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Firefly
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01-22-03, 06:08 PM (EST) |
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"Rule 5..."
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...has been changed yet again. I wasn't aware that that many people made such a mistake. Curiously, I've been seeing Kozue's name being misspelled more times than Worcester's. (On the other hand, I haven't the faintest idea how to pronounce "Worcester." There was an old thread on that topic somewhere in the archives, IIRC...) --Firefly Searching for new sig, please wait... |
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JeanneHedge
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01-22-03, 06:14 PM (EST) |
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1. "RE: Rule 5..."
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>...has been changed yet again. I wasn't aware that that many people >made such a mistake. Curiously, I've been seeing Kozue's name being >misspelled more times than Worcester's. (On the other hand, I haven't >the faintest idea how to pronounce "Worcester." There was an old >thread on that topic somewhere in the archives, IIRC...) > >--Firefly > >Searching for new sig, please wait... I think it rhymes with "rooster" - although how the it manages that with that spelling, I haven't a clue. Regards, Jeanne
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Gryphon
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01-22-03, 06:46 PM (EST) |
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4. "RE: Rule 5..."
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LAST EDITED ON 01-22-03 AT 06:46 PM (EST) >(On the other hand, I haven't >the faintest idea how to pronounce "Worcester." WUSS'ter, first syllable rhymes with... well, "wuss". Second syllable often rendered "tah" in the local dialect, but not always. I'm not sure how the English city's name is pronounced; I would suspect the "orce" has a longer "oo" sound, as in "rooster", but the US city's name is not pronounced this way, at least not by its own residents. (Note, however, that there is a city in eastern Massachusetts, Woburn, whose name is pronounced with that sound - "WOO'bun".) That's a good point about Kozue, though. It's just that the Worcester thing has been going on for a lot longer than Kozue's been one of my players... --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
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zojojojo
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01-22-03, 07:19 PM (EST) |
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5. "RE: Rule 5..."
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>>(On the other hand, I haven't >>the faintest idea how to pronounce "Worcester." > >WUSS'ter, first syllable rhymes with... well, "wuss". Second syllable >often rendered "tah" in the local dialect, but not always. > >I'm not sure how the English city's name is pronounced; I would >suspect the "orce" has a longer "oo" sound, as in "rooster", but the >US city's name is not pronounced this way, at least not by its >own residents. The English have a long tradition of names that are spelled very differently than how they're pronounced. The Worcester, England is pronounced WUSS'teh. They also have a Leicester, pronounced LESS'teh, Gloucester, pronounced GLUSS'teh, and other such wonders of the English language. Most cities and towns in the New England area (except Vermont) have analogues in England that have a similarly odd pronounciation (real original types, those Pilgrims... much like the Tomodachika :) ) -Z this language brought to you by the letters H and U and the number 5
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pfloyd
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01-23-03, 02:32 PM (EST) |
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10. "RE: Rule 5..."
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>The English have a long tradition of names that are spelled very >differently than how they're pronounced. > They also have a Leicester, pronounced LESS'teh, I've heard the British town (or at least the square in London) as LEES-ter. The town just west of Worcester (aka Wormtown) is Less-ter/teh. On a side note, it's become a reflexive action for me to correct everyone that calls me on the phone as to the pronunciation of a town in which I've lived for... dear Gods Above and Below, between 25 and 26 years now. On another side note, happy number 32 to me... -- pf
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zojojojo
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01-23-03, 06:01 PM (EST) |
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12. "RE: Rule 5..."
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>>The English have a long tradition of names that are spelled very >>differently than how they're pronounced. >> They also have a Leicester, pronounced LESS'teh, > >I've heard the British town (or at least the square in London) as >LEES-ter. It's probably just an accent difference... as long as you don't call it LIE'kes'ter or LIE'sess'ter, you're probably close enough :) >On another side note, happy number 32 to me... Well happy #32 to you, then... :) -Z Rabid Crack Turtle 3.14159 --- Welcome to Hell. Here's your accordion. |
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Laudre
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01-23-03, 02:08 AM (EST) |
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7. "RE: Rule 5..."
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>(On the other hand, I haven't >the faintest idea how to pronounce "Worcester." There was an old >thread on that topic somewhere in the archives, IIRC...) As Massachussetts is one of the markets I get a lot of calls from at work, here's what I can tell you about Mass city name pronunciations: Worcester: Woost[er|ah] (depending on how Bostonian the speaker is) Leicester: Lester Leominster: Lemonster (as in, the fruit, with a "-ster" on the end) Quincy: Quinzee Peabody: Peebiddy Woburn: Wooban Haverhill: Havril Waltham: Walth-ham Hawthorne: Horthon (that's the best I can do to render how the Boston accent destroys that city name) Those are the ones I remember off the top of my head. I could also mention a few of the other interesting place names I know of by way of my job (Florida's got a few doozies, like Thonotosassa and Immokalee, for instance), but nobody mangles pronunciations quite like Massachussetters (and Bostonians in particular). (It's to the point where I've had callers from Mass confused about spelling or city names by their own accents -- sorta like a Southerner having to specify "ink pen," since "pen" and "pin" are pronounced the same in Southern.) -- Sean -- Rabid Crack Weasel #42 "All tribal myths are true, for a given value of 'true'." -- Terry Pratchett Drelau Productions The Broken Link |
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satyap
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01-23-03, 02:25 AM (EST) |
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8. "RE: Rule 5..."
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>Haverhill: Havril That's because it's Have-rhill, not Haver-hill as you (and I) would expect. The same kind of syllable-isation (ouch) caught me in trying to pronounce "Hadapasar" (don't bother). I thought it was "HUD-uh PUH-sur", but it's actually "HUD-upsur". -- Satya. |
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Offsides
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01-23-03, 09:04 AM (EST) |
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9. "RE: Rule 5..."
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>Those are the ones I remember off the top of my head. > My personal favorite - Medford: MefedOffsides I have looked into the abyss, and the abyss looked also back into me. Neither of us liked what we saw. EPU RCW #π #include <stdsig.h> |
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