#31774
06/11/2001 5:50 PM
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So, how do you guys pronounce "AWAD"? I tend to say A-wad (A as in sleigh, wad rhyming with sod). I don't like the sound of it, though, so I don't say it much. (A wad of what? is the next logical question. Toilet paper, used kleenex, or something else...!  ) When your family asks where you were spending your time, how do you answer? "On the Board" or "on my word group" are my most popular, but I find them both somewhat unsatisfactory.
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#31775
06/11/2001 6:00 PM
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Yeah, Ay (to rhyme with sleigh) and Wad (to rhyme with sod in most {notably not eastern Mass, which would be sawd} English dialects, at least the ones I know about) emphasis on the first syllable (the confusion with a wad, a wad of what? would only hold if it were pronounced uh *wad). If I don't use it when talking about it with non-AWADdies it's because it doesn't say much all by itself; it requires a lot of explanation, so I normally just start with the explanation. If I'm talking with another AWADdy I'll refer to it as AWAD.
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#31776
06/11/2001 6:03 PM
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Now that you mention it ... I tend to put an "R" in it and pronounce it AWARD. Subliminal mayhap?
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#31777
06/11/2001 8:54 PM
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#31778
06/11/2001 9:23 PM
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When discussing it I generally just use wordsmith.org. It's more descriptive and less confusing. Plus, using arcane acronyms is kinda weird, doncha think?
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#31779
06/11/2001 10:39 PM
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I usually say "Oh, yeah, that's a word a day" whenever I see AWAD.
consuelo
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#31780
06/11/2001 10:45 PM
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I tend to pronounce AWAD A (as in Slay)-wad, sorta like AWOL. But that's only to myself. To friends and family I mention "that word board on the web."
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#31781
06/11/2001 10:48 PM
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#31782
06/12/2001 4:46 AM
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Count me in with all the other sods. For those who don't know what it is, I just say an Internet discussion about English.
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#31783
06/12/2001 9:09 AM
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enthusiast
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I say it slAy wad like cod, then I launch into a (usually long) expaination.
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#31784
06/12/2001 11:00 AM
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Hmmm....I think I like WordBoard better than my previous "Word Group". (Makes it sound like a support group, although it is that, sort of!) Maybe I will switch. By now my husband has worked out what the heck I'm talking about, anyway. I'm always asking him things to get another, hopefully unbiased, Winnipegger's view on words - "What would you call the thing on a gas stove where you put the pot? Where do your parents park their car? If I said 'learning curve' what do you picture?" and so on... 
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#31785
06/12/2001 11:28 AM
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It shouldn't hurt, jimbo.
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