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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:47 AM Original message |
Eye-rack? Eye-rack! |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. makes me want to go Nook You Lar when I hear it that way! |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Actually, Carter was the first person I heard using that abysmal |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. +1! The Carter mispronunciation is indeed a mystery. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Wasn't Carter a nuclear engineer or am I remembering wrong? |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. It's not a mispronunciation |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yeah, I knew about that but it is weird, because it doesn't make phonetic sense! |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. language is dynamic, not static |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Great idea! |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Pandering to the Bubba demographic no doubt. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. I totally agree with you. "The celebration of American ignorance." |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. But Biden isn't stupid |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. it is certainly ignorant to nitpick everyone who doesn't pronounce a word your way |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Yeah, Biden is a hoot. I like Biden. |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Well, sure - |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. "your" way.... no, it's about correct pronunciation of a Nation |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. believe it or not, in english, esp. american english there are regional pronunciations |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Well, phonetically: |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. It reminds me of the way people used to say "EYE-talians" |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
14. if you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't be allowed to invade it. eom |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Now, there's a great slogan! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
16. just shows how ignorant people are |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. Do we call Germany "Deutschland"? |
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