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Carribean = Ca-rib-BEE-an (slight emphasis on 3rd syllable) in UK.
US = Cu-RIB-ian as I remember.that word has long given me angst, and i try to avoid saying it altogether (really, i do  ). from what i can gather, USans do say cu-RIB-ian, but word to the wise: if you call the disneyland ride "Pirates of the Cu-RIB-ian", your friends and family will laugh at you  . evidently it's an iambic quadrameter (?) thing, dunno.
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Dear Rod: "the official term for "Aluminum" is "AluminIum"
Do you mean it is pronounced a loo min EYE um ???
Edit: This stupid font makes capital "I" look like a small "L"
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the official term for "Aluminum" is "AluminIum"
Or the way it looks to me (with my chosen typeface) ALUMINLUM
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Do you mean it is pronounced a loo min EYE um ???
a loo min ee um
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Carribean = Ca-rib-BEE-an (slight emphasis on 3rd syllable) in UK. US = Cu-RIB-ian as I remember.I've certainly heard both among US'ns. if you call the disneyland ride "Pirates of the Cu-RIB-ian", your friends and family will laugh at you . evidently it's an iambic quadrameter (?) thingHmm, that would require you to say PY ruts OF the CAIR uh BEE un. I like the swing of PY ruts of the cuh RIB ee un better.
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Faldage writes: Hmm, that would require you to say PY ruts OF the CAIR uh BEE un. I like the swing of PY ruts of the cuh RIB ee un better.Wow, *really*?? Next time i go to Disneyland, i'm taking you  [vindicated-e] EDIT: oh, and btw, in re-reading your post it occurs to me that you might not think that "PY ruts OF the CAIR uh BEE un" is how those 'in the know' pronounce it, but Yes, there is indeed an emphasis on "of". silly, isn't it?
oh, boy... now i'll be whistling YoHo YoHo a Pirate's Life for Me all day long...
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b96 wonders if I might not think that "PY ruts OF the CAIR uh BEE un" is how those 'in the know' pronounce it
Sounds too sing-songy to me.
now [she]'ll be whistling YoHo YoHo a Pirate's Life for Me all day long...
The advantage of having indulged in choral singing for twenty years. I always have *good catchy tunes to fall back on (Thanks, E!)
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This pronunciation thing is a rum show .. Ho! Ho! Ho!
Wherethehell did you put the Coke?
(Andrews Sisters singing "Rum and Coca Cola" in my head)
wow
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Thanks alot, now you got me singing Caribbean Queen by Billy Ocean.
Help meeee.... help meeeeeeee...
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[ Andrew Sister "Rum and Coca Cola" (wow) and Caribbean Queen by Billy Ocean (musick)Different tunes for different times! Tra la la la la,la la la, LA! wow
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