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+camerahound
03/29/04 11:33 PM GMT
In case you were wondering:

We all know it's to-MAY-toe here and to-MAH-toe to our cousins across the pond. But not everyone knows it's EAR-rock, not EYE-rack. So, how about al-Qaeda? It is an Arabic word meaning "the base" and is pronounced alka-EYE-da. According to Nail Al-Jubeir, spokesman for the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington D.C., there is an extra vowel after the Qa that doesn't exist in English. In a pinch you could say al-KY-da, but not al-KAY-da.

Now that I've cleared that up, are there people out there who irritate you by pronouncing certain words incorrectly? You know, like our beloved Presi- dent's nu-KU-ler instead of nu-KLEE-er.
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prismmagic
03/30/04 12:47 AM GMT
People who say wa-or-sh instead of wa-sh. almineom imstead of aluminum. Arnald he says ca-le-forn-ia instead of Ca-li-for-nia.

Tracy was that when he was chocking on pretzel.
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.hernoor
02/02/06 9:36 PM GMT
different peoples have different accents..
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+camerahound
02/03/06 11:26 AM GMT
Yeah, so? Tooomaaatoe or tow-may-toe. Eat and be grateful!
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::DigiCamMan
03/06/06 1:58 AM GMT
I know Al Kayda I used to play golf with him. He always said there would be nukuler war that would blow up all the towmaytoes in Calefornia using alumineom warheads. He said this with an accent while choking on a pretzel.
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kimcande
03/06/06 3:25 AM GMT
You can tell alot about a person by the way in which they speak....It's not about whether it is right or wrong, but it is interesting and sometimes fun to guess where they must be from and a little about their life by the acent and way they speak. For me as long as I get what you mean, I'm fine with it. There is room in the world for all of us.
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::DigiCamMan
03/06/06 7:57 AM GMT
This has been edited for lack of interest.
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.chumly_12
10/03/07 12:13 AM GMT
aluminium should be said al-u-min-i-um not alu-min-um, its all about the pron-un-cia-tion and spelling thing pho-en-etic-ally
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::gloopical
10/03/07 7:25 PM GMT
I say it al-u-min-yum because I'm constantly hungry.

And if you imagine really really hard it tastes sorta like bananas =D
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.chumly_12
10/03/07 11:16 PM GMT
oooooooook 0_o

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