to each his own

dad:  'are you still going to use the tumeric?'

sister echoes the question:  'dad's asking whether you're still going to use the tumeric...'

me:  'there's an R...'

sister:  'tumeRic...'

me:  'two R's...  T, U, R, M, E, R, I, C...  tuRmeric...'

sister:  'not tumeric?'

me:  'i know it as turmeric...'

sister:  'ok...  tuRmeRic...'

now since two of them knew it as tumeric, i checked the dictionary...  well, well, well...:

1.  a spelling variant does not have the first R so tumeric is actually fine

2.  in pronouncing turmeric, normally you pronounce both R's but an alternative pronunciation has a silent first R

oh...  so all of us were right after all...  \m/

i take back my correction...  :"}