Pronounciation!
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Mon Sep-27-04 11:22 AM
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Poll question: Pronounciation!
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Mon Sep-27-04 11:23 AM
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1. I don't know, but it's "proNUNciation" not "proNOUNCiation"
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Mon Sep-27-04 06:00 PM
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16. Speeling doesn't count...
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Mon Sep-27-04 11:23 AM
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Mon Sep-27-04 05:30 PM
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you're right. i am shamed.
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Mon Sep-27-04 11:24 AM
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You can't spell 'quagmire' without I-R-A-Q. (Hey I just thought of that! Anyone want to make a bumper sticker?)
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Mon Sep-27-04 11:27 AM
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Mon Sep-27-04 05:52 PM
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15. And damn you're quick; I just googled and got 3,000 hits
Assume you're kidding, but if not I believe Jon Stewart, among others, said this already
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Mon Sep-27-04 11:27 AM
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Mon Sep-27-04 11:28 AM
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Must be my accent. Curse my Upstate NY accent! Curse it, says I!
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Mon Sep-27-04 11:30 AM
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Mon Sep-27-04 11:41 AM
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11. I say it like that too...
and I'm from Chicago. But I also spell my words the british way, like 'favourite' and 'centre', DAMN BBC! it's tainted me forever
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Mon Sep-27-04 11:46 AM
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Not an Upstate New Yorkism, but the Americanized form with the schwa sound transliterated as best possible.
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Mon Sep-27-04 11:30 AM
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That's how the Iraqis pronounce it; one imagines they know what they're about.
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Mon Sep-27-04 11:35 AM
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ihhhhhhhhh rack ? any way Shrub pronounces it is wrong wrong wrong. heh nu kyu lur .. go figger. (figure) yes I do know how to spell :)
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Mon Sep-27-04 11:39 AM
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Mon Sep-27-04 06:22 PM
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17. EYE-rack is so wrong-I wanna punch people who pronounce it that way
christ it's more like earahk-very slight, that's how my arabic speaking friends say it.
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