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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: Sir Endermonkeigh #146492 08/22/05 11:26 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada E Elizabeth Creith addict Elizabeth Creith addict E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada Y'all should talk about "proper" pernunciation with y'all's Don Quick-soat. Speaking of which, why do people say "Kee-hoe-tay" but "Kwix-otic"? At least saying "Quick-soat" has the virtue of consistency. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sir Endermonkeigh #146493 08/22/05 03:29 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass saying QUICK-soat, JFTR, is the Queen's own proffered pronunciation, as recorded by the OED. I suppose it's by "back-formulation" from quixotic. :) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sir Endermonkeigh #146494 08/22/05 10:04 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 We say Don Quick-soat in English??? Good lord, if anybody had ever said that to me, I have to admit that I wouldn't have had a clue who he was talking about. In French Québec, we prounounce it "qui-shot" with qui pronounced as in quiche. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sir Endermonkeigh #146495 08/22/05 10:13 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 why do people say "Kee-hoe-tay" but "Kwix-otic"? Quixote is a Spanish name, so we pronounce it in Spanish (or as close to Spanish as our poor little gringa tongues can extend themselves). Quixotic is an English word derived from that name so we pronounce it English like. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: tilting at windmills... #146496 08/22/05 11:35 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont what Faldage says. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sir Endermonkeigh #146497 08/23/05 10:28 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I don't have Fowler's MEU with me, but I'm pretty sure that he says that originally the Don's name was pronounced Quick-soat in English, hence quicksotic, but then people decided to show off how much Spanish they knew and hypercorrecting it to keehotay till that became the usual pronunciation. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wascally wabbit... #146498 08/23/05 10:45 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont > hypercorrecting it to keehotay well, now I feel much better about how I used to pronounce Yosemite Sam... oh, and the Adirondacks... <smile> formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wascally wabbit... #146499 08/23/05 12:02 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Yo-semm-itty A-deer-on-dacks Na?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wascally wabbit... #146500 08/23/05 12:15 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont ok, fine... I'll put myself out there... I used to say: YOZE-might and ad-I-ern-dax... sad, ain't it? deeba-deeba-deeba, that's all folks... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wascally wabbit... #146501 08/23/05 01:19 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 No, no (snicker) perfectly understandable, (snicker, snicker) happens to the best of us. Seriously though, unless you've ever heard a word spoken, the pronunciation isn't always evident...for examply, I still don't know how to pronounce "awry." Is it AH-REE or A-RYE? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 4 1 2 3 4 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. 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