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Posted by Walleye on Thursday, May 22, 2008 6:28 PM

And why do you click "Start" to shut down Windows?

 

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Posted by Tilden on Thursday, May 22, 2008 5:15 PM

  You know, none of these pronunciations is necessarily wrong.  People are simply pronouncing them using American english.  Versus English english or the native language.
  What really bothers me is pronouncing a word in no language.  In the California central valley there is a town spelled Delano.  In the original spanish it would have an accent mark over the o.  The High School name still does, so that would make it Dell-lan-yo.  In english it should be pronounced like Franklin Delano Roosevelt's middle name, Del-an-oh.   
  How do most of the Valley populace pronounce it?  Duh-lay-no.

Still haven't figured that one out.

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Posted by trainfan1221 on Thursday, May 22, 2008 4:46 PM

As long as we've gone this far..

Why do you drive on a Parkway and park in a driveway?

And I just say Kato with a long A.

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Posted by WP 3020 on Thursday, May 22, 2008 4:20 PM
 jkroft wrote:

I guess this is just one of those topics that will go 'round and 'round with no clear answer.  So on this topic, I've got a few questions that need answering....

  1. If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?
  2. Why are they called "apartments" when they are so close together?
  3. Why are there brail dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?
  4. If Seven-Eleven is open 24 hours-a-day, 365 days-a-year, why are there locks on the doors?
  5. What would a chair look like if your knees bent the other way?
  6. Why does an alarm clock "go off" when it turns on?
  7. Why does cargo go by ship and shipment go by truck?
  8. Why is it a "pair" of panties and only one bra?
  9. Why do I need a driver's license to buy liquor if I can't drink-and-drive?
  10. Lastly, If "pro" is the opposite of "con", is progress the opposite of congress? 

  1. Don' know I just shoot them.
  2. Because when you are in one you wish you were apart from them? Or individual house rooms instead of one big shared room.
  3. I've seen them drive, I think?
  4. Because when Abu gets shot you need to keep the tweakers and gawkers out.
  5. Hospital bed?
  6. ?
  7. ?
  8. Pair of scissors?

Can't help you much more than that. When people use static grass they usually glue it down to the scenery.

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Posted by Vail and Southwestern RR on Thursday, May 22, 2008 3:28 PM

 wjstix wrote:
How about Marklin?? I believe in German it's pronounced "Mare-clean"...as in a recently washed female horse. In the US we usually say "Mark-linn".

Because in the US we usually say it wrong!

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Posted by selector on Thursday, May 22, 2008 1:57 PM

Cough, bough, though, through, tough, ...what's up with that?

 

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Posted by wjstix on Thursday, May 22, 2008 1:46 PM
How about Marklin?? I believe in German it's pronounced "Mare-clean"...as in a recently washed female horse. In the US we usually say "Mark-linn".
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Posted by jkroft on Thursday, May 22, 2008 1:37 PM

I guess this is just one of those topics that will go 'round and 'round with no clear answer.  So on this topic, I've got a few questions that need answering....

  1. If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?
  2. Why are they called "apartments" when they are so close together?
  3. Why are there brail dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?
  4. If Seven-Eleven is open 24 hours-a-day, 365 days-a-year, why are there locks on the doors?
  5. What would a chair look like if your knees bent the other way?
  6. Why does an alarm clock "go off" when it turns on?
  7. Why does cargo go by ship and shipment go by truck?
  8. Why is it a "pair" of panties and only one bra?
  9. Why do I need a driver's license to buy liquor if I can't drink-and-drive?
  10. Lastly, If "pro" is the opposite of "con", is progress the opposite of congress? 

"You show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants on." -anonymous

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:06 PM

Big deal.  In spite of the fact that every comedian on the planet mocks him for it, the frat boy in chief still can't pronounce NUCLEAR.  (Nukular?)

And, of course, I'm still waiting for Brett to explain to us why Favre is pronounced FARVE.

Has anyone ever axed him?

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Posted by lonewoof on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 3:57 PM

If you ever watch "Jeopardy", and the correct 'question' is 'antimony', an American contestant will pronounce it "AN ti MO ny". Alex Trebek (Canadian) will correct them: "an TIM ony". I've taken lots of chemistry courses, and NEVER heard that pronunciation (neither has the dictionary!)

 

NEITHER: NEE ther?  NY ther?

let's call the whole thing off. 

/Lone

 

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Posted by selector on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 11:13 AM
Old Saxon was similar to German.  Each used knecht to indicate a servant.  How it got to be silent is unknown to me.
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Posted by tomikawaTT on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:40 AM

 jkroft wrote:
I never thought that I'd get a phonetic lesson on a MRR forum.  By the way, why isn't "phonetic" spelled the way it sounds?

Because the Greeks had a word for it - it being Phoneme, one of the elementary units of speech that differentiate one sound from another.  For reasons known only to them, the scholars who first wrote the Greek phoneme pho (pronounced FOE) in Roman letters chose to use ph for the F sound.  Hence Telephone, Microphone and, yes, Phonetics.

