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Gulliver's Travels is the worst for this sort of potential embarrassment. I found myself with NO idea how to pronounce Houynhims (sp?), and I seem to recall having some initial concerns over Brobdignag. I think I went totally phonetic on <HOY-n-hims>, but now I understand it to be <WHIN-ums>. Or am I still off my cracker?
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Luckily, TEd knows enough geography to know that Bobyoungbalt's arrows directed at Kentucky will not hit Denver if he overshoots.
TEd's knowledge of geography is impeccable, but since we won, I can afford to be magnanimous.
For the benefit of outlanders, the Ravens are the Baltimore football team, which yesterday won the Superbowl, the grand championship of U.S. football. They were a definite underdog, as was the city, which has not had a winner in 30 years and was without a major league football team for years. This victory is the equivalent of India winning the most prestigious of test matches (whatever that might be) against Oz.
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For the benefit of outlanders, the Ravens are the Baltimore football team, which yesterday won the Superbowl
Thanks, Bob. I was unaware of either fact. It slowly began to dawn on me, from the supermarket displays, that the Superbowl was probably coming up, and apparently it was played yesterday. But--I thought you-all were the Orioles? I distinctly recall hearing the words Baltimore Orioles, from some distant time in my past.
Well, congratulations, anyhow.
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I went totally phonetic on <HOY-n-hims>, but now I understand it to be <WHIN-ums>.
Your new understanding is correct - I believe it's supposed to sound a bit like a horse whinnying - for obvious reasons.
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Superbowl, Shuperbole, waddever! Yesterday NEW ZEALAND WON THE RUBGY WORLD SEVENS at Mar del Plata in Argentina! Yay for us!   
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This victory is the equivalent of India winning the most prestigious of test matches (whatever that might be) against Oz.
What, you mean Baltimore bookies rigged the Superbowl? (Cricket fraternity in-joke) 
Congratulations, by the way. I have been afflicted with a love of American football since the heady days of the mid-80s, when Marino's 49ers were divine.
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the Ravens are the Baltimore football team
And the people up in the other corner of Ohio aren't too happy about the Raven's win.
Jackie: the Orioles play baseball, a sport you should know quite a bit about living in Louisville.
And just to keep this thread on a words/literary topic, the Ravens were named after Mr. Poe's poem. (He lived in Baltimore.)
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Methinks this whole thread has been myze'ld oary.
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Well actually Jazz, he died in Baltimore-- he lived several places.
He started life (an adaoptee) in Richmond VA-- and there are several sites in Richmond, commemerating Poe, and he lived in NY, the town of Fordham-- now in the Bronx--(near, less than 1/2 mile--1 K from Fordham Uninversity) he (and wife) house he rented, (and actually wrote the poem The Raven in )is now in a small city park--poe park.
His wife died in NY, and he left soon afterwards.
And as Byb- pointed out, he lived the last years of his life in Baltimore, and died in a charity ward of a hospital there. (with his mother?)
(as for me, i couldn't care less about football)
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Max mentioned 'BANE-l'.... wow, i've always thought this was correct, though i'm not sure i've ever heard it spoken (perhaps i need to get out more??). I looked it up, but M-W lists a gazillion alternative pronunciations (one of which, incidentally, does appear to have it rhyming with anal). Does the preferred pronunciation rhyme with canal? I've always had trouble deciphering the ampersands and other strange prunciations guides. TIA for enlightening me bridget=) Ipsa scientia potestas est ~Bacon
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