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LYC: I'm an ass. I packed my 360 to send out for repair and just realized I left a game in the 360. Doh! -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 13:26 1
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talking about names always makes me think of boodeechay and then I spend the rest of the day trying not to laugh. -- nm - workmanda Aug 11, 13:25
Andrea - an-dre-a or an-drea? -- nm - amoxy Aug 11, 13:24 4
- I've heard both. Depends on the person. (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 13:26
- I would say ann-dree-uh, though I've known Andrea's who went with ahn-drey-ah. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 11, 13:26
- I vary on that...sometimes an-dree-ah, sometimes an-dray-ah -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 13:25
- That one's by the person to me. I'm ok with both. -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 13:25
Jon Stewart will be interviewing George Lucas on stage at this year's Star Wars Celebration V on Saturday. -- (link) - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 11, 13:23 3
- Think he will ask Lucas his opinion of the Ground Zero Mosque -- nm - amoxy Aug 11, 13:25 1
  - Or the Ground Zero gay bar? -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 11, 13:26
- No way! -- nm - April Aug 11, 13:24
roger waters agreed to let Iranian exiles adapt Another Brick in the Wall - Zeitgeist Aug 11, 13:22
Nina. Nee-Na or Nine-A? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 13:22 7
- za-NEE-na -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 13:26
- First one -- nm - amoxy Aug 11, 13:24
- no one says it the second way. I mean, come on. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:23 3
  - I bet you-know-who would have said it that way. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 11, 13:25
  - Actually, my mom's friend from college did... -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 13:24
  - they do if it is rhyming with 'clock' :) -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 13:24
- I've heard it both ways. -- nm - Shawn Spencer Aug 11, 13:23
*has IPA flashbacks from his phonetics class, and curls up into a ball in the corner* -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 13:21 3
- omg all these years I've suffered in silence unaware there were others who shared my abuse - Zeitgeist Aug 11, 13:25 2
  - I'd reach out to you but afraid that mispronouncing your name would lead to a bottomless spiral of depression -- nm - Zeitgeist Aug 11, 13:27
  - it was a required class for everyone (one of the last vestiges of its 19th century founding as a school of oratory) -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 13:26
"8/11/2010 2:23:00 PM DELIVERED" OPEN UP THE BOX!!! -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:20 1
- "Aug 10, 2010 9:54 AM - Delivered". Maybe they didn't like it. :( -- nm - Diva Aug 11, 13:25
This "Sarah" discussion is giving me the giggles. I never thought for a minute that Sarah (sara), Farrah and Mara didn't rhyme. - TWuG Aug 11, 13:19 15
- I always thought Mara was not like the others. The other Mara's I know are all Mar-uh. -- nm - pmb Aug 11, 13:21 2
  - I've heard it both ways. - sigh-core Aug 11, 13:25
  - I can understand that, but have never known a Mara other than here. - TWuG Aug 11, 13:25
- Well, Sarah *can* go the other way, but it's uncommon. -- nm - mara Aug 11, 13:20 8
  - an how about Zarah? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 11, 13:21
  - I know *so* many Sarahs. - TFox Aug 11, 13:21
  - "So you WANTED me to be your Governor?" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 13:21 4
    - That there are still people that think she'd be a good Veep, let alone President, baffles me. - TWuG Aug 11, 13:23 3
      - my sis in law loves her. I keep calling her Sarah Quitter and she gets really mad at me. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 13:25
      - that video proves to me that she can't make it through a national primary. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:24 1
        
