'I Did My Best,' Says Student Who Flubbed 'Wheel of Fortune' [messed up 3 different puzzles]

ABC News.yahoo.com video ^ | April 14, 2014

[Kirkwood]

I guess I’m not getting the race thing you specified. Do you believe ex-pats only come in the color white?

[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

That is easy. In KY we say Ver-sails. Everybody knows that. If you want a hard one try Louisville. Louie-ville. Looaville. And many others.

I find it hard to believe you're a KY native. There is only one correct pronunciation of Louisville (as my KY wife told me): "Lou-vle"

*grin*

[Charles Martel]

I have a friend that was with Sajak when they were both on AFVN radio. They used to talk..said Pat was and still is a nice guy.

Around ten years ago, the "traveling" Wheel of Fortune show was in town and the local paper sent a reporter over to interview Sajak.

All I remember is Pat's answer to the "favorite book" question: "Atlas Shrugged".

[dr_lew]

He might be able to pronounce it just fine but not when he’s looking at it.

It didn't seem like he knew the word, although I see what you mean and I can imagine myself blurting out "Ah CHILL eez", even though I would never say, "Ah CHILL eez heel", for example.

This is an unusual word for Wheel of Fortune, which usually has "common phrases". I guess this was supposed to be some kind of college edition.

[sphinx]

It's Ver-SAILS in Indiana as well. We also have a DU-boys County (Dubois), an OR-leens (Orleans, and a VIN-sinz (Vincennes).

The French have been mispronouncing these names for centuries. I am proud of my ancestors for cleaning up the confusion.

[Paladin2]

What about a sex change?

[Paladin2]

"The French have been mispronouncing these names for centuries"

LOL.

Spoken like a true Amerrrican.......

[Paladin2]

JF’nK’s wife is an African-American.

[jughandle]

Ooohhh mmyy...

[mupcat]

Why do I have to qualify my reaction?

Nope, on second thought I'm not answering this further--not worth it.

[VideoDoctor]

My wife is a former winner - 27 years ago. She really wishes she could go back on, she’s a LOT better now, and she was darn good then.

Come to think about it... that would make for a great series of shows using "Former Winners" pitted against one another.

[DeFault User]

“The French have been mispronouncing these names for centuries”

Having lived in Kentucky for several years, I got used to Ver-sales, but Ee-toil (Étoile—beautiful French word for “star”) was just too much of a cringe factor.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Interesting you point out “Achilles”. Because I listen to audio books, and when listening to all the Ender’s Game books, they switch around their narrators, and one of them pronounces the name “a-sheel”, rather than “ack-ill-ees” (sorry I don’t have proper notation there). So at first, we’re wondering who this new character is, until we figure out it is just a different pronunciation.

[FreedomPoster]

Send that idea into Pat, would ya?

[FreedomPoster]

You know Pat had a short-lived talk/interview on Sunday nights on FNC, right?

It was far too intelligent and non-short-attention-span-oriented to be successful, unfortunately.

He is a conservative.

[petercooper]

Who doesn't learn about Achilles in high school English? Or about the Achilles heel. He probably is somewhat illiterate.

[freedumb2003]

Who doesn't learn about Achilles in high school English? Or about the Achilles heel. He probably is somewhat illiterate.

The Substitute Teacher worth the watch and dead-on for this.

[freedumb2003]

>>He is a conservative.<<

He has some world class epic tweets.

[lonestar]

I had friend who was on many years ago. She won a car plus cash.

[FreedomPoster]

We had an awesome trip to Sydney. Daytime show, you didn’t get a car, and this was back in the day when you didn’t get cash, you had to spend your money on prizes from showcases.