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Little Star

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60. I was Born in New Haven but spent my first 10+ years in Cheshire...

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 05:02 PM

Nov 2012

My father was a stone mason and he helped build the grammar school in Cheshire, the one that was across from the boys reformatory. Don't know if it's still there or not.

I remember driving from Cheshire to New Haven as a wee person. My parents always tried to entertain me by pointing out The Sleeping Giant. It did impress me too! Just the mention of it brings back warm childhood memories for me.

From there I moved up to Massachusetts and have been here ever since. Still have relatives in CT though they live in the Niantic area now.

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Did Alex Witt just say 'valets'...and pronounce it 'val-itts'? [View all] ClusterFreak Nov 2012 OP

Yeah. Part of the problem is that too many SheilaT Nov 2012 #1

People who are bi- or multi-lingual sometimes have problems carrying over pronunciation rules Rozlee Nov 2012 #27

That's a different situatioin. SheilaT Nov 2012 #63

Savannah Guthrie is just as bad zuzu98 Nov 2012 #2

It does rhyme... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #48

She's an idiot. I thought so when she was on MSNBC. But...re biopic... Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #69

Well that's how they say it on Downton Abbey! n/t teenagebambam Nov 2012 #3

It's the way British people (and American pommy-wannabees) pronounce it Bucky Nov 2012 #4

I say ArgentYne and ConTRAHvursy obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #26

Alex originates from southeast Asia. I don't know whether she is full Asian or part, bluestate10 Nov 2012 #29

That is an excellent point obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #30

Alex Witt was born in Los Angeles... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #46

Yep. Pardon. nt bluestate10 Nov 2012 #59

LOL. Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #62

I was thinking of Alex Wagner as well PatSeg Nov 2012 #65

Alex Witt is from California nt bayareamike Nov 2012 #54

I think you mean "conTROVersy" Spider Jerusalem Nov 2012 #61

Fair enough. My point was really about which syllable got the emphasis Bucky Nov 2012 #70

Nah, I stress the first syllable (but then I'm American). Spider Jerusalem Nov 2012 #71

It might be a regional pronunciation. Cleita Nov 2012 #5

I heard some guy on a tv show call a radiator a boston bean Nov 2012 #6

Here in Philly, we say "radd-ee-ator" BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #21

Oh no no no drthais Nov 2012 #33

Pronounce "Park my Car" nt. bluestate10 Nov 2012 #35

I'm proud of my accent. yes I have a pretty strong yankee accent. boston bean Nov 2012 #44

Not Hyacinth, is she? LiberalAndProud Nov 2012 #7

I love it when they talk about the Quinnipiac University polls. Stinky The Clown Nov 2012 #8

Sounds like KWIN-uh-pe-ack. Jennicut Nov 2012 #20

My folks lived just a mile or two from Sleeping Giant Stinky The Clown Nov 2012 #32

What is the correct pronunciation? LiberalAndProud Nov 2012 #40

Like this: Jennicut Nov 2012 #51

Thanks. LiberalAndProud Nov 2012 #53

KWIN uh pee ack Stinky The Clown Nov 2012 #64

I grew up in Cheshire. I understand the pain. Jennicut Nov 2012 #47

I was Born in New Haven but spent my first 10+ years in Cheshire... Little Star Nov 2012 #60

Must be Chapman School. Jennicut Nov 2012 #66

We should throw tv speakers a dish of New England names and watch their eyes budge out. nt bluestate10 Nov 2012 #38

I would pronounce it "Kwi-ni-pak". bluestate10 Nov 2012 #41

No one (almost no one) mispronounces caucus. Causes, caucusing.... a word I have no idea 2on2u Nov 2012 #9

Maybe that's how it was spelled on the monitor lunatica Nov 2012 #10

It depends on the context. trackfan Nov 2012 #11

+1 justabob Nov 2012 #15

In a small defense of those who are reading aloud, I sometimes accidently revert to the first 1monster Nov 2012 #12

Ah, face it: That girl pwned you... MineralMan Nov 2012 #14

Yeah. That's why it still rankles six years later. 1monster Nov 2012 #23

Yah. One of those kids shows up every couple of years. MineralMan Nov 2012 #24

Phonetically speaking, LiberalAndProud Nov 2012 #16

its a f**ked up language dlwickham Nov 2012 #42

Reading off a teleprompter, it happens a lot. MineralMan Nov 2012 #13

English is weird. MineralMan Nov 2012 #17

It is the UK pronunciation mainer Nov 2012 #18

Well done! MineralMan Nov 2012 #19

Here's how Merriam-Webster pronounces it Laughing Mirror Nov 2012 #22

Valets who dress people are called "vall-itts" obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #25

Cronkite had a couple of interesting pronunciations. madamesilverspurs Nov 2012 #28

My mother just confirmed via text the latter obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #34

That's the correct pronunciation for "junta." MineralMan Nov 2012 #49

He said it wrong obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #50

Oh, oops. MineralMan Nov 2012 #56

IMO; drthais Nov 2012 #31

ok. pt peeve; drthais Nov 2012 #36

oh yes and to add to THAT drthais Nov 2012 #37

There is absolutely nothing worng with doing that obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #39

As a former copy editor, RebelOne Nov 2012 #43

I hear TV people say 'reek havoc' and 'wreck havoc' Kingofalldems Nov 2012 #45

Well, it's spelled "wreak havoc." MineralMan Nov 2012 #52

The more common British pronunciation is with the audible "t" (rhymes with "pallet", not "ballet") Spider Jerusalem Nov 2012 #55

Two great empires, with everyone isolated by a common language. Buns_of_Fire Nov 2012 #57

How do you pronounce geoduck and bonus point if you know what it is uppityperson Nov 2012 #58

Also heard on MSNBC - "ma-cab-er" for "macabre"....nt barnabas63 Nov 2012 #67

This is the way the British pronounce it. mrsadm Nov 2012 #68

Perhaps she learned from Cary Grant? hughee99 Nov 2012 #72