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  • H Henry Minute

    Which pronunciation do you use? I've just been listening to a TV prog which had a voiceover by an Aussie guy who was using what I assume he thought of as an upper-class accent. He used 'Darta' and it just grated, for some reason. Probably says more about me than it does about him. :) I have also noticed this type of thing with some Americans, naming no names (Oprah Winfrey), who mangle pronunciations to sound posher/cleverer. Kneesan instead of Nissan, for example.

    Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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    Chris Losinger
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    Henry Minute wrote:

    Which pronunciation do you use?

    for what ?

    Henry Minute wrote:

    Kneesan instead of Nissan, for example.

    Nissan's own TV commercials pronounce it "neesan", in the US. for example[^]

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      Henry Minute wrote:

      Which pronunciation do you use?

      for what ?

      Henry Minute wrote:

      Kneesan instead of Nissan, for example.

      Nissan's own TV commercials pronounce it "neesan", in the US. for example[^]

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      modified on Thursday, October 8, 2009 1:03 PM

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      Chris Losinger wrote:

      Nissan's own TV commercials pronounce is "neesan", in the US.

      Interesting. Wasn't aware of that. UK ones use Nissan. Does anyone know how the Japanese pronunciation sounds?

      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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      • H Henry Minute

        Which pronunciation do you use? I've just been listening to a TV prog which had a voiceover by an Aussie guy who was using what I assume he thought of as an upper-class accent. He used 'Darta' and it just grated, for some reason. Probably says more about me than it does about him. :) I have also noticed this type of thing with some Americans, naming no names (Oprah Winfrey), who mangle pronunciations to sound posher/cleverer. Kneesan instead of Nissan, for example.

        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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        PIEBALDconsult
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        I get even by inventing my own mispronunciations; so you may need a more RELL-yable resource. :-D I've never heard of "darta". What gets me is "idear", "acrosst", "irregardless", the invention of anglicized plurals in place of perfectly good latin plurals, and pronouncing "route" like "rout" rather than "root".

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        • R Rajesh R Subramanian

          I hate it when some people say SQL server as "SEAQUUOOL server". :mad:

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          Oh, yeah, I forgot that one on my list.

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          • H Henry Minute

            Chris Losinger wrote:

            Nissan's own TV commercials pronounce is "neesan", in the US.

            Interesting. Wasn't aware of that. UK ones use Nissan. Does anyone know how the Japanese pronunciation sounds?

            Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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            PIEBALDconsult
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            Knee-sahn? They are descended from The Samurai Who Say "Ni".

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            • P PIEBALDconsult

              I get even by inventing my own mispronunciations; so you may need a more RELL-yable resource. :-D I've never heard of "darta". What gets me is "idear", "acrosst", "irregardless", the invention of anglicized plurals in place of perfectly good latin plurals, and pronouncing "route" like "rout" rather than "root".

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              Henry Minute
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              Your use of the word 'mispronunciation' reminded me of an ancient sketch from a, now, sadly deceased, UK comedian Ronnie Barker, where he played the 'Minister for Pispronunciation'. So I googled for it and found this[^], which mentions the sketch, but amused me anyway.

              Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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              • H Henry Minute

                Which pronunciation do you use? I've just been listening to a TV prog which had a voiceover by an Aussie guy who was using what I assume he thought of as an upper-class accent. He used 'Darta' and it just grated, for some reason. Probably says more about me than it does about him. :) I have also noticed this type of thing with some Americans, naming no names (Oprah Winfrey), who mangle pronunciations to sound posher/cleverer. Kneesan instead of Nissan, for example.

                Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                Henry Minute wrote:

                , naming no names (Oprah Winfrey), who mangle pronunciations to sound posher/cleverer.

                You're mistaking cleverness for stupidity here. X|

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                • H Henry Minute

                  Which pronunciation do you use? I've just been listening to a TV prog which had a voiceover by an Aussie guy who was using what I assume he thought of as an upper-class accent. He used 'Darta' and it just grated, for some reason. Probably says more about me than it does about him. :) I have also noticed this type of thing with some Americans, naming no names (Oprah Winfrey), who mangle pronunciations to sound posher/cleverer. Kneesan instead of Nissan, for example.

                  Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                  Not much of a pronunciation problem, but what grates my nuts is people saying 'dem' instead of 'demo' :mad: X| Comming back to your question i pronouce da - ta... strong russian "yes" and "ta" as in toodledo :)

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                  • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                    I hate it when some people say SQL server as "SEAQUUOOL server". :mad:

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                    Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                    Right?!! :mad: Its just wrong!