Does phony sprout from the same root?  Deponent saith not.

For our next exercise, why does the noun for the clown in a tin suit on a horse start with a K that isn't pronounced?

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

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Posted by jkroft on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:39 AM
I never thought that I'd get a phonetic lesson on a MRR forum.  By the way, why isn't "phonetic" spelled the way it sounds?

"You show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants on." -anonymous

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Posted by tstage on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:18 AM

Slightly OT interjection: There was also a pop-singer in the 70s by the name of Phoebe Snow.  Her first name was Phoebe but she changed the last name from Laub to Snow for her stage name.

Okay.  Now that that's out of the way.  Back to our regularly scheduled program...

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Posted by Teditor on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:02 AM

Phoebe Vet, 

Appreciate the explanation and history.

Teditor. 

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 5:06 AM
 Teditor wrote:
 Phoebe Vet wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI

Best I could do for laboratory.

Nothing to do with the quote, but how do you pronounce 'Phoebe'?

Teditor 

You pronounce it:   FeeBee

Phoebe was a common woman's name in the 30s.

In 1949, Lackawanna Railroad invented a ficticious NYC socialite named Phoebe Snow for an advertising campaign promoting the fact that the Lackawanna burned anthracite, a very hard blue colored coal which burned very clean.  She always dressed in white to show that you didn't get covered in soot when you rode Lackawanna passenger trains.

They named their premier train after her.

Interesting side note.  The Train, Phoebe Snow, was never pulled by steam.  She was pulled originally by an F3 ABA consist, and later by E8s.

A singer used the name briefly during the 90s.

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Posted by Teditor on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 12:11 AM
 Phoebe Vet wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI

Best I could do for laboratory.

Nothing to do with the quote, but how do you pronounce 'Phoebe'?

Teditor 

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Posted by WP 3020 on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:56 PM
 tomikawaTT wrote:

My very favo(u)rite is a pronunciation difference that points up a major clash of two cultures that don't quite share a common language.

The word is LABORATORY.  Spelled the same on both sides of the Atlantic.

In the United States, it's LAB - ra -tory.  Accent on the labor.

Elsewhere in the English speaking world, it's lab - O -ratory.  Accent on the oratory.

I rest my case.

Chuck (ducking for cover in Central Japan in September, 1964)

I thought James Bond said it  lab-OR-a-tory or lab-OR-a-tree  kind of like the lava tree when you get sloppy on a plane.

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Posted by Packers#1 on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:34 PM
 Phoebe Vet wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI

Best I could do for laboratory.

Awesome, man. LOL

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Posted by Big Ugly Waz on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:48 PM
 Phoebe Vet wrote:

Best I could do for laboratory.

Good enough, phoebe Vet, I needed a good laugh this morning !

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:41 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI

Best I could do for laboratory.

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Posted by tomikawaTT on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:37 PM

My very favo(u)rite is a pronunciation difference that points up a major clash of two cultures that don't quite share a common language.

The word is LABORATORY.  Spelled the same on both sides of the Atlantic.

In the United States, it's LAB - ra -tory.  Accent on the labor.

Elsewhere in the English speaking world, it's lab - O -ratory.  Accent on the oratory.

I rest my case.

Chuck (ducking for cover in Central Japan in September, 1964)

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Posted by Big Ugly Waz on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:33 PM
 Phoebe Vet wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPu-C5vvzU4

 

LOL Laugh [(-D], very good Phoebe Vet !

Nice use of OZ English by Rolf in that song !

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:27 PM

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Posted by Big Ugly Waz on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:25 PM

 Phoebe Vet wrote:
I'll remember that if I'm ever tempted to move to Botany Bay.

or perhaps England, from where the language and spelling originated ! Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by Big Ugly Waz on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:23 PM
 Teditor wrote:
still spelt 'Aluminium' in Awestralia!

Teditor 

Still that way in Inglish too !

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:18 PM
I'll remember that if I'm ever tempted to move to Botany Bay.

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Posted by Teditor on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:14 PM
 Phoebe Vet wrote:
SymbolNameAtomic NumberAtomic WeightGroup Number
AlAluminum1326.987538(2)13

Description

Standard State: solid at 298 K
Color: silvery

The ancient Greeks and Romans used aluminum in medicines as an astringent, and in dyeing. It was originally spelled Aluminium up until the 1920's, when is was changed to Aluminum.  Aluminum is the most abundant element found in the Earth's crust, but never found free in nature.  Aluminum has many uses ranging from kitchen utensils to the siding used for decorating the outside of a house to various other industrial applications

Still spelt 'Aluminium' in Awestralia!

Teditor 

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Posted by Teditor on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:12 PM

Kah-toe? Kay-to? 

Barkman? Backman? Barshman?

Train? Train? Train?

The last one is the important one!

Teditor

Another Aussie, Ozzy, (Are-see!). 

 

Teditor

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