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amother
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 Thu, May 13 2021, 3:30 pm
| amother [ Slategray ] wrote: | Not a word but a city.
I was a grown up with a BA and an MA and traveling for a great job in high tech.
I was on business in California for the week and I had to work until late on Friday so I was staying for Shabbat. I had contacted the OU for a place to stay for Shabbat nearby. I knew I was near my exit but all I saw were exits for La Jolla and I knew I needed "La Hoya". Though I was alone I was soooo embarrassed when I started thinking out sounds in Spanish and figured it out. I had already passed two of the three La Jolla exits of the highway. I still cringe when I think about that. |
Cairo, IL (KAY-roe) vs, Cairo (KIGH-row) Egypt
Delhi, NY (DELL-high) vs. Delhi (DELL-ee), India
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amother
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Thu, May 13 2021, 3:33 pm
| synthy wrote: | | ooh, what about Iran and Iraq? |
Ask someone from edot hamizrach. EE RAHN and EE RAHK. with a lingual R, not a uvular one, of course.
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Rutabaga
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Thu, May 13 2021, 3:50 pm
| zaq wrote: | | gnocchi, actually. pronounced NYAW-key. |
I make gnocchi every so often and I have to enunciate clearly when my kids ask me what's for dinner or they (well, really just the little one) think I'm saying "yucky" instead.
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miami85
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Thu, May 13 2021, 4:00 pm
| bigsis144 wrote: | | How do you pronounce synecdoche? |
sin-ek-doh-key
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miami85
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Thu, May 13 2021, 4:03 pm
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I did a lot of SAT word prep in high school so I learned pronounciations of a lot of random words. My father a"h was very into languages and latin so taught me the importance of root words. One that tripped me up and I found funny when I learned was that "idict" had the same root as "Indicate", I used to think the word was "idight"
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amother
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Thu, May 13 2021, 4:23 pm
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How about: hors d'oeuvres
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cbsp
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Thu, May 13 2021, 4:26 pm
| amother [ Chartreuse ] wrote: | Cairo, IL (KAY-roe) vs, Cairo (KIGH-row) Egypt
Delhi, NY (DELL-high) vs. Delhi (DELL-ee), India |
DH spends a few weeks yearly in Delhi, NY and it's amusing when friends and family (attempt to) correct his pronunciation of the name based on their familiarity with the location in India.
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zaq
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Thu, May 13 2021, 5:10 pm
| Rutabaga wrote: | | I make gnocchi every so often and I have to enunciate clearly when my kids ask me what's for dinner or they (well, really just the little one) think I'm saying "yucky" instead. |
at least you don't call it GaNAHKey, not to be confused with ganache.
Which is pronounced gaNAHsh. Rhymes with A Nosh.
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amother
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Thu, May 13 2021, 5:16 pm
I can pronounce all the above words without thinking besides Worcestershire.
The word banal trips me up all the time.
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amother
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Thu, May 13 2021, 5:17 pm
| amother [ Turquoise ] wrote: | | How about: hors d'oeuvres |
Pronounced orderves. The teacher who taught me this word in high school mispronounced it.
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amother
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Thu, May 13 2021, 5:18 pm
| amother [ Cerise ] wrote: | | Pronounced orderves. The teacher who taught me this word in high school mispronounced it. |
I thought it's aw derbs.
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amother
Cerise
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Thu, May 13 2021, 5:27 pm
| amother [ Red ] wrote: | | I thought it's aw derbs. |
awr -durvz - from Dictionary.com.
American pronunciation
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amother
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Thu, May 13 2021, 5:49 pm
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How about Bogota, NJ vs Bogota, Colombia?
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rising hero
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Thu, May 13 2021, 7:16 pm
| Shabbosiscoming wrote: | | Yes, but I always trip up on Wocestershire. There's a reason it has that reputation |
Yep.
Anesthesiologist also somehow always trips me up.
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zaq
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Thu, May 13 2021, 7:18 pm
| amother [ Slategray ] wrote: | | How about Bogota, NJ vs Bogota, Colombia? |
Good one!
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zaq
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Thu, May 13 2021, 7:23 pm
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Well, if we're going to talk about words we don't know how to pronounce...it took me months to work up the courage to ask my mother how to pronounce the surname of the couple down the hall, spelled (wait for it) ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................F-U-C-H-S.
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cbsp
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Thu, May 13 2021, 7:30 pm
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Anyone else with old time Williamsburg folk who pronounced it "Hevesh" street?
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amother
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Thu, May 13 2021, 7:46 pm
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There are words I know how to pronounce but I'm not able to, or not without difficulty. Words like "sixths".
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amother
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Thu, May 13 2021, 7:47 pm
| cbsp wrote: | | Anyone else with old time Williamsburg folk who pronounced it "Hevesh" street? |
what is it really?
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cbsp
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Thu, May 13 2021, 8:00 pm
| amother [ Chartreuse ] wrote: | | what is it really? |
Hewes
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