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 05/23/2013 10:21:44 AM · #51
Originally posted by FourPointX:
"wrong"?


you gots it!
 05/23/2013 10:51:33 AM · #52
Originally posted by alohadave:
Originally posted by Mike:
i always wondered the same, which is the proper pronunciation?


Depends on where you are.

One thing that I heard that was a bit odd was how Nikkor was pronounced in a TV commercial. Pronounced Nee-Kore, not Nick-or like I had always assumed it was pronounced (and oddly, I don't think I've ever heard anyone say Nikkor. It's always a Nikon lens).


I always pronounced it NIGH-con and NIGH-cor, but when yuo watch those videos of the crazy asian guy with the British accent he says NICK-con and NICK-cor.

05/23/2013 02:10:08 PM · #53
I seem to be hung up on Pronunciation.

For instance, the sport sandals you have been wearing, Tevas, are not tee-vuhs. here is the proof.

05/23/2013 08:56:12 PM · #54
GIF wars rage on ... I guess it stands for Giraffic Interchange Format ... :-(
 05/23/2013 08:59:07 PM · #55
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by vawendy:
But I still don't understand we go to THE hospital yet brits go to hospital...

In the Midwest you only go to (the) hospital if something "needs fixed."


Or if we are visiting someone who had something that needed fixed, we can be fixing to go...
 05/23/2013 09:08:51 PM · #56
Originally posted by ambaker:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by vawendy:
But I still don't understand we go to THE hospital yet brits go to hospital...

In the Midwest you only go to (the) hospital if something "needs fixed."


Or if we are visiting someone who had something that needed fixed, we can be fixing to go...


Ohhh skerry, Lately I've heard a TON of Missourians say They put so n so in hospital... OMG what's next, Servietts (sorry Snaffels I don't know how to spell that one) being passed ( I kain't spell nuthin' even one) LOL <- what I had to edit

I love how diff folk and even diff area's of the country have their own ways of saying things... Kinda like around here if some one say's "Bless their heart or Bless your heart" It actually means Your and idiot... :) bless ya'lls little heart



Message edited by author 2013-05-23 21:10:08.
 05/23/2013 11:50:14 PM · #57
It Japan, they can't properly say 'McDonald's'. My last name is McDonald and they don't get that it's the same as the fast-food chain until I pronounce it the way they CAN understand it, which is makudonarudo. I try to get my students to learn the proper pronunciation but they have a really tough time with it and I just go with Jason. Their language limits them to a degree and it take a great deal of practice to get it right. We don't have the same excuse...

And, as Pug said, if you pronounce something slightly off in Japan, they don't know what it is your saying. I don't get it. In English, you can be way off and take a good guess at what they are trying to say. I remember reading something about how different cultures/languages try to resolve communication in different ways...gonna go look for that article
 05/24/2013 06:06:35 AM · #58
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:


That's all I could think of when I read the title....

Originally posted by blindjustice:
I seem to be hung up on Pronunciation.

For instance, the sport sandals you have been wearing, Tevas, are not tee-vuhs. here is the proof.



I'll let you figure out how you pronounce Thule, as well.
 05/24/2013 10:51:31 AM · #59
Originally posted by spiritualspatula:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:


That's all I could think of when I read the title....

Originally posted by blindjustice:
I seem to be hung up on Pronunciation.

For instance, the sport sandals you have been wearing, Tevas, are not tee-vuhs. here is the proof.



I'll let you figure out how you pronounce Thule, as well.


I knew it all along. And with respect to Thule, there is a facility right near me in CT.

However we do have a Thames river that is not pronounced the same as in London...(Much the same as Houston street in NYC is not the same as in Texas)
 05/24/2013 12:46:44 PM · #60
Originally posted by blindjustice:
(Much the same as Houston street in NYC is not the same as in Texas)

Houston Street is a relief pitcher ... ;-)
 05/24/2013 02:32:13 PM · #61
*Huston. and pronounced like the texas one, not the ny one.

drives my wife batty that I pronounce almonds - ahh-monds
 05/24/2013 03:32:10 PM · #62
Originally posted by FourPointX:
*Huston. and pronounced like the texas one, not the ny one.

Oh yeah, and also spelled, like the great movie actor/directors ... I forgot since he was traded away from Oakland ...
 05/24/2013 04:03:00 PM · #63
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by FourPointX:
*Huston. and pronounced like the texas one, not the ny one.

Oh yeah, and also spelled, like the great movie actor/directors ... I forgot since he was traded away from Oakland ...

If you still have Coco Crisp you're doing fine.
 05/24/2013 04:10:47 PM · #64
thread derailers-r-us

also in the all time funny name bb hall of fame, Milton Bradley.
 05/24/2013 04:19:17 PM · #65
Originally posted by bohemka:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by FourPointX:
*Huston. and pronounced like the texas one, not the ny one.

Oh yeah, and also spelled, like the great movie actor/directors ... I forgot since he was traded away from Oakland ...

If you still have Coco Crisp you're doing fine.

I just question having a closer named Balfour -- maybe the worst pitching name since Bob Walk ... ;-)
 05/24/2013 04:44:10 PM · #66
bokeh.

That is all...(backs away slowly)
 05/24/2013 08:28:25 PM · #67
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
bokeh.

That is all...(backs away slowly)

okeh-dokeh ...
 05/24/2013 11:20:37 PM · #68
Originally posted by FourPointX:
*Huston. and pronounced like the texas one, not the ny one.

drives my wife batty that I pronounce almonds - ahh-monds

How do you pronounce "pecans"
 05/25/2013 01:12:40 AM · #69
05/25/2013 10:04:42 AM · #70
I have always heard you eat pee-cons and put pee-cans under the bed at night. For the record I say pee can, p'kahn sounds a bit pretentious.

Ant vs. Aunt as well...

But it always cracks me up to hear Germaine from Flight of the Concords say "Ke-babs" with an a like" flab" instead of" bob"s

Message edited by author 2013-05-25 10:17:35.
 05/25/2013 10:23:58 AM · #71
I'll just mention that old film favourite. Velvia.
 05/25/2013 10:35:22 AM · #72
I live in Hurricane, Utah. Pronounced- Her-ah-kun.
 05/25/2013 01:02:22 PM · #73
I always thought Nikon was pronounced Not-as-nice-as-canon. G D & R... ;-)
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