How to pronounce “affectation” in English

But there was a problem. The problem was that at that time, I had very long hair. It was aridiculous affectation, but not so ridiculous, I would argue, as dressing up as Charlie Chaplin.But the real problem wasn't that. The problem was that because I was a small child without a beard or mustache,

Well, I mean, yeah.Or is that an affectation?

that. But more of that uh later on. You see, it's all about presentation. It'sall about affectation. And that's one area where we could learn. Um some while ago I was walking across campus and Ibumped into a friend of mine who's a professor in the department of viticulture geneology and I said Andy you're going to have to help me. He said

And if you completely avoided that in a film, it might feel arch.It might feel like an affectation.And in a book, I think because it's such a sort of internal, first-person book, it doesn't matter and it's actually kind of cool.

None of which applies to Keith.Keith doesn't go for affectation.'I feel excellent about these Keith.

On peut faire une union civile améliorée.Et les autoriser par exemple à refuser une affectation dans un pays où l'homosexualité est criminalisée.

Well, I mean, yeah.I've definitely been asked if it's an affectation.

I observed that they always removed or settled their hats with both hands, and wore watches with short gold chains of a substantial and ancientpattern. Theirs was the affectation of respectability, if indeed there be an affectation so honorable." This is quite nice, a quite loving portrait of clerks.Satirical but loving. Walt Whitman, the poet, had different words.

The holes in our catalog and everybody else's catalog--when I say our, I sold Rhapsody a long long time ago to Real Networks, they sold half of it to MTV--I'll say ourforever. It's not like an affectation, I just can't stop myself, I feel very allied to Rhapsody.But the holes in our catalog and Spotify's catalogs usually, believe it or not, have more to do with things that are at the artist or the publisher level.

Ha! Ah, no.' Keith waits, an ear cocked in Barry's direction.In these meetings, the role of listener also carries with it certain affectations, eyes narrowed, legs crossed, pen to lips, the occasional nodor frown, the corporate world's skeptical punctuation.