS LATEST EDITION, AND EXUBERANT CELEBRATION OF THE WORKS OF SPRINGFIELD NATIVE THEODORE GUYS ALL. >> SINCE WE OPENED THE MUSEUM, WE MORE THAN DOUBLED ATTENDANCE. >> JUST ONE PROBLEM. WE HAVE ALL BEEN SAYING HIS NAME WRONG. WE ARE MISPRONOUNCING HIS NAME. IT I "SOYCE." PEOPLE JUST COULD NOT PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY. >> THEODORE "SOYCE GEISEL STARTED USING HIS MIDDLE NAME WHEN HE WAS WRITING FOR THE STUDENT PAPER. HE PROMOTED HIMSELF TO DR. WHEN HE STARTED WRITING BOOKS. >> HE CORRECTED PEOPLE BUT THEY JUST KEPT MISPRONOUNCING IT. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE AFTER THE 100TH TIME JUST SAY OK. IT IS WHAT IT IS. HE JUST GAVE UP AND ALLOWED THEM TO CALL HIM DR. SEUSS. >> TURNING FROM CHILDREN’S BOOKS TO FUN AND GAMES, AND HEARTBREAK. THAT HORRIFYING MOMENT MOOKIE WILSON’S GROUNDBALL ROLLED THROUGH BILL BUCKNER’S LEGS AND INTO LASTING INFAMY. BUT TO ERR IS HUMAN, RIGHT? ACTUALLY, TO ERR IS T "ER". STICKLERS SE-R-R" IS PRONOUNCED "ER." THERE IS A GOOD WORD FOR THIS FELLOW HERE. HE I NOT DOUR, HE IS "O-ER." SPEAKING OF THAT, TRY ENTERING THE DAILY GRIND OF RU HOUR, WHERE THINGS CLOG UP UNDER THESE SIGNS. >> CRASH ON BUSY -- ROAD. >> IT MAY BE KNOWN TO THE REST OF THE WORLD AS TEPELLO ROAD, BUT NOT TO HARD-CORE WALTHAM -ITES. IT IS TRALP-ELO. >> YOU CAN START A BAR FIGHT DEPENDING ON HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT. >> MARIE DALY MAY NOT LOOK LIKE A BRAWLER, BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP YOUR TPELO TO YOURSELF. >> I WANT TO GIVE SOMEONE A HARD TIME IF THEY SAY "TREPELO" BUT I WILL CORRECT THEM TO SAY IT IS "TRAPELO." ITS DISAPPEARANCE SOMETIMES BLAMED LIKE SO MUCH ELSE ON THE MEDIA. >> M EARS GREAT EVERY TIME I HEAR THE TRAFFIC REPORTERS SAY ROUTE 128 AT "TREPEL" ROAD. I HAVE BEEN KNOWN IN A SENIOR MOMENT TO SAY "TREPELO" MYSELF. USUALLY, I HAVE TO HAVE A FEW DRINKS BEFORE THAT. >> BACK TO DR. SOYCE, WHEN THEODOR GEISEL FINALLY GAVE UP TRYING TO CORRECT MISPRONUNCIATIONS OF HIS NAME, HE CONSOLED HIMSELF WITH THIS THOUGHT, DR. SOOSS RHYMES WITH MOTHER GOOSE. THE SEUSS MUSEUM RECENTLY ADDED INTERACTIVE FEATURES SUCH AS A GIANT MARBLE MAZE, THE SEUSS BAKERY, WHOVILLE, AND THE LORAX RECYCLE GAME. NEXT, TRUE CONFESSIONS ON THE Updated: 7:45 PM EDT Jun 25, 2019 Editorial Standards ⓘ Advertisement How do you pronounce 'Dr. Seuss'?

No one likes a smarty-pants, but we must tell you, that $5 word you just used…you’re saying it wrong

Updated: 7:45 PM EDT Jun 25, 2019 Editorial Standards ⓘ No matter how you say it, The Dr. Seuss Museum is a fun, colorful and informative celebration of the classic works of Theodor Geisel. NEEDHAM, Mass. —

No matter how you say it, The Dr. Seuss Museum is a fun, colorful and informative celebration of the classic works of Theodor Geisel.

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