Neopreme...

[scuba-punk]

If Wocester is pronounced "Wooster," then shouldn't Rochester be pronounced "Rooster?" I'm just asking

As for my contribution to the natives not getting their own language right...
Realtor - folks, look at which side of the l the a is on.
worsh instead of wash
boral instead of boil
orll instead of oil
and my favorite - pepso mitol - yes, they're talking about the pink stuff for your tummy

-Frank

 

[miketsp]

For obvious reasons many Canadians and Latin Americans get upset when U.S. citizens refer to themselves simply as "Americans".
I believe Canadians (and only Canadians) use the term "North American" to include themselves in a two-member group with their neighbour to the south, forgetting that geographically Mexico is also in North America.

That probably just upset about 80% of Scubaboard members.

Or maybe this should be in the Words, phrases and lies thread above - they are getting so similar...

 

[simbrooks]

If Wocester is pronounced "Wooster," then shouldn't Rochester be pronounced "Rooster?" I'm just asking

Yes Worcester is kind of wooster, wuster - who'd a thunk

Rochester is like Winchester, Win-ches-ter, Ro-ches-ter, the "ch" and single "c" makes all the difference.

 

[richhagelin]

For me, it is those who don't bother to learn or use your and you're correctly. Your is possessive (it means it belongs to you) you're is a contraction (it is short for you are). Why can't the newer generations seem to get it right?

Rich Hagelin

 

[O2BBubbleFree]

I have just moved to Austin, TX. The people here seem to have come up with their own pronucuation scheme just so that they can identify and belittle foreigners. A couple of quick ones:

Mueller road, locally pronounced "Miller."
Burnet road, locally pronounced "burn it."

I can't remember how our real estate agent pronounced "El Salido," but it took me a long time to figure out what she was talking about.

Back home (Colorado) Buena Vista is pronounced "Byuna Vista," and often shortened to "Byuny."

However, I confess to my shame that when I lived in Sacramento CA I fell on the wrong side of the Don Julio road arguement, until someone pointed out that the namesake was Italian, not Spanish

 

[MgicTwnger]

Funniest one was a guy I worked with from New Jersey.
Had a daughter named.. Lisa..

Anyone want to take a shot at his pronunciation?

I'm from NJ, and I pronounce it "lee-sa", accent on the first syllable. We don't all sound like the cast of "The Sopranos".

 

[SueMermaid]

Originally Posted by smay28

Funniest one was a guy I worked with from New Jersey.
Had a daughter named.. Lisa..

Anyone want to take a shot at his pronunciation?

Er. I'm a Jersey girl, through and through, and I have no idea. How did he pronounce it? I can't think of any other way than how you'd normally say it.

 

[LeFlaneur]

It is buck naked, not "butt naked."
It is bupkiss, not "butt kiss."
And for all intents and purposes, there is nothing intensive about it.

And furthermore -- Today I used the word "bacchanalian" in a script to describe the scene in Cancun. Am I wrong here, people? It was called "too intellectual" and the word was changed to "hot."

Hot? ... Hot!?! And suddenly I'm Oscar Freakin' Wilde???

The dumbing down of America -- available on every channel.

 

[RogerC]

What reminded me of this is the DIR/2004 DVD showed up today, and GI3 keeps saying neopreMe... driving me nuts.

In my experience, if Irvine says neopreme, then it's neopreme. Neoprene is for strokes.

 

[smay28]

I'm from NJ, and I pronounce it "lee-sa", accent on the first syllable. We don't all sound like the cast of "The Sopranos".

You nailed it.. I don't know where it comes from but he always referred to her as "Lee-Sir"..