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leomom
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Tue, Dec 18 2007, 5:30 pm
peach wrote: | 1. mauve
2. some pple say "splitt |
mohve (o as in toe)
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leomom
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Tue, Dec 18 2007, 5:35 pm
greenfire wrote: | okay I got a confession
when I say "twelve" & "twenty" it comes out with a ch so it's "chwelve"
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and when I say "that you" it comes out "thatchoo"
About "misled" -- I also pronounced it my-sld when I was a kid. My sister and I still pronounce it that way just as a joke. We also say "poth-older" for potholder... and things like that...
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GAMZu
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Tue, Dec 18 2007, 8:04 pm
I say 40 as forry.
In 3rd grade I got 1 word wrong on the spelling test. I spelled it like the teacher said... "chray."
Apparently, the right answer was "tray."
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leomom
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Tue, Dec 18 2007, 8:23 pm
When I was in 2nd grade, a lot of people misspelled "robot" -- the teacher clearly said: "Robut. Robut."
On the other hand, when I was in 10th grade, I had a wonderful English teacher who made sure we got our spelling words right. When he gave a test, he would say, "Atten-DANCE. Atten-DANCE."
Seemed like cheating at the time but to this day I always remember how to spell attendance!!
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leomom
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Tue, Dec 18 2007, 8:25 pm
Oh, and about chray/tray -- I can't say TRAY. It always comes out chray. Also chree. (You know, those things that grow from the ground, with a chrunk and leaves?)
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frog
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Tue, Dec 18 2007, 8:28 pm
for years I that peculiar was pronounced PEC-ular until it clicked that it was the same word.
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imokay
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Tue, Dec 18 2007, 8:35 pm
Quote: | imokay wrote:
not to ruin anyone's fun, but if youre really unsure, u can look up the word online and actually hear the correct pronunciation... |
Quote: | Last time I checked, dictionary.com will play the sound only if you are a member |
actually, if you search for "define word_you_want_to_hear_pronounced" (ie: define ethereal) on the yahoo search engine and click on the first link, it will display the definition with a little pic of a megaphone- click on the pic to hear the word's pronounciation
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happy2beme
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Wed, Dec 19 2007, 12:51 pm
oh wow. I feel like this thread was made for me!
when I was a kid (& I have my moments now:) ), I used to pronounce half the words wrong cuz I would just read them in books.
I can't forget the way my sis laughed at me when I pronounced debris how it's spelled instead of Debree....
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Tamiri
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Wed, Dec 19 2007, 12:58 pm
[quote="yoyosma"]Now that we are talking about odd English names, what about Freha? How do you pronounce that one?
When I was younger I didnt know that Geoffrey and Jeffrey were pronounced the same way.
What about Van Heusen? I say it Van Hugh- sen, correct?[/quote]
ROFL, a Freha in Hebrew is a "loose girl". Frai-cha in Hebrew... never saw it in English.
Van Hoo-sen.
Leutenant (or however you spell it) is LEF-tenenat in British English!
And how about Colonel? You pronounce it KERnel!!!! How did "L" turn into "R"???
I have had trouble with some words since I left the US after 5th grade, before my vocabulary was mature. I still sometimes say things in a "funny" way, and find that ladies my age who made Aliya around when I did have the same issues....
My father, for some reason, pronounced Pennsylvania: Pennslavania. Maybe that is 30s Brooklynese?
And I say In-ter-es-ting, but was told to say in-tres-ting? Which is correct?
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louche
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Wed, Dec 19 2007, 1:02 pm
Blossom wrote: | The word penalized is
pen-alized or peenalized?
I always thought it's the first but was just told it's the second |
eether or Eyether is acceptable, though peenalized is the preferred form.
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louche
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Wed, Dec 19 2007, 1:05 pm
mummiedearest wrote: | for those of you who are harry potter fans--
how many of you think seamus is pronounce see-mus? I know so many people who were shocked to find it pronounced shay-mus. |
Of course I knew how to pronounce it. I always take my torn seforim to Seamus for disposal.
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amother
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Wed, Dec 19 2007, 1:22 pm
a lot of the discussions here involve accent
robot as robut may make sense for some but for others..huh?
for example
some pronounce hot as hot (english, australian) and some pronouce hot as hut. (Nykers)
and you may all laugh at each other but it just boils down to accent
anonymous because I don't live in a hut in the summer 8)
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Ribbie Danzinger
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Wed, Dec 19 2007, 5:27 pm
shanie5 wrote: | u say toe-may-to, I say toe-mah-to,
u say po-tay-to, I say po-tah-to............... |
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technic
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Wed, Dec 19 2007, 5:30 pm
louche wrote: | mummiedearest wrote: | for those of you who are harry potter fans--
how many of you think seamus is pronounce see-mus? I know so many people who were shocked to find it pronounced shay-mus. |
Of course I knew how to pronounce it. I always take my torn seforim to Seamus for disposal. |
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momluv
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Wed, Dec 19 2007, 5:35 pm
technic wrote: | louche wrote: | mummiedearest wrote: | for those of you who are harry potter fans--
how many of you think seamus is pronounce see-mus? I know so many people who were shocked to find it pronounced shay-mus. |
Of course I knew how to pronounce it. I always take my torn seforim to Seamus for disposal. |
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I had no clue!
I remember my bookworm sister had to be corrected on many pronunciations. one was canopy which she pronounced cah-nopey
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greenfire
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Wed, Dec 19 2007, 5:46 pm
technic wrote: | louche wrote: | mummiedearest wrote: | for those of you who are harry potter fans--
how many of you think seamus is pronounce see-mus? I know so many people who were shocked to find it pronounced shay-mus. |
Of course I knew how to pronounce it. I always take my torn seforim to Seamus for disposal. |
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well I guess I'll just stick to reading it see mus ... so I don't get confused
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Maya
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Wed, Dec 19 2007, 5:49 pm
Ribbie Danzinger wrote: | shanie5 wrote: | u say toe-may-to, I say toe-mah-to,
u say po-tay-to, I say po-tah-to............... |
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amother
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Wed, Dec 19 2007, 5:55 pm
This is embarrasing so I will stay anonymous.
When I was younger in elementry I hope not in H.S. I would say Home Depot. dee pot as in pot that you cook in.
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RedRuby
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Wed, Dec 19 2007, 6:21 pm
Quote: | I can't forget the way my sis laughed at me when I pronounced debris how it's spelled instead of Debree.... |
Reminds me of when I order Perrier in a restaraunt as a teenager.
(I rhymed it with Merrier) The waiter was trying not to smile and then it dawned on me, Oh! It's French....Perr-I-ay.)
So, happy to hear about debris with an 's' and depot with a 't'.
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shanie5
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Wed, Dec 19 2007, 10:48 pm
is the second day of the week pronounced tews-day or tyues-day?
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