So! Being a person who loves to read and loves to write as well, I should be pretty equipped with words and familiar with a wide majority of them, right? Right! And I must say that for the most part, I am. However, I discovered earlier this week that being a country bumpkin doesn’t help when in the process of expanding one’s vocabulary.

TO THE POINT!           The word? Affidavit. Now, this is a word that I have heard many times over, yet I’ve never really known the correct spelling for it. Well, apparently, I never knew the correct pronunciation either. All this time, I thought people were saying (get ready!)… Alfred David. I thought it was kind of like Benedict Arnold. Luckily, I’ve never actually used the word in conversation and even if I had, I don’t think anyone would have picked up on it (it would all sort of run together).

So this is how I learned of the actual spelling/pronunciation of “affidavit”. I was reading an article to my family when I stumbled over that word. My mom and dad sort of stared at me out of what I made out to be as shock and amusement that I apparently didn’t know the word. Sure, I felt like an idiot but it was my fam, which made it hilarious. Then I decided to tell everyone! LOL! I don’t know how to just keep dumb Duh! Moments to myself.