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which do y'all say? And if you say "q-pon" - well, why? since when is "cou" ever pronounced "q"?
just curious! all this talk of envelope ahnvelope reminded me - there used to be a clever radio commercial in which there were two voices, and one said "envelope" and "coupon" and the other said "ahnvelope" and "q-pon" - the two were always correcting each other. I think there was at least one more word in there with two accepted pronunciations they corrected each other on....
but WHY Q-PON?! I don't understand....
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never thought about it, but I am guilty of q-pon... I hang my head in shame...
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People say q-pon rather than coo-pon?? Never ever heard that one, MG. The coo- sound in "coupon" (= Fr "cut thing" more or less) comes straight from the French, as in "couteau" (coo-TOE) = knife. I could see "cou-" being anglicized as "cow-" (like in count, out, amount etc), but not as "cue-". Then again, stranger things happen. Especially over the Other Side.
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You wanna hear strange? I used to go out with a Brit who inserted the 'cue' sound in Vancouver - Van-Q-ver!
To answer your question, I clip coo-ponz.
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I use both and apologize for neither and I don't even care if it's not "logical".
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I used to go out with a Brit who inserted the 'cue' sound in Vancouver - Van-Q-ver!My condolences, boronia. used to is a relief.
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next thing you know, I'll be saying "noo-q-ler"...
aaaghh, the humanity!
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I use both and apologize for neither and I don't even care if it's not "logical".
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I use both and apologize for neither and I don't even care if it's not "logical".that's what I meant to say. yeah, that's it. really...
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