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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:26 PM Original message |
After all these years, which is it: Ear-rack, Eye-rack; Ear-rock, Eye-rock? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. >>>> |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Funny, but that's the way I have always looked at it too. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. FUBAR |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. "ee-rock" |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I saw her rant on the correct pronunciation. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think it's "noo kya ler" |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. On Colbert, Christianne Omanpour pointedly corrected Stephen thusly... |
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ElizabethDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Yep, and since she's from Iran, I trust her on that. n/t |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Short "i" Long "a" Q sounds like the hard "c" when one says what a crow does (i.e. caw) |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I think for most English speakers, 'caw' and 'kitchen' have the same sound |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Actually-- Iran does rhyme with lawn. The Persian long "a" sounds |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Disclaimer before we go any further: I'm British |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Disclaimer here-- born and bred whitebread american-- the name comes from |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. 'clus-ter-fuk' |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. Vee-et-naam |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. None of the above - "ear-rahk" |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Yeah, and Christiane Amanpour actually did a commercial in which |
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demgurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. I can only say what I have heard Iraqis say.... |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. eh-rawk (why not?) (nt) |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's pronounced..."Vietnam" |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I remember Vietnam when it was Viet Nam, but I was looking for an actual answer |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. Kid Rock |
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