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Anybody here say anything but "shev-ro-lay" for the car?

well, we'd always say "Chevy", but maybe that's b/c everyone around here drives suburbans* (sorry, hyla and helen, but i have an excuse; our kids don't all fit in a regular sedan).

as for "Chevrolet", though... something always makes me want to metathesize it to "Shivel-Ray", and i'm thinking maybe this stemmed from a movie, way back when?


* For the record, *MY* suburban is a GMC, my *husband's is a Chevy. it's not uncommon to see bumper stickers that say "Friends don't let friends drive Chevy's[sic]". i've no idea why GMC has a better rep than Chevy, seeing as they're pretty much the same company. *shrug*