And why do you click "Start" to shut down Windows?
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.
Tilden
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.
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....If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?Why are they called "apartments" when they are so close together?Why are there brail dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?If Seven-Eleven is open 24 hours-a-day, 365 days-a-year, why are there locks on the doors?What would a chair look like if your knees bent the other way?Why does an alarm clock "go off" when it turns on?Why does cargo go by ship and shipment go by truck?Why is it a "pair" of panties and only one bra?Why do I need a driver's license to buy liquor if I can't drink-and-drive?Lastly, If "pro" is the opposite of "con", is progress the opposite of congress?
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....
Can't help you much more than that. When people use static grass they usually glue it down to the scenery.
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!
Jeff But it's a dry heat!
Cough, bough, though, through, tough, ...what's up with that?
"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
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?
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
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
Remember: In South Carolina, North is southeast of Due West... HIOAg /Bill
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)
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...
https://tstage9.wixsite.com/nyc-modeling
Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
Phoebe Vet,
Appreciate the explanation and history.
Teditor.
Teditor
Teditor wrote: Phoebe Vet wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbIBest I could do for laboratory.Nothing to do with the quote, but how do you pronounce 'Phoebe'?Teditor
Phoebe Vet wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbIBest I could do for laboratory.
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'?
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.
Phoebe Vet wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbIBest I could do for laboratory.
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)
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.
Awesome, man. LOL
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Phoebe Vet wrote: Best I could do for laboratory.
Good enough, phoebe Vet, I needed a good laugh this morning !
Warren
Phoebe Vet wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPu-C5vvzU4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPu-C5vvzU4
LOL , very good Phoebe Vet !
Nice use of OZ English by Rolf in that song !
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 !
Teditor wrote:still spelt 'Aluminium' in Awestralia! Teditor
Still that way in Inglish too !
Phoebe Vet wrote:SymbolNameAtomic NumberAtomic WeightGroup NumberAlAluminum1326.987538(2)13DescriptionStandard State: solid at 298 KColor: silveryThe 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
Description
Standard State: solid at 298 KColor: 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!
Kah-toe? Kay-to?
Barkman? Backman? Barshman?
Train? Train? Train?
The last one is the important one!
Another Aussie, Ozzy, (Are-see!).