I can't hear the word "spigot" without thinking of this:
Re: your coworker. Tell him you are building a pigot fence and request his assistance.
A friend, when told the city of Prescott in Arizona is pronounced "Preskitt," said, "I have a cousin named Skitt."
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We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
this 'gripping' phrase is from a 'People's Choice' blog I was directed to from CNN.com. "Griping subject matter" jumped out at me. Spell-check wouldn't catch that, but don't bloggers work in Word and proof their stuff before sending out to the rest of the planet?
No. Surely this can't be news to you?Originally Posted by davis
That blog or tweet is SOOOOO vitally important that the world needs to see it straight away, there's no time for proper proof reading. They are blissfully unaware of the fact that people either can't understand what they write because of the errors, or crack up laughing at the errors, missing the point that the blog was trying to convey.
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it isn't exactly 'news', no, but it's so contrary to how I operated in my time as a music journalist. I've considered doing a blog, but I'm not convinced that my opinions on things are so important that they must be broadcast to the world. I also don't understand why people can't (or don't) turn their phones off to watch a movie, but my son doesn't understand why I think they should. I don't need to be connected 24/7. I love the internet and I love getting away from it too. I seem to be officially a bit of a relic... sorry I got off track here.
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^I agree with you, davis. I don't dislike technology, but one of life's greatest joys is to get away from being contacted at all hours of the day. I know there are people who feel they have to check their phone every five minutes out of fear they might be missing something. I'm not missing anything.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
I've watched so much Ice Hockey I now pronounce organization as organ-I-ization. Oh and another thing, do all Brits pronounce oregano (or-egg-a-no) as or-a-gah-no like that cooking guy Jamie Oliver?
Not so much that you've dropped Ice Hockey in favor of Hockey.
How else wouldyou pronounce it?
Most Americans pronounce it "or-EGG-an-o" while Brits sometimes pronounce it "or-a-GAH-no".
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Domo oregano, Mr. Roboto?
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I didn't want anyone to think I was referring to field hockey, where organization is widely pronounced argh-an-i-za-shun...Not so much that you've dropped Ice Hockey in favor of Hockey.
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or-EGG-an-o. I should have guessed.
Egg Zact Lee
Can anyone help me? I can’t find any useful website to help me regarding the pronunciation of the name Gmelin, and Wikipedia in this case is useless.
Confirmed Bachelors: the dramedy hit of 1883...
Brits and Americans put emphasis on different syllables for many words. In HS in Spanish class, if we put accent on the wrong syllable, the teacher would correct us by saying "ack-SENT on the wrong 'sil-IB-le' to make his point. I spent a year in Spanish I and to this day, I have never rolled R's. can't do it. So, in a related story, I'm relieved that my favorite baseball players, Pablo Sandoval and Angel Pagan, have no 'r's in their names.
In contrast, Brazilians (and possibly native Portuguese as well, not sure) pronounce 'r' the way English speakers pronounce 'h'. When in Brazil I got used to being called "Hobbit".
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I have always liked the way in which the word "controversy" is its own example of what it describes. CON-tro VER-sy, or con-TROV ersy? And I've heard the latter option most often with a short 'o', but occasionally with a long one, as though the word "trove" was part of the construction.
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I sat thru a presentation this morning that contained a video clip from someone in one of our French offices, but she had a sort of hybrid English and French accent, and was talking about "DevelOPment" whereas we'd say "DeVELopment".
I use APPlicable, where many use aPPLICable. I just think the latter sounds odd.
How about you folks?
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/applicable
"ap·pli·ca·ble adjective \ˈa-pli-kə-bəl also ə-ˈpli-kə-\" - I guess they forgot the final "bəl".
I usually go with APPlic-ible.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
I'm with you guys.
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I go with aPPLICable but then I'm English
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Right. What would you know about...er...um...English...
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
I say appLICable. then there's JU-lie or ju-lIE for July. DISplay or dispLAY, INsurance or inSURance...
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