Hee. I think less "brah" and more "b," right?
The "ah" is basically an exhalation of breath. But it sounds wrong if you stop at the r.
Steph, we were discussing that unpronouncable designer just yesterday. This chick, calls him "On-yay." [link]
Stop means no. And no means no. So . . . stop.
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - Mar 23, 2011 10:15:10 am PDT #29842 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Daisy Jane - Mar 23, 2011 10:17:06 am PDT #29843 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Hee. I think less "brah" and more "b," right?
I thought it sounded like you were about to do the whole brah sound but then you sort of stifle on the br bit.
I gave up on trying to pronounce Louisiana names until I heard them. Hebert, anyone?
Here's a thing I have about being wrong. I try to not unequivocally say I am right unless I've seen enough facts that I'm convinced. If I'm kinda unsure, or haven't read enough or don't know enough to interpret what I've read, I do the whole, "I'm pretty sure it's this, but I could be wrong." And I like to discuss things and still argue my point of view.
However, if I'm convinced, I am immovable. This often leads people to tell me, "You always argue when you think you're right." Which, no, I argue when it's interesting just not as intensely. Why would I argue intensely if I didn't think I was right?
Jesse - Mar 23, 2011 10:18:36 am PDT #29844 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I gave up on trying to pronounce Louisiana names until I heard them. Hebert, anyone?
This is why proper nouns are a whole nother story -- the right way to pronounce them is however the people who live there say it! Or however the person says it, if it's their own name.
Trudy Booth - Mar 23, 2011 10:19:27 am PDT #29845 of 30001
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
I have to check myself every time I say hyperbole out loud, because I still pronounce it hyperbowl in my head.
I'm similar with February and Wednesday. I know how to pronounce them correctly, but I mis-pronounce them in my head for spelling purposes.
Ginger - Mar 23, 2011 10:23:10 am PDT #29846 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
ION, someone had left a Worm's Way garden supply catalog at the Y that I looked at on the treadmill. The entry for Garlic Barrier [link] said, "Repels harmful bugs and Team Edward." The one for soft twist tie wire said, "We're very bendy."
Connie Neil - Mar 23, 2011 10:24:35 am PDT #29847 of 30001
brillig
My mother could not say the name Nelson without putting the letter T in between the syllables, Neltson. I'm afraid we mocked her for it, which she took with good grace. I never tried her on Wilson.
Daisy Jane - Mar 23, 2011 10:26:16 am PDT #29848 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
One of my girls says "bitch" by pronouncing every one of the last 3 consonants.
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2011 10:26:26 am PDT #29849 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Misled is my word. How the fuck I got to university thinking "misle" was a verb--I should be ashamed of myself.
Then I found out my considerably more erudite sister did the same thing.
Allyson, I'd love to meet your mother. Seriously.
Daisy Jane - Mar 23, 2011 10:27:16 am PDT #29850 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Who has 2 thumbs and does not want to hop on her newsletter conference call in 3 minutes?
Steph L. - Mar 23, 2011 10:30:09 am PDT #29851 of 30001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I'm similar with February and Wednesday. I know how to pronounce them correctly, but I mis-pronounce them in my head for spelling purposes.
I talk so quickly that I pronounce "twenty" like a lot of people do -- "twenny." And the nuns in my high school, for some reason, always pounced on that and would stop me (or whoever said it) and make them pronounce it correctly -- "twen-tee."
And I still say it "twenny."