There is more than one way to pronounce Devon?
All right, yes, date and shop and hang out and go to school and save the world from unspeakable demons. You know, I wanna do girlie stuff!
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
beekaytee - Aug 21, 2007 5:15:15 am PDT #5831 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
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.
Fred Pete - Aug 21, 2007 5:21:25 am PDT #5833 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Frisco is a suburb of Dallas.
Also, a town near Cape Hatteras.
shrift - Aug 21, 2007 5:22:49 am PDT #5834 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Isn't Devon pronounced duh-VAHN in Chicago?
Spent yesterday in bed. Still feel like crap. Now addicted to Korean TV show about a coffee shop.
tommyrot - Aug 21, 2007 5:24:31 am PDT #5835 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.
Isn't Devon pronounced duh-VAHN in Chicago?
Yep.
When I use the word, I have to stop and think whether I'm talking about the street or my (ex)cat. (Senor was a Devon Rex.)
sumi - Aug 21, 2007 5:24:32 am PDT #5836 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
What shrift said.
Paulina - long "i" on the second syllable.
Goethe - pronounce Go-thee (more or less)
Frankenbuddha - Aug 21, 2007 5:26:01 am PDT #5837 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also, San Francisco is not pronounced "Frisco."
Right, it's pronounced "Fresno".
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shrift - Aug 21, 2007 5:26:31 am PDT #5838 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Goethe is the one that really makes me weep. Like the way people pronounce Ponce de Leon in Atlanta.
beekaytee - Aug 21, 2007 5:26:33 am PDT #5839 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
No kidding...huh. Language...what a crazy patchwork thing.
beekaytee - Aug 21, 2007 5:27:15 am PDT #5840 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Ponk duh Lion?
eta: Then again, in Ohio, I heard Troussant pronouced Two-sang.