Guest guest Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 i guess everyone goes thru mispronounciations at one point or another. i've had trouble with 'chipotles' too. lol. my parents are the worst. one night we went out to eat at a vietnamese place and my mom and dad kept going on about needing some hoisin sauce, but they were pronouncing it like WHO-sane...our waiter was clueless...as was i. cracked me up. also, when my parents first started toying with veganism when i was in high school, they would pronounce it vay-gan. my boyfriend and i always laughed and agreed it was a good pronounciation for them....it was like they were from another planet (vega). and i agree that it is fun to mispronounce words on purpose sometimes. susie --- ~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll wrote: > Hi Nancy! (((hugs))) I guess we are both > silly gooses [geese]! *lol* > So nice to read I am not the only person who > pronounced new things wrong in the past and > felt so silly. Hey, at least we are trying new cool > stuff all the time, so we are not stuck in some > boring rut or dull, even if we don't always know > the proper way to say it, huh? > I like to jalapenos JAL-aps... and I don't pronounce > the 'j' in a 'h' sound and as a family joke we call > chipotles Chip-POT-ls, even though we all know how > to say it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 This thread is making me smile - my G'pa always calls tofu toofoo and we think it's so cute we do too sometimes. He's been fascinated by soy for years - blew up my G'ma's pressure cooker way back in the 60's messing around with soybeans - boy was she mad lol. Peace, Diane , " artichoke72x " <artichoke72x wrote: > > i guess everyone goes thru mispronounciations at one > point or another. i've had trouble with 'chipotles' > too. lol. my parents are the worst. one night we > went out to eat at a vietnamese place and my mom and > dad kept going on about needing some hoisin sauce, but > they were pronouncing it like WHO-sane...our waiter > was clueless...as was i. cracked me up. also, when my > parents first started toying with veganism when i was > in high school, they would pronounce it vay-gan. my > boyfriend and i always laughed and agreed it was a > good pronounciation for them....it was like they were > from another planet (vega). and i agree that it is > fun to mispronounce words on purpose sometimes. > > susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 haha my Daughter calls it toe-fffooo lol she loves it Aj - " strayfeather1 " <otherbox2001 Saturday, June 24, 2006 2:31 PM Re: Chayote Salad - mispronouncing words > This thread is making me smile - my G'pa always calls tofu toofoo and > we think it's so cute we do too sometimes. He's been fascinated by > soy for years - blew up my G'ma's pressure cooker way back in the > 60's messing around with soybeans - boy was she mad lol. > Peace, > Diane > > > , " artichoke72x " > <artichoke72x wrote: > > > > i guess everyone goes thru mispronounciations at one > > point or another. i've had trouble with 'chipotles' > > too. lol. my parents are the worst. one night we > > went out to eat at a vietnamese place and my mom and > > dad kept going on about needing some hoisin sauce, but > > they were pronouncing it like WHO-sane...our waiter > > was clueless...as was i. cracked me up. also, when my > > parents first started toying with veganism when i was > > in high school, they would pronounce it vay-gan. my > > boyfriend and i always laughed and agreed it was a > > good pronounciation for them....it was like they were > > from another planet (vega). and i agree that it is > > fun to mispronounce words on purpose sometimes. > > > > susie > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 The ones I always screw up are Nasturtiums and Worcestershire. Especially the former. I always have to ask people how to pronounce it! One I also used to screw up was Tinnitus. I had read it but just couldn't get it out right. As an anime geek, one that used to drive me nuts was hearing people pronounce " Pokemon " as " Pokey-man " . Veronica > > i guess everyone goes thru mispronounciations at one > > point or another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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