Getting Something Off My Chest

Each time I don't say something about this makes me die a little inside, so I've finally decided to speak out:

 

It's 'mnemonic' (ni-mon-ic or ne-mon-ic).  Not "pneumonic" (nu-mon-ic).

A mnemonic is a memory aid.  Pneumonic ("adj., Of, relating to, or affecting the lungs") is a type of plague.  Please learn the difference.  You're killing me.

(Thanks, Jason, for your previous post, which gave me the courage to confront this.)

Comments

[Jason]

I once even heard someone say "pneumatic," which is even funnier.

[jengreck]

That is funny. Please start correcting people. I think I'm as guilty as anyone though.