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Reply #90 posted 09/30/08 9:58am

CarrieMpls

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Genesia said:

markpeg said:

Measure rhymes with Pleasure. It's really funny to me when some Americans say "Maaay-sure".


I have never heard anyone pronounce measure that way.


Me either.
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Reply #91 posted 09/30/08 10:02am

Efan

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CarrieMpls said:

Genesia said:



I have never heard anyone pronounce measure that way.


Me either.


I have. In fact, it plays on an endless loop at the San Diego airport: "Due to increased security may-sures..." Drives me crazy whenever I'm there.
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Reply #92 posted 09/30/08 10:04am

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Efan said:

CarrieMpls said:



Me either.


I have. In fact, it plays on an endless loop at the San Diego airport: "Due to increased security may-sures..." Drives me crazy whenever I'm there.


Ahhhhh...California.

'Nuff said.

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Reply #93 posted 09/30/08 10:13am

Efan

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Genesia said:

Efan said:



I have. In fact, it plays on an endless loop at the San Diego airport: "Due to increased security may-sures..." Drives me crazy whenever I'm there.


Ahhhhh...California.

'Nuff said.

lol


Before moving to California in the mid-'90s, I had blissfully never heard someone say "all" in place of "said": "He was all, 'You need to be home by 10,' but I was all, 'I'll get home when I feel like it.'" That bugged me for a while, but I guess it's no worse than using "like" or "goes" for "said."
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Reply #94 posted 09/30/08 4:46pm

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CarrieMpls said:

Genesia said:

markpeg said:



Measure rhymes with Pleasure. It's really funny to me when some Americans say "Maaay-sure".


I have never heard anyone pronounce measure that way.


Me either.



DevotedPuppy said:

I say:


"mā-zhər" instead of "me-zhər" (measure)

"trā-zhər" instead of "tre-zhər" (treasure)



Edit: the boxes are supposed to be upside-down 'e's...I don't know why they won't post...




I guess you all missed my post. It's actually an officially accepted pronounciation, according to Merriam-Webster. I think I picked it up when I took a course on Shakepeare and we read "Measure for Measure." geek
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Reply #95 posted 09/30/08 4:50pm

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you're weird smile


it's for my own amusement mostly razz

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Reply #96 posted 09/30/08 4:51pm

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Amaxx said:

ZombieKitten said:



it's for my own amusement mostly razz

So! Is Fatigue Fatigyou?????


ooh! idea

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Reply #97 posted 09/30/08 4:53pm

Amaxx

ZombieKitten said:

Amaxx said:


So! Is Fatigue Fatigyou?????


ooh! idea

Kylie Mino-gew!

Correct! biggrin
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Reply #98 posted 09/30/08 5:19pm

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What makes me giggle is when people pronounce "jalepenos" (pronounced hall-ah-pee-nos) "jah-lap-a-nos". falloff
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Reply #99 posted 09/30/08 5:25pm

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Lammastide said:

ArielB said:

Let's just say that I mix up another word for being with number 2. redface

hmmm Does this mean you occasionally have to take a "sheet," Ariel? smile


falloff That reminds me of a joke my brother once told me:

There was a Mexican fellow who was checking into a hotel. The person at the front desk asked him how many sheets he wanted on his bed. The Mexican looked at the front desk employee and said, "Sir, if you put any sheets on my bed, I will kill you!" falloff
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Reply #100 posted 10/01/08 1:35am

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psychodelicide said:

What makes me giggle is when people pronounce "jalepenos" (pronounced hall-ah-pee-nos) "jah-lap-a-nos". falloff


Actually, it should be ha-la-pay-nyohs!
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Reply #101 posted 10/01/08 4:31am

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I'm British, so naturally I pronounce everything exactly as it is supposed to be pronounced. lol
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Reply #102 posted 10/01/08 7:04am

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I say FOR-mid-able

I keep hearing news ppl and even my friend says
for-MID-able
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Reply #103 posted 10/01/08 7:30am

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inside I laugh so hard when hearing the word "food" pronounced "fud" falloff I blame it on the lisp. :kiss:
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Reply #104 posted 10/01/08 1:18pm

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Moonbeam said:

psychodelicide said:

What makes me giggle is when people pronounce "jalepenos" (pronounced hall-ah-pee-nos) "jah-lap-a-nos". falloff


Actually, it should be ha-la-pay-nyohs!


Thanks for the clarification; you are right about that. I was thinking of correcting my post, but you beat me to it. smile
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Reply #105 posted 10/01/08 7:18pm

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Genesia said:

Dour does not rhyme with sour.


huh?

what does it rhyme with, then?? confuse
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Reply #106 posted 10/07/08 3:30pm

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