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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 03:54 PM Original message |
Correct Mispronunciations Here! |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. it's "NUC - lee - ar" not "NUKE - YOU - lar" |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 03:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Forward that to the White House |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 09:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
56. Yes, at least with Oxford. Merrium Webster now lists both as |
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corporatewhore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 03:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
83. I am so ashamed i say nucular too |
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kclown (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. et cetera, not ek cetera. et=and, cetera=others (from Greek |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 05:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. That makes me crazy! |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 05:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
99. I HATE taht!! :D |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. huh? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Are you correcting mispronunciations or giving correct mispronunciations? |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Gollum: What's taters, precious? Eh? What's taters? |
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qwertyMike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 10:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. And Vitamins .. |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 11:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Aluminum - depends on who you ask |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 11:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I believe in the UK |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 11:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. you are correct |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 09:40 AM Response to Reply #38 |
54. Ok, here comes my retentive nature.. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 09:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. Potato is Poh-tay-toe says Oxford English Dictionary |
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Doc_Technical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 12:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
51. "Let's call the whole thing off". |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 09:28 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Fred and Ginger--darn, now don't we miss them! |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. realty- |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. REAL-tor, not REAL-uh-ter. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. I probably have a gazillion pronounciation errors |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Your written English is excellent! |
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Devlzown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. It seems like |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. for Californians |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. New Yorkers say RAD-ee-ay-der for RAY-dee-ay-ter. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 05:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Western PAers say RAD-ee-ay-ter too! |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Once a Brazilian coming back from the US said Atlanta was pronounced |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 09:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. but here in the South, its a "soft " t , Mitch |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 10:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. why do so cal'rs add "the" before a fwy name or number |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. Soon-zuh, not Sun Zoo |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
15. BeiJING, not BeiZHING! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. When I taught Japanese, I heard this kind of thing all the time |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. People even pronounce English like French. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. Is John Edwards right to say uh-FLOO-int? |
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MikeG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. He's the only southern candidate who says Nu-Clee-Ur |
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Ratty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. JIGA-byte not GIGA-byte |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 11:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
41. Jiga-byte is wrong |
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Ratty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 12:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
67. Nuh Uh |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 12:53 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Sorry but I have to side with AH's Greek etymology |
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Ratty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 01:21 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Okay, so ... |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 03:03 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. Look, everyone says giganitic: ji-gan-tik |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 03:14 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. Why isn't it ji-GA-bite, then? |
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Ratty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 03:42 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. Thank you. I do try. |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. I have never heard any of these terms said as jiga |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 03:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
82. I don't think I've ever heard it pronounced that way. |
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Ratty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #82 |
90. That's the whole point of this thread |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. We bastardize even common foreign names in US: (Iran, Iraq, etc.) |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I am guilty of pronouncing Niger NYE-jur. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. True, but that is not a country that is often referred to , so |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 11:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
44. Yes, and the people that live there: Nigeroise |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. It may be a lost cause, but |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's "THEEAH - ter" ... NOT ... "thee - AY - ter" |
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ProudGerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
27. Meme |
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ajacobson (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. The name is Raymond Luxury-Yacht |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 06:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. You're a very silly man and I'm not going to interview you. |
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twistedliberal (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
31. Reese's pieces. |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. SALMON is pronounced with the L silent. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 09:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Yes... Salmon has silent "L" but interesting that Salmonella-- the |
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qwertyMike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
39. URANUS |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 11:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. oo-RAH-noose |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 09:44 AM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Oxford English Dictionary has two pronunciations for Uranus |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
40. How about place names, as pronounced by locals? |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 11:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Washington natives DO NOT say worshington |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 11:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. That's Warshintin as in DEE-CEE |
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bhunt70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 11:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. dont forget Nevada. |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-04 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
43. There is *NO* R in "wash" or "Washington" |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
52. BUSH: Ree-tard |
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Muesli (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 09:58 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Yeah, |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
58. Not Goo-dah cheese, not How-dah either. |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 12:54 PM Response to Reply #58 |
72. heh |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
59. SIGH-Ren... Not Sigh-REEN |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 11:34 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Skwurl not Ska-whirl |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 11:35 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Weapons Of Mass Destruction --- Not: Weaponsh Of Mash Deshtrucshun |
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twistedliberal (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. "...relaytud program activitiesh." |
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veganwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
62. were-ship nor war-ship |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
63. may be obscure, but: "Huntington Beach" |
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Ratty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 03:25 PM Response to Reply #63 |
86. Another obscure native pronunciation |
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mantis49 (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 04:25 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. San Jose, IL |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 04:30 PM Response to Reply #63 |
93. sorry Bertha |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
64. well |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 02:09 PM Response to Reply #64 |
76. Handel: HEN-dul, not HON-dul |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 02:41 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. depends |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
65. Detroit: Detroyt. No Detroy-it. |
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twistedliberal (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
68. Terror, not terra. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 02:07 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. sub-LIM-in-al |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
69. Another data management example: It's QUEER-ee not QUAIR-ee |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
70. Why doesn't "ROUGH" rhyme with "DOUGH" or "COUGH"? And... |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 01:40 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. "God is great, God is good, let us thank him for our fud"-Laverne &Shirley |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
77. Mispronounced proper nouns |
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Ratty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 02:22 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Lekh va-WEN-sa, Mikhail garba-CHOFE, Nikita khroo-SHOFE |
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Ratty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
78. uh-TOM-uh-ton, not auto-MAY-tun |
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corporatewhore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
85. thee ater drives me nuts |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
87. Alleged only has two syllables |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
91. forte= fort unless you're talkong music. |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 04:36 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. wrong on forte |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 05:16 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Not according to the Webster's Lexicon on my desk. |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 05:23 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. Here's a link for yet another agreeing on forte pronounced fourt... |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 05:30 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. its LAY-MHURZ ... Here, I'll use it in a sentence: |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 05:35 PM Response to Reply #97 |
102. Yep |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
96. It's CHEE--WAH--WAH; not CHAI--HOOWAH--HOOWAH |
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earthman dave (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
98. "Orange squirrel", not "ornj squirl". |
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twistedliberal (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
101. Syrup. Not surp. |
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T Bone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-04 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
103. It's et cetera NOT ek cetra -abbreviation is etc NOT ect. Thank you |
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