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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 11:38 PM
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Since when does "peninsula" have a "ch" sound in it?
I've been meaning to ask all day.
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Cobalt-60 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 11:41 PM
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1. when the person uttering it has a snoot full
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 11:42 PM
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2. Doesn't it. I've always said it that way.
Pechinsula. Sounds right to me.
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kedrys Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 11:46 PM
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3. Chince Chean Connery chtarted pronounching it that way?
I've been wondering about that mychelf.
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proReality Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 11:48 PM
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4. Bad denture fit. n/t
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 12:02 AM
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5. It's like when people say "nuculear" instead of "nuclear"
I don't know where it comes from.
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Lautremont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 12:05 AM
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6. Since it was decided to be so.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 12:14 AM
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7. Ever since Sade was pronounced "sharday"
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 12:17 AM
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8. Since idiotic Americans got their grubby mouths on the word.
God but we're a stupid country.
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cigsandcoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 12:28 AM
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11. God, but this attitude makes me mad.
You should hear some of the pronunciations in Dublin, or the way the French use a silent "h" in hamburger.

America is no more or less stupid than anywhere else. Your post just comes off as bitter.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 01:18 AM
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12. Shorter cigsandcoffee: LALALALA! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!
Dumb and dumber this country is. I know - I've taught 1000s of them.
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cigsandcoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 07:43 AM
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15. Taught them what? n/t
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 09:56 AM
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16. Philosophy & mathematics (I changed fields)
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 12:19 AM
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9. When the speaker has a coke jaw problem
Not to mention the brain damage from years of drug and alcohol abuse. Add to that the emotional baggage of having Babs as a mother.
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hvn_nbr_2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 12:28 AM
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10. That sound has always been there, if you're a drunk chimp. nt
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tomreedtoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 02:30 AM
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13. Ever since they started raising chinchillas there!
Remember, if you raise chinchillas, you won't have to buy your wife a coat. Kill, skin and sew the little suckers' pelts! And you can do it in your apartment! And they taste great with garlic sauce!
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PhilYerHead Donating Member (160 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 02:48 AM
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14. I believe the pronunciation can be found in the same place Bush
Edited on Thu Oct-12-06 02:49 AM by PhilYerHead
finds the pronunciation of "nuclear". Pretty much the same, GD it! It can make a literate person go mad. It just hurts to hear, makes one look upon deafness fondly.
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Tracer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 10:05 AM
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17. Innernational anyone?
This one grates on my ears as bad as Newkuler and Peninshula.

Is he talking about Kansas (as in our "inner"-nation?
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