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                      Not much of a pronunciation problem, but what grates my nuts is people saying 'dem' instead of 'demo' :mad: X| Comming back to your question i pronouce da - ta... strong russian "yes" and "ta" as in toodledo :)

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                      "demo", of course, means demolition.

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                        Henry Minute wrote:

                        , naming no names (Oprah Winfrey), who mangle pronunciations to sound posher/cleverer.

                        You're mistaking cleverness for stupidity here. X|

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                        Still smarter than the audience.

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                        • H Henry Minute

                          Which pronunciation do you use? I've just been listening to a TV prog which had a voiceover by an Aussie guy who was using what I assume he thought of as an upper-class accent. He used 'Darta' and it just grated, for some reason. Probably says more about me than it does about him. :) I have also noticed this type of thing with some Americans, naming no names (Oprah Winfrey), who mangle pronunciations to sound posher/cleverer. Kneesan instead of Nissan, for example.

                          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                          I'm inconsistent... Sometimes I say it like "daa-tuh", sometimes "day-tuh" But I always make it a point to say "S Q L", because "Sequel Server" sounds like a book repository. Other annoying ones: * Jaguar (The cars)... Is it "Jag-war", "Jag-wahr", or "Jag-you-are"? I know know of the commercials I've seen for it uses both the first and third pronunciations... Two announcer voices, one of them using each. I pick the first. * Nissan... Yeah, that one can be odd... It's either "Nee-sahn" or "Niss-ann"... Maybe we should just go back to calling it "Datsun"... Is it "Daht-son" or "Dot-son"? * Porsche... While we're on cars... "Porsh" or "Porsh-uh"? I use the first, because the second makes you sound like one of those people who could actually afford to buy one new. * Nuclear... "Noo-clee-arr"... I'm sorry, but "Nuke-you-lar" is just totally unacceptable, and these people need to go back to grammar school. I had so much fun talking about GWB back in the day, because he would mispronounce other words too... Korea, to him, was the "Nuke-yuh-luh puh-nin-shuh-luh" * Aluminium... Sorry, Brits. It just sounds better our way. Time to take that last "i" and send it away with all of the extra "u"'s.

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                          • H Henry Minute

                            Which pronunciation do you use? I've just been listening to a TV prog which had a voiceover by an Aussie guy who was using what I assume he thought of as an upper-class accent. He used 'Darta' and it just grated, for some reason. Probably says more about me than it does about him. :) I have also noticed this type of thing with some Americans, naming no names (Oprah Winfrey), who mangle pronunciations to sound posher/cleverer. Kneesan instead of Nissan, for example.

                            Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                            Lost User
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                            It depends on whether I'm speaking Dutch or English

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                              Still smarter than the audience.

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                              Dan Neely
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                              You could say the same about the bubblegum stuck to the bottom of the studio seats. :rolleyes:

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                                "demo", of course, means demolition.

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                                TommyTomToms
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                                :laugh: :thumbsup:

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                                  I hate it when some people say SQL server as "SEAQUUOOL server". :mad:

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                                  Miszou
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                                  Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                                  SEAQUUOOL

                                  Wait, is that different from "Sequel"? Because I say "sequel server" all the time... :~

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                                    Your use of the word 'mispronunciation' reminded me of an ancient sketch from a, now, sadly deceased, UK comedian Ronnie Barker, where he played the 'Minister for Pispronunciation'. So I googled for it and found this[^], which mentions the sketch, but amused me anyway.

                                    Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                                    PIEBALDconsult
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                                    Henry Minute wrote:

                                    amused me anyway

                                    Glad to be of service.

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                                    • H Henry Minute

                                      Which pronunciation do you use? I've just been listening to a TV prog which had a voiceover by an Aussie guy who was using what I assume he thought of as an upper-class accent. He used 'Darta' and it just grated, for some reason. Probably says more about me than it does about him. :) I have also noticed this type of thing with some Americans, naming no names (Oprah Winfrey), who mangle pronunciations to sound posher/cleverer. Kneesan instead of Nissan, for example.

                                      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                                      Luc Pattyn
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                                      well, datums of course, as in forums :laugh:

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                                      • M Miszou

                                        Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                                        SEAQUUOOL

                                        Wait, is that different from "Sequel"? Because I say "sequel server" all the time... :~

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                                        Rajesh R Subramanian
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                                        I've heard both versions. Either ways it's just wrong and they annoy me equally.

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                                        • T TommyTomToms

                                          Not much of a pronunciation problem, but what grates my nuts is people saying 'dem' instead of 'demo' :mad: X| Comming back to your question i pronouce da - ta... strong russian "yes" and "ta" as in toodledo :)

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                                          Jim Crafton
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                                          TommyTomToms wrote:

                                          but what grates my nuts

                                          That sounds like a really severe problem - you should have that checked out stat!

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