The second one has to be wrong, though.
Probably. But that's how everyone pronounces it, though.
Glory ,'Potential'
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.
The second one has to be wrong, though.
Probably. But that's how everyone pronounces it, though.
I'm going to live the rest of my life in suspense about Burrell's commute.
::cue evil laugh::
bwah ha ha ha!
Okay, for you, I will cave. If you don't count the daycare drop-off, it's 15 to 30 minutes.
Los Feliz. Loss FEELiz, for those not from these parts
Wow. OK, that makes another one I had wrong.
Waukesha?
I've only ever heard it "WAW-keh-shaw."
Los Feliz trips me every time, and I've lived in CA for ten years now.
... shit, ten years. How'd that happen? When I started posting on TT I was still in Bawlmer.
But that's how everyone pronounces it, though.
Wait, really? I got it right, or that's how everyone pronounces it except the people who live there?
KUH-wheng-uh.
Nope, Jen basically had it right: kuh-WHENG-guh.
Most of the wonky pronounciations in So Cal have to do with the weird bastardization of Spanish. When I was in Washington I couldn't even guess how to pronounce a lot of the place names. Didn't fit my mispronounce-the-Spanish profile.
Wait, really? I got it right, or that's how everyone pronounces it except the people who live there?
Yeah, everyone who lives in or near Shawano pronounces it that way. People who pronounce it the way it's spelled get made fun of.
Wow, I'm suddenly filled with rage. Some assholes on one of the Wired blogs are bad-mouthing my big brother.
Grrrr. Must not reply.