i had to call the Wuder Company today...at least that's what the lady said I was calling...
(Water...) Wa-ter
the proper pronunciation of "route"
Since I've had this argument before and have done the research, both pronunciations are correct.
The "grand ole language"? Old, middle, or modern English? There's no such thing as bastardizing English because there's no such thing as standard English. Language is ever evolving and is region/class dependent.pigsteak wrote:my wife is scottish...you should hear her pronunciation of words. I like to tell her to speak English, and she likes to remind me that Scots do speak English. Here in the states we speak an Americanized bastardization of the grand ole language....
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squeezindlemmon
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Euro-English proposal
European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru .
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.
European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru .
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our mind. ~Bob Marley
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Ascentionist
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Here's my take on this... if the word is a foreign word like Paris, say Parissss, and not Pary. Pary (when used in the middle of english) sounds horrible.
The same is true with Vase... it's "vay-se" and not VA-se.
So, now, why say "root" when I'd really expect Rawt?????
Does it make it more sophisticated or something?
At any rate, if it pleases you, say root... but it's not what I would expect.
At least, please don't say Pary.
The same is true with Vase... it's "vay-se" and not VA-se.
So, now, why say "root" when I'd really expect Rawt?????
Does it make it more sophisticated or something?
At any rate, if it pleases you, say root... but it's not what I would expect.
At least, please don't say Pary.
! Enough with all that detestation ALREADY !
Smile & be thankful for what you have.
Smile & be thankful for what you have.
Ynot... I'll tell you what... Most likely, one of the future arguments will be:
"was that a 5.8 or a 5.9?", but here and again, we may also argue about where the water tastes best: "Torrent or Miguel's?"
At least, it's good to keep an open mind on ALL discussions.
"was that a 5.8 or a 5.9?", but here and again, we may also argue about where the water tastes best: "Torrent or Miguel's?"
At least, it's good to keep an open mind on ALL discussions.
! Enough with all that detestation ALREADY !
Smile & be thankful for what you have.
Smile & be thankful for what you have.