On the "clapboard" thing from a while back, I've heard it pronounced as both "clap-board" (from most people) and as "clabb'd" (in New England). I can't remember ever hearing "clabberd."
Zoe: Uh huh. River, honey? He's putting the hair away now. River: It'll still be there... waiting.
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Hil R. - Jan 31, 2005 3:44:52 pm PST #2627 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
DXMachina - Jan 31, 2005 3:47:24 pm PST #2628 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Yeah we hear that one here, as well. (I was talking about Warwick, RI, gwound zewo for the silent r.)
(As amych has already noted...)
Jesse - Jan 31, 2005 3:50:37 pm PST #2629 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hil, in New England "clabbered" would tend to be pronounced "clabbid" anyway.
OOH! Like when I realized the mother in Little Women is actually called "Mommy."
Hil R. - Jan 31, 2005 3:52:15 pm PST #2630 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hil, in New England "clabbered" would tend to be pronounced "clabbid" anyway.
Yeah, I know. I'm just saying that I've never heard anybody pronounce that r and not say "clap-board."
Sue - Jan 31, 2005 3:52:24 pm PST #2631 of 10002
hip deep in pie
My from Warwick RI former roommate called it "Warrick."
DXMachina - Jan 31, 2005 3:53:54 pm PST #2632 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
As I noted, many, many, pronunciations.
Henry Higgins could have a field day at the Warwick Mall.
Trudy Booth - Jan 31, 2005 3:55:56 pm PST #2633 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
OOH! Like when I realized the mother in Little Women is actually called "Mommy."
She IS?!?!?
Jesse - Jan 31, 2005 3:58:12 pm PST #2634 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's my guess, anyway. "Mar" in New England-ese = "mah." Mah-mee = mommy.
Trudy Booth - Jan 31, 2005 4:04:10 pm PST #2635 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Holy COW!
That makes sense. And I'm stunned. Seriously.
sumi - Jan 31, 2005 4:14:35 pm PST #2636 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
It took me forever to realize that too!
(I suppose that "Mommy" was so colloquial that there wasn't yet a conventional way to spell it.)