life is awkward

Little introvert-me does not enjoy speaking up in class. I'd rather sit and enjoy in silence. This has proven to be slightly problematic with my two workshop writing classes, both of which basically require talking all the time.

This morning, I had my poetry workshop. After not speaking all class, my teacher asked if I'd read another student's poem aloud. Second stanza in, I get to the word "nipped", and of course, being it that these sort of things happen to me frequently, I pronounced it "nippled".

"Nippled" does not exist in the dictionary....and also, it includes the word "nipple".

Needless to say, I remained mute for the remainder of class.