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That one guy who corrected my pronunciation for 20 minutes straight
At my book club last Thursday, this dude named Mark stopped the whole discussion on 'The Night Circus' to tell me I said 'ethereal' wrong. He pulled out his phone, played a dictionary recording, and made me repeat it 5 times. I just wanted to talk about the circus tents, not a vocab lesson. Has anyone else dealt with a member who acts like the book police? How do you shut that down without killing the vibe?
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taylor.sean6d ago
My old book club had this woman, Linda, who would look up every single word she didn't know during the meeting and then make us wait while she read the definition out loud. I finally just said "let me finish my point and I'll circle back to that" every time she tried to interrupt me. After the third time she just stopped because she realized I wasn't going to stop talking for her. That dictionary guy sounds like a total buzzkill though... I'd probably just start speaking slower and dumbing down my vocabulary on purpose to mess with him.
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jasonf176d ago
That dictionary recording thing is next level. Did he actually make you freeze mid-sentence and repeat it? Like you're in grade school speech therapy? I'd have asked him point blank if he understood the plot or just came to show off his phone.
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