clabberd = clapboard. I have heard people pronouce it clap-board -- but they were very very wrong.
But that is still two syllables.
Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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.
Alibelle - Jan 31, 2005 9:03:58 am PST #2441 of 10002
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
DavidS - Jan 31, 2005 9:04:27 am PST #2442 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Still waiting to hear about the snooty way to pronounce "waistcoat."
sumi - Jan 31, 2005 9:04:43 am PST #2443 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
forecastle = foKsil - kind of.
boatswain = bosn
Cashmere - Jan 31, 2005 9:04:46 am PST #2444 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
My in-laws pronounce "leash" as "lish". I kid you not. "Don't forget to put the dog on the lish."
Drive me bugfuck. Way worse than when they say "warsh". As in, "you warsh your face with a warsh rag."
Freakish Midwestern dialect.
P.M. Marc - Jan 31, 2005 9:04:51 am PST #2445 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Our local Des Moines is pronounced Deh Moynz.
Or, if you're feeling the urge, Dez Moy-knees. (The unofficial mocking/affectionate way of saying it, at least back when I went to high school there.)
Steph L. - Jan 31, 2005 9:04:53 am PST #2446 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
"Clabberd" and "weskit"? Weird.
And I don't even know what a forecastle IS.
Nutty - Jan 31, 2005 9:05:01 am PST #2447 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
waistcoat == weskit. clapboard == clabberd, or if you're in a hurry, clab'd.
My dad used to "correct" my pronunciation of Oregon to "ARE-uh-gon" until I got an actual Oregonian to tell him to quit teaching his grandmother how to suck eggs.
Now, my grandmother did consistently say "ARE-uh-gon" and "FlAH-ri-da" and "ARE-ange", but at least she didn't try to impose this all on every person she met.
Ginger - Jan 31, 2005 9:05:53 am PST #2448 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Still waiting to hear about the snooty way to pronounce "waistcoat."
Vest
Pix - Jan 31, 2005 9:06:08 am PST #2449 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Of course, I spent a good twelve years playing the viola, which means I was playing offbeats half of the time.
Katie! My sistah in viola-playing! How much do we hate pizzicato? Almost as much as we hate whole notes.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 31, 2005 9:06:22 am PST #2450 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
However, maybe Nora or Tom tried it when they were there.
Dude, if they had it, we tried it. If we tried it, it was awesome. I drank a lot of beer that week, but I know that everything from your bro's pub was really great.