Fortunately the bad pronounciating whiteys still are allowed taquitos in Refugio (well, taquitos is not really a thing there but, my god, the tamales. Plus all the other Mexican food I grew up on there.)
Congratulations to the class of 1999. You all proved more or less adequate.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
lisah - Aug 20, 2007 7:46:06 pm PDT #5783 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Hil R. - Aug 20, 2007 7:46:33 pm PDT #5784 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
How does one pronounce Sepulveda?
Pix - Aug 20, 2007 7:48:28 pm PDT #5785 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
I know the basic rules of Spanish. Why the Willamette rhymes with "Dang nabbit?" I will never know.
Growing up in Connecticut (which is, according to InfoPlease, "from an Indian word [Quinnehtukqut] meaning 'beside the long tidal river'"), I have the opposite problem. I get the Native American names for the most part, but I've felt like a total idiot trying to pronounce names in SoCal. ND laughed his ass off at my first attempt at "Cahuenga."
JenP - Aug 20, 2007 7:49:05 pm PDT #5786 of 10001
HO! Kessin!
high fives lisah
It's SePULLveda, Hil.
JenP - Aug 20, 2007 7:51:49 pm PDT #5787 of 10001
Cahuenga
CuhWENguh? No idea.
lisah - Aug 20, 2007 7:52:13 pm PDT #5788 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
high fives lisah
Diamond State Represent!
Scrappy - Aug 20, 2007 7:53:24 pm PDT #5789 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
How about Waukesha?
tommyrot - Aug 20, 2007 7:55:48 pm PDT #5790 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How about Shawano?
(Hint - it's pronounced with two syllables....)
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2007 7:58:26 pm PDT #5791 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How does one pronounce Sepulveda?
SehPULvdah.
I like to say it SepulVAYda myself. I seem to recall that's not a bastardisation like the rest, but a family name or something.
The worst here for me was trying to get a cab to take me to Los Feliz. Loss FEELiz, for those not from these parts.
DavidS - Aug 20, 2007 7:59:51 pm PDT #5792 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Suh-PULL-veh-duh.
KUH-wheng-uh.
Great. Hec asked a question in movies, and there was some Facebook updating, so I'm still here and can't leave until I find good pictures of Iman and Eve Salvail for my site.
It's good for you, and good for America.