        I'm not sure America isn't stupid enough to elect her. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 13:26
  - hey-oh! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 13:20
- what's funny is, i think every single person thinks all those words rhyme. - TFox Aug 11, 13:20 2
  - Well, I pronounce "mara" differently, but I recognize it *could* be pronounced like Farrah or Sarah. (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 13:22
  - the "Mary merry marry" thing is always funny to me. I cannot make those words sound differently to me. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:22
Two weeks and a wake up... - Stephen (Status Seeker) Aug 11, 13:19 1
- watch out, this is usually when they bite it in the Nam movies -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 13:20
how can that pea story be true? I am never eating peas again! how is that true?? -- nm - workmanda Aug 11, 13:18 4
- no way that it happened from "going down the wrong way". He inhaled some seed or something -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 13:22
- I knew there was a reason I hated peas -- nm - decline Aug 11, 13:22
- it no foolin' reads like something my older brothers would have tortured me with. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:20
- Warm, moist environment. Don't look for mold growing inside living people. That's way nastier. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 13:20
do you pronounce often as "off-ten" or "off-in", in other words do you use the t in it or not? -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 13:18 14
- T is not silent. except in ebonics -- nm - sigh-core Aug 11, 13:19 13
  - depends if I'm enunciating or not. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:26
  - the southerner I married insists that it is silent -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 13:20 11
    - It is. -- nm - Callisto Aug 11, 13:23 2
      - seriously? -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 13:24 1
        
        Yes! -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 11, 13:25
    - well, this southerner says it isn't silent. -- nm - sigh-core Aug 11, 13:21 7
      - This northerner says it is silent. -- nm - pmb Aug 11, 13:22 1
        
        seriously? -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 13:24
      - agreed -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:22 3
        
        I'm not sure I trust you on your stated location. You never tell me that you're fixin' to do something. -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 13:23 2
        
        He never does say that. It's true. - Kim Pine Aug 11, 13:25
        
        Even when I was a child, the locals were confused by how I didn't act like one of them. - David Aug 11, 13:24
      - thank you! -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 13:22
on second thought, yall just keep sleeping in -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 13:16 6
- L3 -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 13:21
- neechay -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 13:20
- Hilarious. -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:19
- *laughing* -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 13:19
- Heh. -- nm - mara Aug 11, 13:18 1
  - right?? -- nm - workmanda Aug 11, 13:19
give musubi a break, its not like he was born in the US -- nm - birther Aug 11, 13:14
I'm going to stop saying "mara" rhymes with Sara and start saying it rhymes with Farrah. Thank you. -- nm - mara Aug 11, 13:13 4
- You're still mar-a to me. - JaxSean Aug 11, 13:17 1
  - Maire-ah sounds like how Cartman from South Park would pronounce Mary. -- nm - pmb Aug 11, 13:19
- I pronounce Marilyn like 'marry-lin', so that's no help at all -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 13:17
- "Bear doesn't rhyme with chair, it rhymes with stair!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:16
ST poll: Does Farrah Fawcett's first name rhyme with Sarah Palin's? -- nm - mara Aug 11, 13:11 39
- No. -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 13:14
- Yes. WTF? (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 13:13 1
  - oh, do you, or do you not, think Farrah's name is the same as, say, Fare-ah? -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 13:14
- (now i'm confused as shit. how do y'all pronounce Farrah?) -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 13:12 27
  - The girl I knew in HS name Farrah pronounced it Fair-uh. I know cool school story. -- nm - sigh-core Aug 11, 13:19
  - fair-uh -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 13:13 1
    - this. Just like sare-uh or mare-uh. Simple. -- nm - Callisto Aug 11, 13:15
  - The first syllable rymes with mare, care, bare, and share. -- nm - mara Aug 11, 13:13 17
    - no, it rhymes with Harrah's casinos. -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 13:14 16
      - How the hell do you pronounce this? It's like Hair-uh (or hare-uh, same thing). - JaxSean Aug 11, 13:19 2
        
        like the 'a' in 'cap'. -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 13:23 1
        
        Huh. Yeah, that sounds NJ/NY -esque in my head. - JaxSean Aug 11, 13:26
      - This. (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 13:17 1
        
        well yes. but that would be Hare-ahs. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 13:18
      - (and, just to clarify, i've heard people say these names the way y'all say them, but i thought it was a funny dialect thing.) - TFox Aug 11, 13:15 9
        
        *points and laughs* - Callisto Aug 11, 13:16 8
        
        but like, doesn't Chuck pronounce Sarah the way I do, for example? -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 13:17 7
        
        Yes, he does. (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 13:18 1
        
        your ears are broken. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 11, 13:19 [youtube]
        
        No. -- nm - Callisto Aug 11, 13:18 4
        
        I feel like I'm in The Game. -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 13:18 3
        
