My real-life fiance (he’ll be guest blogging later), slightly resembles Sidney Crosby and is also a chef.  As a sieve is a kitchen utensil, he is familiar with the idea.  Except apparently chefs pronounce it “seeeeeve”, like Steve without the “t”.  (Now I’m thinking about Steve Sullivan.)  We debated the possibility that I, Chuck and 2 million other NCAA Hockey alumni have been mispronouncing the word all along.  Unlikely, right?  I mean, some of us (okay, not us) went to Harvard.  Luckily, Dictionary.com has a handy little audio pronunciation guide, which proves yet again that I am always right.

Fiance also does not grasp the analogy of a holey-goalie being like a sieve. I explained with several burst of fight song and rude comments about Boston College. Even UrbanDictionary.com agrees! He said, “You’re dumb.” But at least I was pronouncing it correctly.