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Well, Rhonda "Rap Sheet" Fields continuously pronounced it Cah-doh-dah-doh during the magazine 'debates' last fall.Originally Posted by Ronin13
An old neighbor almost perf'd his colon at me for the same thing.With that being said, it really pisses me off when people asks me if I am Ai-thalian...Yeah, I was born in Ai-thalee...
Obviously not a golfer.
Then there are those that want to get their "money's worth" and pronounce ALL the letters ...even the silent ones.
EX: Illinois -> ill-a NOISE (ill-a-NOY)
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The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much π.
I once mentioned OHIO to a guy for some reason.One of my coworker is from Austria.... On a daily basis people ask her if she has seen kangaroo in the wild and / or if Sidney is a nice place to visit......
He asked "Isn't that where they grow all them potatoes ?"
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The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much π.
And lest we forget the:
nuclear -> NEW-kyu-ler (rather than NEW-klee-er)
Knew a Marine Biologist that mispronounced this one...and argued she was right:
anemone -> uh-NEN-a-me (rather than a-NEM-o-nee)
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The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much π.
Since we're totally off geography now...
WTF is with people who pronounce Chipotle as if it were spelled "Chipolte"? THE T COMES BEFORE THE L!
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or that mexican it up with "SHEEEE poat lay"
This works for those in Wisconsin, btw.
Obviously not a golfer.
The T is a soft ,T Like Coke is a hard C. Cat etc.
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I thought that T was only soft until you started mixing in Jim Beam.
My last name is spelled Smith but they are all silent so it is properly pronounced Murphy.
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