AnnabelLee
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Thu Jul-10-03 01:49 PM
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the am-a-lance (heard in my neck of the woods as amb-a-lance) was considered to be ebonics? Anybody know?
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| -Mispronounced words |
BurtWorm |
Jul-12-03 11:41 PM |
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Here's one |
Raenelle |
Jul-10-03 01:43 PM |
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Your example makes me think of people who say |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 01:49 PM |
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On the pronunciation of "nuclear" I agree |
AnnabelLee |
Jul-10-03 01:45 PM |
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That one really does bother me |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 01:47 PM |
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Amen, bro. |
kmla |
Jul-10-03 02:03 PM |
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Am-byew-lunce NOT Am-a-lance |
unidentifiedbassplayer |
Jul-10-03 01:46 PM |
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I thought that |
AnnabelLee |
Jul-10-03 01:49 PM |
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Forte is my favorite |
notmypresident |
Jul-10-03 01:48 PM |
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Dick Cavett tells a story about how he once mispronounced |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 01:51 PM |
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Both ways are correct in English |
roughsatori |
Jul-10-03 02:03 PM |
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I'm afraid "forte" is usually for-tay....as in "pedantry is my for-tay"... |
Pert_UK |
Jul-10-03 09:43 PM |
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forte does mean strong |
DinoBoy |
Jul-10-03 10:44 PM |
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How about |
bmbmd |
Jul-10-03 01:52 PM |
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This one bugs the hell out of me |
Superfly |
Jul-10-03 01:52 PM |
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How do you figure? |
Interrobang |
Jul-10-03 01:53 PM |
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I knew impious would blow someone's mind. |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 02:01 PM |
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I'll just use irreverent instead if impious. |
RushIsRot |
Jul-10-03 03:10 PM |
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But IMP-ee-us is so much fun to say |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 03:15 PM |
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Mischievous is not "Miss CheeVious" arghhhhh |
roughsatori |
Jul-10-03 01:53 PM |
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And the "t" in "often" is silent |
nuxvomica |
Jul-10-03 02:03 PM |
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The "l" in "salmon" is silent, too. |
Nay |
Jul-10-03 04:21 PM |
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In Texas they say im-PORD-ant |
Skittles |
Jul-10-03 02:05 PM |
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Me too. That used to drive me crazy. |
XNASA |
Jul-10-03 02:19 PM |
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I hear you too, even though I live in the land of |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 02:22 PM |
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Don't forget ... |
liberalpress |
Jul-10-03 08:21 PM |
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Anyways... |
GOPisEvil |
Jul-10-03 02:07 PM |
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Or it's cousin, Anyhoo |
supernova |
Jul-10-03 03:03 PM |
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It's not so much the word "anyhoo"....its some of the people that use it. |
GOPisEvil |
Jul-10-03 03:23 PM |
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Gentiles should practice pronouncing "kv" before attempting |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 02:09 PM |
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Forte is pronounced fort |
bif |
Jul-10-03 02:13 PM |
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Not Looking For An Argument, but. . . |
ProfessorGAC |
Jul-10-03 03:21 PM |
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Forte in Italian is two syllables. Used for musical notation. |
NYC |
Jul-10-03 05:38 PM |
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That was Basil Forte, right? |
ForrestGump |
Jul-10-03 08:00 PM |
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An accent on the e |
DinoBoy |
Jul-10-03 10:52 PM |
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REAL-ter |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 02:23 PM |
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dem-o-CRAT-ic PAR-ty |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 02:39 PM |
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It's Espresso NOT Expresso |
SiouxJ |
Jul-10-03 05:19 PM |
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Kind of like eck SET-er-a instead of et SET-er-a |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 06:30 PM |
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Yes! |
SiouxJ |
Jul-10-03 07:20 PM |
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Yipes!! |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 08:16 PM |
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One more note---you TOE a line, not tow it |
Maeve |
Jul-10-03 06:07 PM |
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unless you're on a tow-boat |
I AM SPARTACUS |
Jul-10-03 06:16 PM |
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The mispronounciation of foreign names |
Jonte_1979 |
Jul-10-03 06:31 PM |
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Nietzsche = "NEE chur", not "NEE CHEE".....live with it. |
Pert_UK |
Jul-10-03 08:14 PM |
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But we do pronounce R's over here |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 08:20 PM |
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I know, I was just messing with you on the tomato thing..... |
Pert_UK |
Jul-10-03 08:24 PM |
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Except that we spell it aluminum |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 08:31 PM |
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Al is a screwy story |
DinoBoy |
Jul-10-03 10:18 PM |
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That's very interesting, DinoBoy! |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 10:48 PM |
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Jag-u-are instead of Jag-war is a bit annoying to me |
KFC |
Jul-10-03 08:32 PM |
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Nick-are-AH-gyoo-uh instead of Nick-are-AH-gwa |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 08:39 PM |
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AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!! It's Ja-gyooer..... |
Pert_UK |
Jul-10-03 09:37 PM |
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I need to get this off my chest... |
Avatar13 |
Jul-10-03 09:09 PM |
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Novitiate is a Place |
OrdinaryTa |
Jul-10-03 09:50 PM |
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This isn't so much a word as a |
Radicalliberal |
Jul-10-03 09:56 PM |
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FX Mayor Quimby's nephew: "It's CHOW-der....CHOW-der! Come back here!" |
Pert_UK |
Jul-10-03 09:58 PM |
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HI ALL! I'm from Wis-CON-sin |
wes_clark_for_pres |
Jul-10-03 10:01 PM |
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I thought you guys said |
BurtWorm |
Jul-10-03 10:37 PM |
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somewhere in between! n/t |
wes_clark_for_pres |
Jul-11-03 12:11 PM |
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The planet Uranus |
DinoBoy |
Jul-10-03 10:30 PM |
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and anything foreign |
DinoBoy |
Jul-10-03 10:37 PM |
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Only in New York |
OrdinaryTa |
Jul-10-03 11:55 PM |
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