the segueways
I was just about to cite this as the biggest argument I got into about spelling/pronunciation in university. K just wouldn't accept that it would be pronounced segwayway. For someone who knew French, I just didn't get it.
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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.
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2011 12:20:18 pm PDT #29925 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
smonster - Mar 23, 2011 12:41:09 pm PDT #29926 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Schuykill, Conshohocken, Bala Cynwyd, Manayunk, Gladwyne... growing up in Philly will mess you up.
I can pronounce all of these correctly!
I still have a lot of words I can spell but not say, but can't think of them right now.
Kathy A - Mar 23, 2011 12:41:20 pm PDT #29927 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I was just using my new iPod touch to try and take a video of my cat in one of her frequent meowing moments, but she immediately shut up as soon as I turned the thing on. Then, I switched the cameras to see what I look like in motion. OMG, my sister was right--I look a hell of a lot like my Grandma A!! Here's hoping that more weight loss will remove the flap of fat in the middle of my neck, and the hair coloring I'm planning on doing next month will make me look a lot younger.
Strix - Mar 23, 2011 12:45:36 pm PDT #29928 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Frappe. I pronounced it "frap."
Colonel "CALL-o-nel"
chauffeur (in a Trixie Belden book!) -- CHAAFER
And England was an nightmare the first month:
The "THAMES" = Tymes
LESTER Square I said LIEchester (for Leicester)
GLOSTERshyre for GLOSSteshure (Gloustershire)
WorCHEST-er-shyre for WOOSteshure(Worchestershire)
Consuela - Mar 23, 2011 12:54:07 pm PDT #29929 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Frappe. I pronounced it "frap."
That's how it's pronounced! If you're talking about a thick ice cream shake in New England, anyway.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 23, 2011 12:57:19 pm PDT #29930 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I think I just realised that my family pronounces the sauce Worchester as Wistasheer because of a combined Massachusetts/Rochester accent
Sue - Mar 23, 2011 1:13:52 pm PDT #29931 of 30001
hip deep in pie
dilemna
Oooh, that's one that caught me too.
You guys, I got home to two messages from my sister calling from my mom's house. I called and my mom answered. All she said was "Maurice," the name of her cat and she started crying. I guess he had some kind of turn today...my mom found him drooling and trembling, and having peed on the floor. She took him to the vet and they diagnosed him with congestive heart failure, and my mom had him put to sleep. My poor mom is heartbroken.
Sue - Mar 23, 2011 1:14:40 pm PDT #29932 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Wistasheer
That's how my Newfoundlander mother pronounces it too.
Sheryl - Mar 23, 2011 1:26:59 pm PDT #29933 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Ok, where did the warm weather go? The hyacinths are going to be so confused...
billytea - Mar 23, 2011 1:32:49 pm PDT #29934 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I was just about to cite this as the biggest argument I got into about spelling/pronunciation in university. K just wouldn't accept that it would be pronounced segwayway. For someone who knew French, I just didn't get it.
But in French, segue would just be pronounced "seg". That's the mistake I always made, assuming it was French-derived. It's two syllables because it's derived from Italian.