Difficult Words

However, the problem I've found is that I couldn't freaking pronounce the word Pilates.

By Alexis Smith

Don't you hate difficult words. Like words that are spelled no way how they should sound. For instance, take— Pilates.

I love Pilates, it's the trendy chic exercise that girls in Soho do. And I'm very impressed by it. I scroll through Twitter and all the girls are posed with their pink blush yoga mats, pink blush coffee mugs, matcha iced tea, and their Pilates equipment.

They always say, "AESTHETIIIC," in that you know, Soho voice fry.

And I'm like, "Yes girl, yes! AESTHETIIC."

Because their style is actually quite cute.

However, the problem I've found is that I couldn't freaking pronounce the word Pilates. I've been reading all of these Tweets for months, but I've realized that I've been pronouncing the word wrong.

I scroll through Twitter and I'm like,

“Hm hm hm hm hm 'exercise,' hm hm hm hm 'chic,' hm hm hm 'AESTHETIIC!' hm hm hm hm hm—pilots.” And I was just casually reading these Tweets like,

“Yeah, cool. Pilots.” And I had no clue what "pilots" meant. It made no sense to me, I was highly confused, but I just went along with it, because you know “AESTHETIIC.”

So, I'm pretty sure I went through four straight months of enjoying trendy girls' workout aesthetic, but also having no clue of wtf they were talking about. Until, one day I finally strung it all together. I was getting coffee off of a street corner in the East Village and these girls with blush pink yoga mats and high ponytails were like “Ohhh my God I looove Pilates sooo much!” And I just sipped my hot coffee and stared at them for a moment. And then a light bulb went off in my brain of all the Pilates equipment I had seen for the past four months, and I shook my head, quietly laughed to myself and said "pilots."