Have any words you're not sure how to pronounce but embarras

mumoo

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 7:56 pm

amother wrote:

Tehilla wrote:

corp is pronounced "cor"

in every context? do u know y that is?

unauthorized opinion:
corp. as an abbreviation for corporation is pronounced with the p sound
corps as in Marine Corps comes from the French (?) for body and the p and the s are silent (as are a lot of French letters...)

I once said the word pint (pie-nt) and my son told me he had always read it as pint (pin-t) then my daughter said she did too

amother

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 8:01 pm

I am never sure how this designer brand is pronounced. anyone know for certain?

hermes (ive heard a few possibitlies like Ermez, Hermay, Ermay, Hermez)

amother cuz embarrassed

louche

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 8:04 pm

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...

and on shabbos and YT you can--gasp!--use the DICTIONARY!!!!

simplesima

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 8:04 pm

martyr I allways have a hard time with how do you prononunce it?
I have a hard time w/so many R's

Maya

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 8:06 pm

amother wrote:

I am never sure how this designer brand is pronounced. anyone know for certain?

hermes (ive heard a few possibitlies like Ermez, Hermay, Ermay, Hermez)

amother cuz embarrassed

I used to pronounce is Ermay, but I once heard it on Will & Grace, and it was pronounced Hermez.

Toot

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 8:07 pm

amother wrote:

I am never sure how this designer brand is pronounced. anyone know for certain?

hermes (ive heard a few possibitlies like Ermez, Hermay, Ermay, Hermez)

amother cuz embarrassed

I think it's Ermez, since the initial H in French is not pronounced.

Tehilla

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 8:08 pm

oh I can be corrected, LOL!

martyr? we always pronounced it mahr-ter.

yeah, we can all look it up. but this thread is kinda fun. and crayon, I also have this bizarre, seemingly inexplicable like or dislike of certain words.

Toot

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 8:09 pm

DonnaKL wrote:

martyr I allways have a hard time with how do you prononunce it?
I have a hard time w/so many R's

It's mar-ter, just pretend the Y is an E

greenfire

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 8:21 pm

I know you're gonna laugh but ...

liquer - I pronounce it "lick yur" - according to those who make fun ...

Drunken Smile

amother

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 8:22 pm

greenfire wrote:

I know you're gonna laugh but ...

liquer - I pronounce it "lick yur" - according to those who make fun ...

Drunken Smile

sounds like 'lick your _________'

peach

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 8:31 pm

1. mauve

2. some pple say "splitting image" and some say "spitting image". which is the correct way?

yoyosma

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 9:15 pm

I think spitting image is correct.
What about route? Some people say it like root, some say it like r-ow-t.

MiracleMama

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 9:16 pm

yoyosma wrote:

I think spitting image is correct.
What about route? Some people say it like root, some say it like r-ow-t.

I think both pronunciations of route are acceptable.

He*Sings*To*Me

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 9:29 pm

peach wrote:

1. mauve

2. some pple say "splitting image" and some say "spitting image". which is the correct way?

It is actually from the phrase "spirit and image", implying that one is the "spirit and image" of another...

I'm from the country and it always made sense to me to say "spittin' image", as if to imply it appears that a child looks so much like one its parents that it was as if that parent just "spit" him/her right out! Wink

He*Sings*To*Me

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 9:32 pm

How do you-all pronounce "creek", as in a small, flowing stream of water? Where I am from they say "crick", where I live now they say "creek" Question

Tehilla

Mon, Dec 17 2007, 9:48 pm

HSTM...where are you from? sounds like where I grew up...ya'll know what I mean? LOL. I grew up in a small town close to newton, nc.

amother

Tue, Dec 18 2007, 5:11 am

amother wrote:

in public I will never say the last name 'Pinnis' for fear of accidentally mispronouncing it. freudian slip, ya know? I feel so bad for people with that last name. dh and I were talking about it- we'd probably change our name!! jk

I ahve this problem also except it is with the street in Jerusalem named Pines. I try to say it the ENglish way (likes the trees) since the Hebrew way sounds offensive to my ears.

A while ago we were flying to the US through Dulles airport in Washington DC. DH insisted on calling it Dew-elles even though everyone told him it was pronounced Dull-es.

Thanks fr this thread it really made me laugh.