Root vs Route

[Norm K]

Originally Posted by rusnak

When people say "Walla" (Viola), I just want to slap their slackjawed okie ass.

Or when they spell it like a stringed instrument ...

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[rusnak]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

In much of the deep south there are almost no single syllable works.

Eat become eee-yatt. Boy is bow-aye. A real multi syllable work is a real (ree-yall) challenge.

And then there are the So Cal dingbat girls who pronounce "uhm" as a three-syllable word ("Uh-eh-um"). Makes me cringe every time.

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by Norm K

Or when they spell it like a stringed instrument ...

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Ha! I'm going to leave that. Way too funny! That's what I get for using the phone to post on the forums.

[GH85Carrera]

Another phrase I am always astonished at is "For all intensive purposes" it just makes me scratch my head and wonder at how they ever got out of school. Maybe it was a dropout.

[wayner]

For all you computer network guys, don't go to Australia expecting to get a job rooting...

[DaveE]

Go up to the Boston area and pronounce Worcester the way it's spelled sometime and time how long it takes for the locals to stop laughing at you

[john walker's workshop]

Oot and aboot.

[john walker's workshop]

I'm gonna sale this car.

[black73]

Porsche...enough said

[Charles Freeborn]

flair / flare .... roll / role ...you're / your.... don't get me started...

[tcar]

Originally Posted by rusnak

When people say "Walla" (Viola), I just want to slap their slackjawed okie ass.

Arggh... not viola (big damn violin)

Voila' with an accent mark. It's French.

Was a guy on here with a french surname, from Canada that kept writing 'walla'.

[winders]

Originally Posted by rusnak

When people say "Walla" (Viola), I just want to slap their slackjawed okie ass.

You mean "voilà". Yes, most people these days say it wrong. It's more "vwa-la" than "walla". You need to have a little "v" sound before the "w" sound.

[winders]

How about "coupon". The "q-pon" pronunciation is offense to my brain.

[Charles Freeborn]

Originally Posted by rusnak

When people say "Walla" (Viola), I just want to slap their slackjawed okie ass.

Actually that's in a line from Elvira Mistress of the Dark. She can say it any way she wants in my book....

[billybek]

Originally Posted by rusnak

When people say "Walla" (Viola), I just want to slap their slackjawed okie ass.

Viola is like a violin only bigger and deeper in tone....

Voila is what you were looking for...

Edit!
Was a little late to this party!
I was busy getting my kicks on route (like shout) 66.
Edit again: Was late to that party too!
Going to watch hockey instead....

[RKDinOKC]

Got a pronunciation one for you...

Secrete...Secretion
Discrete...discretion

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by tcar

Arggh... not viola (big damn violin)

Voila' with an accent mark. It's French.

Was a guy on here with a french surname, from Canada that kept writing 'walla'.

I left the viola spelling up to give this thread some humor. I'm still laughing about that to myself.

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by Charles Freeborn

Actually that's in a line from Elvira Mistress of the Dark. She can say it any way she wants in my book....

She must live in Viola Viola, somewhere in Washington.

[widgeon13]

advice and advise

[GH85Carrera]