I was discussing a referral to an ophthalmologist with a doctor last week. He kept pronouncing it "op-thalmologist". What happened to the first "h"? It doesn't bother me when most people use this pronunciation - it fits with the other "op" eye words such as optics, optical, optometrist, or optician - but I really would have hoped that a medical doctor would have known better.
Posted by marybeth at January 30, 2007 02:49 PM Words