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| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 07:11:12
how do you pronounce it? like eye-ther or like eee-ther? it's bugging me, i use both, but always use the other one to what people say, to correct them, as though i pronounce it right and they don't... are there any other words like that?
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| VoVat |
Posted - 04/25/2004 : 12:18:08
I say "Q-pon," but I realize I'm probably wrong. I also say "ahnt" (not "awnt"; there's no W sound in the way I say it).
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| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 04/25/2004 : 11:18:14
quote:
Originally posted by speedy_m
How about "Tuesday"? I say "twos-day", but I know some people (ahem... Dean....) who say "tews-day", with a more exaggerated "tew".
hmm, i kind of say 'choose-day' - is that wrong? 
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| speedy_m |
Posted - 04/25/2004 : 10:17:53
How about "Tuesday"? I say "twos-day", but I know some people (ahem... Dean....) who say "tews-day", with a more exaggerated "tew". |
| ProverbialCereal |
Posted - 04/25/2004 : 10:14:54
How about this one: COUPON
I freaking hate "Q-pon" even if it is the correct way.
As far as I'm concerned, it's "Ku-pon"
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| switchy |
Posted - 04/25/2004 : 10:02:32
to bring it around to Frank..
when i singing along to "where is my mind", i'll usually say care-a-BEE-en instead of cuh-RIBBY-en. just to take the piss, as you English say.
i had a professor last year who would always say "across" as "acrosst/acrossed", neither (knee-ther vs nye-ther!) of which is a word. she was a bitch, so it's ok to make fun of her. |
| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 04/25/2004 : 07:48:01
quote:
Originally posted by benji
no it's not pronounced scowns.
my intial phonetic spelling was poor i admit, but scowns it is not.
it's scons.
there's no 'ou' or 'w' in there anywhere for a reason.
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but there is an 'e' at the end, which makes the 'o' a 'oh' sound, not a 'o' sound...
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| benji |
Posted - 04/25/2004 : 07:28:21
no it's not pronounced scowns.
my intial phonetic spelling was poor i admit, but scowns it is not.
it's scons.
there's no 'ou' or 'w' in there anywhere for a reason.
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| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 04/25/2004 : 07:24:59
quote:
Originally posted by benji
i think it can be either.
man i'm funny.
i use both depending on the situation..
and it's definitely sc-ons
none of the sc-owns stuff....
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but it's spelt scones you retard. it's pronounced sc-owns.
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| benji |
Posted - 04/25/2004 : 07:12:51
i think it can be either.
man i'm funny.
i use both depending on the situation..
and it's definitely sc-ons
none of the sc-owns stuff....
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| El Barto |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 18:10:42
I pronounce it "eether" usually. I also say "onvelope" at work when explaining rebates to customers.
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| NimrodsSon |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 14:20:31
I say ofTen, EYEther, and Onvelope. What I hate the most is when people say AWnt instead of ant when referring to one's aunt, but I guess AWnt is the right pronounciation, I don't know. I also say pOOr instead of pore when saying the word poor
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| ObfuscateByWill |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 14:10:44
I say the T in ofTen.
Should I be saying off-in?
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Eyether, onvelope, oft-en.
I'm a pretenious fucker.
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 09:57:00
Come 'ere. I'll give you a clip round t'earhole!!!
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| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 09:51:46
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
You have no idea how I talk Simon, and well you know it!!!
Damn you!!! Stop making things up about me!!!
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pull the t'other one mike!
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| realmeanmotorscutor |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 09:22:19
Jeeze, now you all have me thinking about how I speak and I just don't know anymore!!
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 09:22:12
You have no idea how I talk Simon, and well you know it!!!
Damn you!!! Stop making things up about me!!!
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| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 09:20:55
quote:
Originally posted by ShakeyShake
Thats not northern that north midlands
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like where? I thought it was a yorkshire thing?
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| ShakeyShake |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 09:19:40
Thats not northern that north midlands
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| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 09:10:32
quote:
Originally posted by VoVat
I say "ee-ther," usually, but I sometimes switch it up. They're both acceptable, to my mind.
I say "on-velope," but not "om-velope." Is the Omvelope some sort of all-powerful envelope or something?
When I was in elementary school, I had several teachers who pronounced the T in "often." Is that common?
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what's with the other ways of saying envelope?! this is mad! i've never heard anyone say it any other way than en-ve-lope, you know, how it's spelt! you're all mad! saying the T in often is odd, unless you're very northern over here and you're saying t'often... like homers pet monkey does.
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| VoVat |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 09:08:06
I say "ee-ther," usually, but I sometimes switch it up. They're both acceptable, to my mind.
I say "on-velope," but not "om-velope." Is the Omvelope some sort of all-powerful envelope or something?
When I was in elementary school, I had several teachers who pronounced the T in "often." Is that common?
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| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 09:00:31
lol! erm, confusing mixed responses then! i think i'm right with eye-ther though... by the looks of it?
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| ObfuscateByWill |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 08:22:12
I say eye-ther.
I say on-velope.
Don't think I've ever had any reason to say scones. I would say sc-owns, though.
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There's a Marx Bros. bit about this. It's in Night In Casablanca, I think.
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| ShakeyShake |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 08:03:11
The only time ive ever said sw-own-s is when i was taking the piss.I use either either.
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 07:40:11
I say sc-on-s, not sc-own-s. I thought northerners say sc-on-s???
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| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 07:37:29
Ah, she knows where its at...
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| realmeanmotorscutor |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 07:36:56
I thought that The English tended to say eye-ther and Americans "eeee-ther." Who says scoWns?
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| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 07:35:32
good one mike!
yeah, i'd say sc-owns interestingly my scottish grandparents say sc-ons... does my head in! 
erm, yeah, sarah says sc-ons too... and she's southern...
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| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 07:30:15
Sc-on-s, not sc-own-s. Obviously.
Thats a north/south thing for sure.
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 07:27:58
How about scones???
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| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 07:20:22
Cubs honour I am. I don't think the Northern thing has anything to do with it.
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| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 07:17:02
now you see, thinking about it, i actually say eye-ther. maybe it's a north/south thing? as i think my gf says eee-ther too.. not heard the omvelope thing. i think you're not taking my thread seriously.
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| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 04/24/2004 : 07:14:48
eee-ther for sure.
How about envelope and omvelope? I can't believe people still say omvelope.
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