I don't think that's spelled right.
Feel free to correct me. All I know is it got enough google hits to make me risk it. But I'd not swear on a stack of HHTTG, or anything.
Seems like everyone's got a tale to tell.
Mal ,'Safe'
Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2005 8:54:05 am PST #2413 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Steph L. - Jan 31, 2005 8:54:18 am PST #2414 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Tchopatoulis.
Isn't that (more or less) "chap-a-tooliss"?
Puyallup
Is that "poo-ALL-up"?
Nutty - Jan 31, 2005 8:54:39 am PST #2415 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
My favorite part of English is dropping whole syllables without noting it in the spelling. It just screams "I am an old word!", and I like old words. Like clapboard, waistcoat, forecastle, boatswain.
Nilly - Jan 31, 2005 8:55:19 am PST #2416 of 10002
Swouncing
I should have asked people to pronounce stuff when I had been in the USA, just to understand what y'all are talking about now regarding pronunciation, right?
OK, back to grading for me. If anyone sees me here before tomorrow, please misspell or mispronounce my name in a way that will remind me I should be doing other things, OK? Thanks.
sarameg - Jan 31, 2005 8:55:21 am PST #2417 of 10002
Des Moines= DiMoyn.
I love some of the Maya/Aztec names for their impossibleness. Even if you have some idea of the phonetics at work, you can get them so very wrong.
Steph L. - Jan 31, 2005 8:55:39 am PST #2418 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Of course, I was the annoying friendless pedantic second-grader who RAILED against my classmates' pronunciation of "PUH-sketti" and "crown" (for "crayon").
Ahhh, nothing like trying to win friends through pedantry and correction.
And old habits die hard, as we have witnessed here. I really gotta stop my bitchy pedantry.
tommyrot - Jan 31, 2005 8:57:04 am PST #2419 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My boss's dog does not like banana peppers....
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2005 8:57:05 am PST #2420 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Like clapboard, waistcoat
What do you drop from clapboard? I don't think I've ever heard it shortened. And I know I've heard waistcoat pronounced fully quite a lot.
Seeya, Neely!
Ginger - Jan 31, 2005 8:57:44 am PST #2421 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Des Moines: How does one pronounce it?
Deh Moin
Dana - Jan 31, 2005 8:58:38 am PST #2422 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Tchopatoulis.
Isn't that (more or less) "chap-a-tooliss"?
chop-uh-too-liss