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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Pears #134776 11/18/04 08:28 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC I'll give you polish/Polish. But how do you pronounce august differently from August? TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pears #134777 11/18/04 08:35 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California The adjective august with the accent on the ultimate syllable. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pears #134778 11/18/04 10:46 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 What is it called when a word changes pronunciation when capitalized? Same thing as when a word changes spelling when you capitalize it. rushin' - Russian Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pears #134779 11/18/04 11:44 PM Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 95 New Hampshire A AniamL journeyman AniamL journeyman A Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 95 New Hampshire hungry/Hungary? Or maybe grease/Greece? I'm pretty sure those are a lot more common than those for which the pronunciation changes with a constant spelling. "It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years." -Tom Lehrer Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter auGUST #134780 11/19/04 10:16 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC I did not know that. It's not a word I would use as an adjective other than to say an August shower. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: auGUST #134781 11/19/04 11:45 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I like grease/Greece better than my example. Thanks, Ani. TEd. You know of no august personages? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: auGUST #134782 11/20/04 03:14 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC >You know of no august personages? Nope. And I would not have pronounced it that way even if I did. Not that I am disagreeing with anyone on the pronunciation. I just hadn't run across it. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A funny question #134783 11/25/04 09:50 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York A single pane of (usually) political or satirical illustration is called a cartoon. A series like Doonesbury is called a comic strip. A comic is usually something dopey or mildly amusing especially for kids. In these here parts anyhow. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website 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 Website 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 Posts229,360 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 610 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,556 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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