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Re: Should I give in....
Originally Posted by paul1968mcr
(Post 6047866)
I use our local Subway (double steak American cheese on Italian herb and cheese - 12" of course)
I ask for everything just to avoid confusion, then throw the dog what I didn't want when I get home- everyone wins!! (she hates the banana peppers though) |
Re: Should I give in....
Originally Posted by paul1968mcr
(Post 6047904)
difference is we do that TO offend the french!!
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Re: Should I give in....
Originally Posted by rebeccajo
(Post 6050047)
As a yank I would really like to ask this question....(if you all don't mind please)...
Why do you say al-oo-min-ee-um? It's spelled aluminum. There's no 'i' after the 'n'. I really don't understand this. Most of the time, you all pronounce words the way they are spelled - properly. This one baffles me....:p |
Re: Should I give in....
Originally Posted by Emma M
(Post 6057237)
Both spellings - aluminum and aluminium - are in the dictionary
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Re: Should I give in....
Originally Posted by shazza777
(Post 6050416)
After what seemed like a lifetime finding my perfect hairdresser in the UK, I had my first appointment in an American hair salon, i was so nervous incase she cut me baldy i felt sick. I chickened out and told her that i only wanted a trim, then she said "do you do your own bangs" then i felt sick even more, i thought she was being rude, hadn't a clue what she was talking about, lol, so i looked at her through the mirror trying to not look dumb and replied "oh, you do them" What an experience!
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Re: Should I give in....
Originally Posted by rebeccajo
(Post 6052285)
Oh, I'm not very good at that phonetic spelling thingy.....:p
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Re: Should I give in....
Originally Posted by paddingtongreen
(Post 6052723)
In this area, it's 'hayuff'.
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On the subject of pronounciation can I ask for Gaelic/Celtic advice. My son's teacher is called Ms Dougherty. Now, I think it should be pronounced Dough-erty, but everyone else calls her Ms Docherty. Has the correct pronounciation been lost over the generations or could they be right?
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Re: Should I give in....
Originally Posted by joyceygreen
(Post 6057491)
On the subject of pronounciation can I ask for Gaelic/Celtic advice. My son's teacher is called Ms Dougherty. Now, I think it should be pronounced Dough-erty, but everyone else calls her Ms Docherty. Has the correct pronounciation been lost over the generations or could they be right?
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Re: Should I give in....
Originally Posted by joyceygreen
(Post 6057491)
On the subject of pronounciation can I ask for Gaelic/Celtic advice. My son's teacher is called Ms Dougherty. Now, I think it should be pronounced Dough-erty, but everyone else calls her Ms Docherty. Has the correct pronounciation been lost over the generations or could they be right?
Actually, any way that she prefers. |
Re: Should I give in....
Oh, I'm a polite person and pronounce it the way everybody does, I was just wondering if it had perhaps changed over the years....
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Re: Should I give in....
Originally Posted by joyceygreen
(Post 6057532)
Oh, I'm a polite person and pronounce it the way everybody does, I was just wondering if it had perhaps changed over the years....
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Shortly after we came to the States, my son, who was 4 at the time, joined a Nursery and I asked him if he'd made any friends and he said, "Yes, his names 'Dearney' ". At the time, I thought that it was an unusual name and wondered how it was spelt. I later found out the boy's name was 'Danny'. It sounded cute and odd, because my son still had a full English accent at that time.
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Re: Should I give in....
Originally Posted by joyceygreen
(Post 6057532)
Oh, I'm a polite person and pronounce it the way everybody does, I was just wondering if it had perhaps changed over the years....
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Re: Should I give in....
Originally Posted by another bloody yank
(Post 6057727)
It wouldn't be unusual for the pronunciation to have changed. You see place names all the time where the pronunciation has evolved and become more Americanized over the years. St. Louis is an example of that. I'm sure it happens with surnames as well. Some immigrants have even changed the spelling of their surnames to appear more "American" although I'm sure if this happens as much as it used to. I went to college with a guy whose last name was changed to Colson from Colsani. Both of my Maternal Grandparents first names were "changed" by their teachers when they started school. They were both born in the US to parents who had come from Sicily. My Grandfather's name was Girolamo and my Grandmother's name was Vincenza. Their teachers called them "Jerry" and "Jennie" for convienence and it stuck for the rest of their lives.
It's the same in England, alot of people from India, Pakistan and Poland change their names to English ones i.e. Surinder to 'Sue' etc. |
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