snap. I too used to be in the 'seeg' camp. Worse for me was that I used to use the word, regularly, on live radiop, between songs, until one day my co-host said...
"James, what is that word you're using?"
"Seeg?"
"Don't you mean segue [segway]?"
"Do I?"
"Yes, you do."
Bugger.
Of course, my precedent was words like vague, brogue and plague.
Stupid english language.
Do you ever use "segway" now?
It just doesn't seem the same.
Oh no. And there's me seamlessly seaging all these years. Damn. I refuse to use segway. Sounds like a boat ramp.
By the way Llew - you have work to do..
You know those Segway vehicles? Now you can be smug knowing they're spelling it wrong.
Exactly what I was thinking Martha. BTW - We had lunch in Petone last Monday, we didn't see you. What gives?
[stands up nervously]
Hi, my name's Mike.
I used to say "seeg".
It's been 3 mothns and 4 days since I last used the word incorrectly.
[sits down]
Maybe we're right!
I do indeed use the segway version in the radio show. It's still a nicer word than 'cross-fade' or 'link'.
Oh I would have been doing important stuff, you know, sorting out the world and all that.
Of course, I knew you were here. Petone belongs to me.
The guy who Mt Everest was named after apparently pronounced his name Eve-rest. So we're all doing it wrong there. Especially mountain climbers and sherpas.
I've got a dog called segue -- speaking of dogs...
But seriously, folks, I was in the "seeg" camp too, assuming that it was the verb and that there was a noun pronounced "segway" which was spelt differently somehow.
I have to say, I use it more now that I know -- saying "seeg" always made me think "seeg seeg sputnik".
Yeah... but segway makes me think of weird vehicles owned & operated by noodles.
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