        You were drugged and left for dead in Mexico and all you got was a stupid t-shirt? -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:23
        
        You and me both, brother. (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 13:20
        
        I think it's an "ear" thing. You and mus hear it slightly differently, and nobody else does. -- nm - mara Aug 11, 13:20
      - hare-uh. -- nm - Callisto Aug 11, 13:15
  - Fare-ah. seriously people. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 13:13 4
    - Yes. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 13:16
    - nope. Fair-ah -- nm - decline Aug 11, 13:15 2
      - same thing! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 13:15
      - :) -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 13:15
  - Just like Sarah, dufus -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 13:13
- yep -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 13:12
- yep -- nm - decline Aug 11, 13:12
- yes. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 13:12
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- yes. -- nm - Callisto Aug 11, 13:11
- yes -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 13:11
- In my head, yes -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 13:11 1
  - In your head, Dogs and Monkeys can get married -- nm - amoxy Aug 11, 13:19
TT Poll: Is the first vowel sound in "Sarah" a long A (rhyme with "say" or "bay"), or a short A sound, (like "map" or "bat")? (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 13:11 9
- neither -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 13:12 4
  - it;s a long A like in fair. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 13:13 3
    - so Fair-ah Fawcett? No way. -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 13:13 2
      - go to youtube and find an interview where they talk about her. seriously. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 13:15
      - wait, yes. that's how I say it in my head -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 13:14
- I don't think the "long a" "short a" thing is really accurate linguistically. I refuse to make this a discussion about those particular labels. -- nm - mara Aug 11, 13:12 2
  - Just answer the question, mah-rah. (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 13:19
  - Makes you wear a scarlet long A -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 13:12
- MLS - oblique Aug 11, 13:12
And just for the record. Mara is pronounced Mar (like Car) ah because that's how it was used in the Bible. Bitter! -- (link) - oblique Aug 11, 13:11
Need advice. I'm watching Wicked in a few hours. Is there a dress code for Broadway shows? -- nm - FabioParme Aug 11, 13:10 22
- munchkin casual -- nm - Zeitgeist Aug 11, 13:13
- not really, no, but I like to dress it up a little bit. - znufrii Aug 11, 13:13 3
  - Yeah, it was great! It was pleasure meeting you and Jack -- nm - FabioParme Aug 11, 13:14 2
    - YOu could have just said "You and your wife" too -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 13:14 1
      - I keep getting confused which is the husband and which is the wife -- nm - zork Aug 11, 14:05
- Make sure your balls aren't exposed. -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 13:11
- wear flipflops, shorts and a loud Hawaiian shirt -- nm - decline Aug 11, 13:11
- Where are you sitting? -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 13:11 12
  - Front Mezzanine -- nm - FabioParme Aug 11, 13:13 11
    - I'd dress nicely, but no need to go full suit or anything. Khaki's and a nice shirt -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 13:14 10
      - Khaki you mean a bermuda short? -- nm - FabioParme Aug 11, 13:15 2
        
        i think he means full-legged pants. -- nm - Diva Aug 11, 13:19 1
        
        Gotcha! -- nm - FabioParme Aug 11, 13:20
      - exaclty. -- nm - decline Aug 11, 13:15
      - yup, I mean, they won't kick you for wearing a tshirt and jeans, but still... -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 13:14
      - this -- nm - Diva Aug 11, 13:14 4
        
        When I sit in the last row of the balcony, I don't care as much -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 13:16 3
        
        yup - you'll often see folks up there in t-shirts and shorts. Especially this time of year. -- nm - Diva Aug 11, 13:17 1
        
        btw, saw Shrek. The lady who played the Dragon was *stellar* -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 13:25
        
        yeah, then i can show some ball. -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 13:16
- You have to dress up like your favourite character in the show -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 13:11 1
  - This might work for the wife... She just need a broom!!! -- nm - FabioParme Aug 11, 13:12
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Care Bear stare! -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 13:09 3
- dude, Myspace isn't that bad... -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 13:13
- pronounced sorry bery stay ray -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 13:11
- Carptain! -- nm - mara Aug 11, 13:10

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