Chiparock | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 11:51 am     Aaaccckkk, Tabbyking! I was composing my post while you were actually posting regarding the pronunciation of Uranus! GMTA?? LOL! |
Tabbyking | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 11:57 am     well, chip at least we both noticed the same thing!! |
Draheid | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 11:58 am     I heard somewhere the theory on the problem with Uranus was either the angle of it's axis or the Klingons. Not sure what that means though.  |
Tabbyking | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 11:59 am     your peking-beijing made me laugh--good thing i wasn't drinking anything near the computer! someone asked me once if i drank near the computer and i think i responded with, "i drink near dinnertime." |
Tabbyking | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 12:01 pm     well, axis is when you want to know something and klingons is what happens when you don't use a fabric sheet and your socks are stuck on the back of your shirt when you grocery shop. hope that clears it up some. |
Draheid | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 12:02 pm     Ok, Tabbyking but what does that have to do with Uranus?  |
Costacat | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 12:10 pm     Draheid, I think she's said that photography is a hobby (but I think she'd like to make a living at it). |
Tabbyking | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 12:13 pm     draheid, well sometimes the klingons are panties! |
Chiparock | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 12:17 pm     But isn't a klingon the long streamer of toilet paper stuck to your shoe as you exit the restroom of a nice restaurant? |
Tabbyking | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 12:20 pm     only in a restaurant. otherwise, klingons are laundry! |
Chiparock | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 12:49 pm     Oh, now I finally get it -- Kling-free was invented to combat klingons! TVCH is SO educational! |
Ricki55 | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 01:08 pm     I know a person that says "pregnate" instead of "pregnant" and it drives me nuts! On a side note, I am from Oklahoma and I say "nekkid" instead of "naked". I do it unconsciously. When I think about it, then I can say it properly. |
Draheid | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 01:10 pm     Ricki55: Is it BUTT nekkid or BUCK nekkid?  |
Ricki55 | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 01:12 pm     BUCK!!! (I never thought of that before) I guess I'm more Okie than I thought! |
Puckerbutt | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 01:19 pm     Turtlelvr -
Quote:http://rinkworks.com/words/mispronounced
Thanks for the site. Not that I really cared anyway, but it's nice to see that I've been pronouncing "insouciant" correctly all this time since I say it at least three times a day. |
Draheid | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 01:21 pm     And to cause funny things to happen to your words, type them over HERE!  |
Tobor7 | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 01:54 pm     To0 funny Draheid!!! |
Twiggyish | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 02:03 pm     How about Kmarts and Walmarts? (While we're on the subject) For ex: "We were at Kmarts today" |
Tabbyking | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 02:14 pm     my husband and my sister's husband both murder the king's english on the word 'ruined'. my husband says 'rurned' to rhyme with burned-- and my sister's husband says 'runt', like the smallest of a litter. drives us both batty! |
Tabbyking | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 02:16 pm     well, i guess i should start dinner now....see what else can be rurned and runt before the night's through! |
Bohawkins | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 02:20 pm     I grew up hearing Neanderthal pronounced the way it is spelled, but lately I keep hearing those in the intellectual archeological community say Neander-tal. In addition, Cro magnon is now pronounced Crow-man-yon. Probably, those in the know have pronounced these terms, in what I regard as, the "new" way, all along, but they didn't let the general public know about it until recently. |
Zachsmom | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 02:31 pm     LOL Draheid..LOL..I put the url on this page..and read everyones posts in "Redneck" LOL |
Betty | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 02:38 pm     Cross - thanks for the link. Ack, is drives me nuts to hear Hawaii pronounced Ha-y-ya (I'm fine and how do you do, too?), and Iowa pronounced I-o-way. Also, Mrs. prounced miz-riz. Anyone around Montecello? I'd always heard it pronounced Montechello (ch as in chicken), but now it's Montesello (like cellophane). Which is it and why did it change? Have you noticed they've changed the names of dinosaurs too? Not just the pronunciation but have totally renamed them. |
Tabbyking | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 02:42 pm     what's this 'we're-old'** coming to!! **formerly pronounced as 'world' LOL |
Draheid | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 02:46 pm     How about some of the 'unique' words that come out of Texas like awright or D'jeet yet? or gitonouttahear  |