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Gold star for Sue.
The 'weskit' thing isn't snotty. Is it just an older pronunciation? I know people with titles who happily say waistcoat.
I first learned the mysterious pronunciation of 'colonel' whilst playing Cluedo as a kid. And then took great joy in mocking all the kids who pronounced it wrongly when I played with them. Good times.
Okay, you will never actually use this word outside of historical novels about the navy, but it is a neat word nonetheless.
You must not have any family what works on ships, else you'd hear it lots.
Heh. Now I'll think of it that way, and giggle like a 12-year-old. Before I'd just thought, "sequin with an M."
I'd never actually thought of it that way (the vulgar way--see quim was PERFECTLY INNOCENT in my head) until, literally, when I typed it upthread. Now I can't stop giggling at it.
Ah, yes, pizzicato. "Ow. Ow. Ow. Okay, boring, and also, ow!"
I still distinctly remember this thing--good Lord, I think I even remember the name, it was "Festique"--that I played in middle school where the violas repeated the same measure something like fifty-seven times. I can still hum it, fourteen years later.
I think you misspelled "The Nutcracker Suite".
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Wants to Commit Bloody Murder Every Christmas
what pronunciation bugs me? Film with two syllables. Fill-um. It's just wrong.
We have a Cairo (KAY -ro) around here and Havana that's sometimes pronounced HEYvana, depending on who you talk to.
NOTHING is more fun than saying "Titicaca."
How about saying "Mukwonago"?
How about saying "Mukwonago"?
Mukwonago. Titicaca. Nope. Titicaca wins. It's like you're saying something dirty when you're not.
People in the upper peninsula of Michigan pronounce "creek" as "crick".
Also, a street in Detroit: Gratiot pronounced "Gra-shit"
Which celebreties are are the worst customers? [link]
When asked who are the most annoying customers, our translator reports that Jah replied, “My friend Naomi Campbell always wants the best table, even if it’s already taken by other celebrities and she’s a drama queen.