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Page 2 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 > Topic Options #209058 - 01/15/13 12:39 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: LukeJavan8] Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 As to the words. I love "cerulean", and use the word whenever it fits. I like cerulean, too, and I think it's why I always want to pronounce "herculean" the wrong way... _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #209059 - 01/15/13 01:03 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5268 Loc: Land of the Flat Water ....now that you mention it.(Bunkum) ..yes, herculean. I do pronounce it that way too, even knowing it is not right. Funny how one gets these mental connections and cannot stave them off. Edited by LukeJavan8 (01/15/13 01:05 PM) _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #209061 - 01/15/13 01:30 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: LukeJavan8] Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1016 Loc: Lancaster, UK Buncombe does, indeed, sound "English" - but in UK we also write it as "bunkum." Not a word heard much, these days, more's the pity. I have occasionally used, "persiflage" - another fine word! _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise Top #209062 - 01/15/13 01:34 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Jackie] Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont So, whose idea is it to spell it buncombe? _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #209063 - 01/15/13 01:36 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Rhubarb Commando] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5268 Loc: Land of the Flat Water now that you mention 'persiflage' I am going to add it to my favorite definition of politicians: "Bloviating blatherskites, with their tarradiddling codswallop and persiflage, which they dump on us." Not totally developed but I am working on it. I welcome input. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #209064 - 01/15/13 01:38 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5268 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu So, whose idea is it to spell it buncombe? Reminds me of spelling of the name of a town in the Cotswalds. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #209065 - 01/15/13 01:42 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10462 Loc: this too shall pass Originally Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 As to the words. I love "cerulean", and use the word whenever it fits. I like cerulean, too, and I think it's why I always want to pronounce "herculean" the wrong way... your major dictionaries seem to give "the wrong way" as (at a minimum) a secondary pronun. I still have an issue interpreting IPA, but it looks to me like OED gives it as the *only pronun. - at least the accent is on the second sylLAble. Top #209067 - 01/15/13 01:49 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Jackie] Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont So, "her-KYOO-lee-an" is acceptable? Hmm, I remember being fairly rounded upon when admitting I thought that was the pronunciation. Cool. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #209068 - 01/15/13 03:06 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3268 Loc: R'lyeh So, whose idea is it to spell it buncombe? Probably the folks in Buncombe County, NC, which provided the etymology of bunk. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing. Top #209069 - 01/15/13 03:07 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3268 Loc: R'lyeh I like cerulean, too, and I think it's why I always want to pronounce "herculean" the wrong way... Wait. You pronounce Herculean cerulean? _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing. 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