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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 14 of 14 1 2 … 12 13 14 Go to page... Re: Another rightful passage #8719 01/15/01 01:11 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky others over that side of the pond - pronounce the second syllable of my name as, "man" - whereas I always say, "mahn" in that context. D'you mean to say that you pronounce commando as "common-dough" (accent on the mon, presumably)? Infantry, then? ======================================================== Hey! Max, I just looked up avatar--I am NOT Anu's avatar!! On this board or anywhere. But if I were Hindi, he might be mine: "In the Hindu religion, an avatar is an incarnation of a deity; hence, an embodiment or manifestation of an idea or greater reality." Now: you thought I couldn't rhyme Quordlepleen?? Hah! Belly up to the bar, boy, and lemme show you somethin'. Talk of avatars and gods Dragons, posters, and AWAD's; Language lives forever; won't it? But dirt gets in, depend upon it. How the mighty Quordlepleen Helps to keep th'immortal clean. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Another rightful passage #8720 01/15/01 03:32 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 In reply to: D'you mean to say that you pronounce commando as "common-dough" (accent on the mon, presumably)? Infantry, then? Sorry, Jackie it's probably something too alien for US ears. It's "ma" as in Mars "coMAHNdo". Oh, and, BTW, I'd make a damn fine one - my singing is outlawed under the UN Charter on human rights - let me loose on your enemies, with a good dose of "O sole mio", or "Mull of Kintyre" and there won't a living soul within 100 miles! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Another rightful passage #8721 01/15/01 01:04 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 and I was wrong about the commonality of the pronounciation of "Rhubarb", too! I have just shown the word to a colleague of mine who hails from Michigan and he pronounced it "Roo-bAIRb" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Another rightful passage #8722 01/16/01 02:18 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 "Roo-bAIRb?" This born-and-raised Michiganian has never heard rhubarb so pronounced. Around here, I've only heard "roo-barb." Makes a great cobbler either way, though. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 14 of 14 1 2 … 12 13 14 Go to page... Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,706 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 197 guests, and 51 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 29 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,788 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,938 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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