Bigsister | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 02:57 pm     Okay, this is so far off topic we will never make it back, but I have a puzzler for you. I used to live near a small country Mom & Pop grocery store. They advertised their specials with butcher-paper signs pasted to the side of the store. I passed there one day and my eye fell on this one: Flaming Yon - $4.99 lb. Can anybody figure out what it was? It took me several days. |
Tobor7 | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 03:00 pm     That's a good one Bigsis! I usually like the New York strip. Has more flavor. LOLOLOL |
Abby7 | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 03:00 pm     filet mignon |
Willsfan | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 03:00 pm     Filet mignon? |
Draheid | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 03:00 pm     Bigsister I believe it's spelled Filet Mignon What do I win??? LOL [Edit to add]: Oh Darn, a 4-way tie. Do we all have to share? |
Trisha1 | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 03:03 pm     how about HORSES DERVES ? I once saw this in a local ladies group recipe book. |
Chiparock | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 03:03 pm     Ooo, ooo! I know! I know! Filet mignon! |
Abby7 | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 03:04 pm     have you ever heard anyone pronounce "avocado", "AVOC-a-doe"? |
Chiparock | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 03:06 pm     Darn. Last again. Story of my life. [Hangs head in despair.] |
Fanny | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 03:33 pm     This thread don't bother me. I mean, nobody axed me, but what it is is that I'm not no dummy. My mom pronounces Adidas "AH-dee-das". She also says GRAN-oh-la for that ceral and CAN-oh-la oil. My reel-a-tur once called for the parametrics to come in the amb-you-lance. I've always heard them called horse ovaries. There. Make sense of THAT. |
Draheid | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 03:36 pm     Ok, who remembers Les Nesman giving the sports report about 'Chy Chy Rodrigez' on WKRP?  |
Fanny | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 03:36 pm     edited because I accidently double-posted due to file-lock crap. |
Tabbyking | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 03:53 pm     or when they play, 'pomp and circumcision' for graduations?! |
Tabbyking | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 03:58 pm     i once read an ad for a craft kit which was available in pink or manure. i went to the base and asked to see the one in manure. the clerk could not help me at all. i am sure if they meant 'maroon', they would have typed maroon, or even as as a mistake, 'manoor'. i still think some other lady bought my manure craft kit! |
Fanny | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 04:02 pm     Well that's the sh*ts aint it Tabby? |
Tabbyking | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 04:16 pm     darn tootin, fanny! also, my son told everyone in his kindergarten class that his dad was retarded from the military! |
Tabbyking | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 04:19 pm     the jury's still out on that one! |
Fanny | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 04:22 pm     Oh my that's a good one! LOL!! Military retirees can suffer from many ailments but that's the first I've ever heard that it causes retardation! |
Chiparock | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 04:26 pm     YES, Draheid! But he also mangled "rodri-GWEZ" (if I recall correctly). |
Jack_Russell | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 04:36 pm     This has to be the best thread on the board! You all are hilarious! |
Katbee | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 07:07 pm     Hey Fanny...your mom actually pronounces AH-dee-das correctly. That's how it is pronouced in Germany where, I THINK, the shoes originated. |
Tobor7 | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 07:38 pm     I'm waiting for William Safire to chime in here. |
Wcv63 | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 08:13 pm     One of my pet peeves (since this thread seems to have morphed into a free for all pet peeve and mispronunciation thread to my great delight) is using the word "seen" in the wrong tense. I "seen" him go into the building. I "seen" her drive the car. ACK!!! It takes all my inner strength not to correct someone when they do that. I firmly believe that adults shouldn't be corrected unless they ask for help. Now when it comes to my kids....they get corrected at least once a day. Here in Louisiana some VERY common dialectal pronunciations are: zink for sink, my-naze for mayonaise, Where yat? for Where are you at? (still horrid grammar but part and parcel of living in N'awlins. You're a native if you're a "yat". We also pronounce street names very uniquely. If you're ever lost in N.O. and need to find Burgundy Street you must pronounce it Bur-GUN-dee or no one will know what you're talking about. Also Caliope Street is pronounced Cal-E-ope. Remember this if you ever come for a visit or you'll be lost for a long time. |
Donut | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 08:46 pm     How many pronounce Library 'Lie-berry'? That one drives me crazy, yet i myself can never remember that Jepoardy is not Jepriddy... |
Cathie | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 09:25 pm     My secretary is very sweet, with a beautiful rural TX accent, and always asks what she can do to 'hep'. It reminds me of an old Shake 'N Bake commercial with the little girl saying "we had chicken for dinner, and I hepped!" ( I always winced at that commercial!) |