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Post by deembastille on Jan 3, 2018 2:20:49 GMT
my little two year old niece [who has kind of a hard time speaking due to small growths on her vocal cords which are being closely monitored] loves her glubs! [gloves]
is that cute or what???
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 3, 2018 3:28:48 GMT
@homergreg
re: mangoes
You have solved a mystery.
My brother, who lives in Pennsylvania-Dutch country, used to send home jars of what were labeled "mangoes" but were actually small peppers stuffed with saurkraut. The name makes sense now. They were pretty awful tasting and only he seemed to like them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2018 3:40:06 GMT
@homergreg re: mangoes You have solved a mystery. My brother, who lives in Pennsylvania-Dutch country, used to send home jars of what were labeled "mangoes" but were actually small peppers stuffed with saurkraut. The name makes sense now. They were pretty awful tasting and only he seemed to like them. It's big in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, of course usually in rural areas. The use of the word has been dying out over the years. From Wikipedia: When mangoes were first imported to the American colonies in the 17th century, they had to be pickled because of lack of refrigeration. Other fruits were also pickled and came to be called "mangoes", especially bell peppers, and in the 18th century, the word "mango" became a verb meaning "to pickle". |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 3, 2018 3:46:30 GMT
@homergreg Thanks for that info. I shall have to ask my Amish neighbor what she calls her pickled peppers (no, her husband's name is not Peter Piper  )
If Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Mangoes how many Mangoes would Peter Piper Pick. <--- something's not quite the same somehow. |
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Post by Sulla on Jan 4, 2018 1:15:13 GMT
I frequently hear people say "simular" instead of "similar".
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 4, 2018 3:37:55 GMT
Wasn't there a recent personage who always had a bit of a problem when saying NUCLEAR ? How to say Nuclear |
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Post by ellynmacg on Jan 4, 2018 4:39:37 GMT
"KEW-pon", when it should be "COO-pon".
On YouTube, the correct pronunciation of "Era" is given as "EE-ra", with the AMERICAN pronunciation given as "AIR-a". Well, I was born and have lived all my life in the U.S., and I have always pronounced it as "EE-ra". But YMMV.
"Feb-yew-ary" when it should be "Feb-rew-ary". Admittedly, when pronounced correctly, it is not the easiest word to say.
Speaking of "pronunciation": there is NO "pronoun" in that word--it's not "pro-NOUN-ciation"; it's "pro-NUN-ciation".
Lastly (for now anyway, you lucky people): "mischievous" isn't "mis-CHEEV-EE-us"--it's "MISS-chiv-us".
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Post by Catman on Jan 4, 2018 4:46:26 GMT
Err does not rhyme with air.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 4, 2018 4:53:58 GMT
On YouTube, the correct pronunciation of "Era" is given as "EE-ra", with the AMERICAN pronunciation given as "AIR-a". Well, I was born and have lived all my life in the U.S., and I have always pronounced it as "EE-ra". But YMMV.
Have never heard Era said as EE-ra - not even in British programs.
btw what does ymmv mean ? ellynmacg |
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Post by sugarbiscuits on Jan 6, 2018 1:06:10 GMT
Should words be pronounced how they are spelled?
I think some people say words with the letter r after the vowel a.
Some drag out the vowel a. I think some Americans do that.
Some say can't to rhyme with pant and some to rhyme with aren't
Aunt to rhyme with ant or aren't
Half and calf as harf and carf to rhyme with barf, or as haf and caf to rhyme with naff
Words such as stance, glance,chance, dance, lance, after. aft, afternoon, craft, france, can't,
gather, father, lather, rather can be pronounced by some with the letter r after the vowel a.
I think it's more of a thing for people from Wales, South of England, Australia, New Zeeland, South Africa.
I think south English are posher than those from the north.
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