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10 words we've forgotten how to pronounce
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| March 9, 2015
| James Harbeck
Posted on 03/15/2015 3:38:57 AM PDT by iowamark
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To: Redcitizen
Yes, if you are on Higg’s boat, you are Higg’s boatswain
To: Slambat
If it were pronounced int the German from which it seems to come it would be closer to boiner.
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:33:56 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(it's true!)
To: Paine in the Neck
My grandfaher was born and raised in Worcester- Wooster (like oo in book) and lived a time in Lister.
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:35:39 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(it's true!)
To: exnavy
And for we sailors, bosun is just the begining.Related - coxswain
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:35:58 AM PDT
by
gasport
(Immigration reform means arriving in air-conditioned comfort.)
To: raybbr
Not with an h but with an unvoiced glottal stop.
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:37:19 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(it's true!)
To: ChronicMA
I was also thinking of Mr. Obama’s corpseman.
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:37:26 AM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
To: arthurus
Not with an h but with an unvoiced glottal stop.True, but I didn't know how to express it. Thanks.
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:40:56 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(Obamacare needs a death panel.)
To: iowamark
February. There is an “r,” and it’s not silent.
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:41:52 AM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Where there is life, there is hope. - Terri Schiavo ~ Þ)
To: iowamark
Years ago, when I lived in Denver, I noticed the new TV news guy in town always seemed to get to do a story set in either Saguache or Ouray, CO.
It was almost like an initiation for the new guy in town.
Funny thing, one story was all it took. For most.
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:41:53 AM PDT
by
Tupelo
(I feel more like Philip Nolan by the day)
To: GeronL; MeshugeMikey
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:43:13 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: chajin
The oe is pronounced like a less radical oi.
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:46:45 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(it's true!)
To: Paine in the Neck
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:47:36 AM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")
To: iowamark
I thought that in today’s vernacular “forehead” had become “fohaid.”
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:47:48 AM PDT
by
gop4lyf
To: a fool in paradise
ahaha I see we have some corpsemen in the audience...
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:47:50 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: central_va
Even worse, nu-ke-lure, drives me nuts.
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:48:58 AM PDT
by
FunkyZero
(... I've got a Grand Piano to prop up my mortal remains)
To: central_va
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:49:51 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(it's true!)
To: raybbr
Like a “t” in the throat instead of with the tip of the tongue.
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:51:47 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(it's true!)
To: Gaffer
Hey, Gaff! I never noticed the missing n! Thanks!
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:59:04 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
To: exnavy
"And for we us sailors, bosun is just the beginning."
AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!
Okay! Over the gunnels with you, Nav! (pun intended)
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posted on
03/15/2015 6:01:42 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
To: Vendome
Don’t forget Palestine, Texas!
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posted on
03/15/2015 6:05:35 AM PDT
by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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