I live next to New London. Guess what the big river running through New London is? Yes, the Thames. Guess how we say "Thames"? Hint: the first phonic is the same as the word "think". Boy was it embarassing to try to explain this to my British friends.
Jayne is a girl's name.
River ,'Trash'
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.
Pix - Jan 31, 2005 9:26:16 am PST #2475 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
amych - Jan 31, 2005 9:26:53 am PST #2476 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
We have a Cashiers ("CASH-ers") and a Buena Vista ("BYOO-na". I shit you not), but most NC pronunciation traps are just a matter of losing syllables -- Fayetteville leans towards Fet-vl, or Winston-Salem becomes Winston.
sumi - Jan 31, 2005 9:28:22 am PST #2477 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I grew up pronouncing breeches as britches and I dislike the long e pronunciation.
msbelle - Jan 31, 2005 9:28:57 am PST #2478 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Ugh, I am drowning in old data sheets that I neglected to go through in the last year. office still 8 billion degrees and I am gonna be stinky when I leave.
shrift - Jan 31, 2005 9:29:35 am PST #2479 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
NOTHING is more fun than saying "Titicaca."
POT-uh-WAH-tuh-me. Said really super fast. Almost as fun. Not quite the glorious titty caca, but still fun.
Nutty - Jan 31, 2005 9:32:45 am PST #2480 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
must not have any family what works on ships, else you'd hear it lots.
Ha! Amazingly enough, I have a cousin in the Navy. But I have never quizzed him about modern rank. (And until two years ago, he did not work on a ship anyway, just fixed things right next to the ocean.)
Kristin, the Thames River thing totally threw me when I moved to CT. I was like, "No, really guys, it's Tems. My mom is an English teacher. It's Tems." And they were like, "Are we in England? No? Then shut up, you stupid Massachusetts kid."
tommyrot - Jan 31, 2005 9:33:31 am PST #2481 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.
"Are we in England? No? Then shut up, you stupid Massachusetts kid."
Words to live by.
OK, maybe not....
Nora Deirdre - Jan 31, 2005 9:35:18 am PST #2482 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
"Are we in England? No? Then shut up, you stupid Massachusetts kid."
I'm going to start saying this to Tom during arguments.
Pix - Jan 31, 2005 9:35:27 am PST #2483 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
And they were like, "Are we in England? No? Then shut up, you stupid Massachusetts kid."
Bwah!!! So. Damn. True. That is exactly how we are. I dated a guy (coincidentally, from Massachusetts) who refused to pronounce it the right [our] way purely on snoot factor. I thought my mom was going to bitchslap him, and she is not normally a violent person.
She basically said the above, though I think a bit more nicely.
In England, yes. The Tems. In CT? Thhhhhhhhames.
Cashmere - Jan 31, 2005 9:38:19 am PST #2484 of 10002
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