Carey Carlan writes:

"JohnO" wrote in news:yCGOe.960$eQ.926
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Just had dinner in Charlotte, MI. Angry stares if you pronounce it the
obvious way.

How does one pronounce it to avoid stares?

shar-LOTT

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:22:14 +0000 (UTC), georgeh wrote:

Carey Carlan writes:

"JohnO" wrote in news:yCGOe.960$eQ.926
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Just had dinner in Charlotte, MI. Angry stares if you pronounce it the
obvious way.

How does one pronounce it to avoid stares?

shar-LOTT

But that IS the obvious way.

d

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:22:14 +0000 (UTC), georgeh wrote:

Carey Carlan writes:

"JohnO" wrote in news:yCGOe.960$eQ.926
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Just had dinner in Charlotte, MI. Angry stares if you pronounce it the
obvious way.

How does one pronounce it to avoid stares?

shar-LOTT

But that IS the obvious way.

Here (southern US) we say SHAR-let.

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:29:06 GMT, Ricky Hunt wrote:

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:22:14 +0000 (UTC), georgeh wrote:

Carey Carlan writes:

"JohnO" wrote in news:yCGOe.960$eQ.926
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Just had dinner in Charlotte, MI. Angry stares if you pronounce it the
obvious way.

How does one pronounce it to avoid stares?

shar-LOTT

But that IS the obvious way.

Here (southern US) we say SHAR-let.

This is strange - you guys have the closest connection to the French of
anybody in the States, yet your pronunciation is the furthest away.

d

Where and when did the 'Arkansaw' trend get started if it is always spelt
Arkansas?
In comparison you never hear the other state said as 'Kansaw'!

"Edi Zubovic" edi.zubovic[rem wrote in message
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 02:48:55 GMT, Ben Bradley
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:38:10 GMT, "Jim Gregory"
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And as others in the thread remarked, there are many words, as well
as other proper names, whose spelling alone misleads one's
pronuncuation. A music-synthesizer-related (ot just music related) one
is timbre, pronounced "tamber."
And as I recently heard, in Florida (where some French guy
supposedly found the Fountain of Youth) and throughout most of the US,
they say something like "PONCE de leON", but in Atlanta where we have
a street named after him, the street is always pronounced "PONCE de
LEon [as in LEAN on] Avenue." I grew up with that one, folks...

Arkansas, anyone? -- I've heard they all were in Arkansaw.

Then there's this obligatory one, found all over the Internet and
Usenet, that is pronounced as a commmon (and totally innocent!)
four-letter word:

ghoti
Gosh.

To save you from googling, here's the "I Feel Lucky" link:
http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxwhat04.html


Edi Zubovic, Crikvenica, Croatia

Just had dinner in Charlotte, MI. Angry stares if you pronounce it
the
obvious way.

How does one pronounce it to avoid stares?

shar-LOTT

But that IS the obvious way.

Here (southern US) we say SHAR-let.

This is strange - you guys have the closest connection to the French of
anybody in the States, yet your pronunciation is the furthest away.


The midwest was largely explored and settled by the French first, and the
pronounciations run the gamut of American language butchery. g

-John O

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:22:14 +0000 (UTC), georgeh wrote:

Carey Carlan writes:

"JohnO" wrote in news:yCGOe.960$eQ.926
:

Just had dinner in Charlotte, MI. Angry stares if you pronounce it the
obvious way.

How does one pronounce it to avoid stares?

shar-LOTT

But that IS the obvious way.

More SHAAR-LIT where I come from.

geoff

Yeah Bob Moog was the coolest guy, he will be missed.

I had to opportunities to "meet him", once on the phone and once in
person.

The first time, I called Big Briar to order one of their Theremin kits
(at the time they only sold kits, not the full units), I had a question
about the circuit board.

The phone gets answered "Big Briar, Bob Moog speaking"....to which I
replied, "gulp, uhhhhh, you mean THE BOB MOOG", to which he replied
"yeah, it's me, that Bob Moog".

I tried not to gush too much, as I explained that I certainly didn't
expect to get him on the phone, to which he replied "well everybody
else has left for the day so I'm still here...what can I help you
with?"

15 - 20 minutes later we were still talking, about all kinds of stuff
(e.g. I had used a Modular Moog in college, he told me they were
working on the Moogerfoogers, etc.)

I finally excused myself because I felt bad about taking up so much of
his time...I got the impression he would have just kept talking to me.

The second time, I met him in person at the Smithsonian "Piano 300"
panel discussion.

He arrived early and soon had a crowd of people (well 10 - 12) around
him and was regaling them with various tales....one about Rick Wakeman
buying a boatload of Minimoogs because he wanted to have "presets" and
they didn't have programmable synths in that era.

He looked like a physicist (pocket protector, the pants, etc.), but had
a real way with words, not a pretentious bone in that man's body.

So sad to see him go, and I didn't realize he was only 71.....

Analogeezer