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#207950 - 11/08/12 12:28 AM Basalt
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	I have always heard this word pronounced buh-SALT. But today on the History Channel this guy who spoke like an American called it BASS-alt. How do you-all say it?
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#207951 - 11/08/12 03:20 AM Re: Basalt [Re: Jackie]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh	How do you-all say it? I've heard both pronunciations for years. Just assumed it was a regionalism like with almonds and pecans. I tend to accent the ultimate syllable. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#207952 - 11/08/12 05:48 AM Re: Basalt [Re: Jackie]
Tromboniator addict Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 690 Loc: Alaska	In the context of my study of geology and my conversations with geologists (mostly US) over several decades, the pronunciation there seems to be buh-SALT. In the population at large (US), I have on rare occasions heard the pronunciation BAY-salt.
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#207959 - 11/08/12 12:37 PM Re: Basalt [Re: Tromboniator]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5288 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	It is all over Israel, especially in Galilee, and they say BAY-salt, at least from my conversations there. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#207961 - 11/08/12 06:51 PM Re: Basalt [Re: Jackie]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Havent's said basalt for a long long time. Thank you Jackie, brightens my day. So bazs-ALT to you!
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#207963 - 11/09/12 01:13 AM Re: Basalt [Re: BranShea]
jenny jenny addict Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 619 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi	The term (at least among the geologists in the southern South) is pronounced "BAH salt". Who's to argue?
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#207967 - 11/09/12 07:53 AM Re: Basalt [Re: Jackie]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13654	We ain't arguing, jj. We just collecting data.
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#207968 - 11/09/12 09:30 AM Re: Basalt [Re: Faldage]
jenny jenny addict Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 619 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi	Not to argue, Faldage, but I used the the term "Who's to argue?" felicitously. As in "Wanna fight?"
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#207976 - 11/10/12 01:30 AM Re: Basalt [Re: jenny jenny]
Tromboniator addict Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 690 Loc: Alaska	If you do, you might be charged with basalt and hattery.
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#207982 - 11/11/12 09:37 AM Re: Basalt [Re: Tromboniator]
jenny jenny addict Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 619 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi	Listen, Tromboninator; say what you will about my basalt, but you doesn't have to insult my hat.
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