Somehow, even after I lived there for four years, no one in my family can pronounce New Orleans properly. They all either say New Or-LEENZ or a clearly-jokey N'Awlins. I don't know what's so difficult about New OR-linz, but none of them can remember it.
I swear, one of these times, you're gonna wake up in a coma.
Cordelia ,'Showtime'
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.
Hil R. - Aug 21, 2007 4:46:38 am PDT #5823 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Dana - Aug 21, 2007 4:56:36 am PDT #5824 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Interesting article about the downtown Houston tunnel system: [link]
Jesse - Aug 21, 2007 4:59:34 am PDT #5825 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hey, Dana, I might be in Houston for work in October, FYI.
Dana - Aug 21, 2007 4:59:59 am PDT #5826 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oooh!
Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2007 5:05:20 am PDT #5827 of 10001
brillig
Please tell me everyone knows how to pronounce Mojave. As in, three syllables, not two, Mo-HA-ve, not MO-jayve. I knew how to pronounce that before I moved out West, but I've heard many an Easterner use the MO-jayve pronounciation.
beekaytee - Aug 21, 2007 5:11:54 am PDT #5828 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
MO-jayve
boggles
The whatnow?
sumi - Aug 21, 2007 5:13:30 am PDT #5829 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I wonder if they're related to the actual Illinoisans who insist on pronouncing the "s" at and end of the state's name and have you heard how Goethe, Paulina and Devon are pronounced in Chicago?
tommyrot - Aug 21, 2007 5:15:05 am PDT #5830 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.
Also, San Francisco is not pronounced "Frisco."
When people do pronounce it that way, I think it's OK to hit them.
beekaytee - Aug 21, 2007 5:15:15 am PDT #5831 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
There is more than one way to pronounce Devon?
Daisy Jane - Aug 21, 2007 5:18:23 am PDT #5832 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Frisco is a suburb of Dallas. SAN FRANCISCO is my second favorite city ever.