piisfish 135 #26 February 28, 2006 Quote What? They invented tomatoes too???!!!no, just the Kratschup scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pincheck 0 #27 February 28, 2006 QuoteOh yeah??? Well then WHO invented Chicken Soup?!? Ah, but how do you pronounce "chicken soup Billy-Sonic Haggis Flickr-Fun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tcnelson 1 #28 February 28, 2006 QuoteQuotenucular, jees you colonials... Only the colonial-in-chief pronounces it that way. not true. usually, the same people who say "nucular" are the same ones who say "ambleeance". "Don't talk to me like that assface...I don't work for you yet." - Fletch NBFT, Deseoso Rodriguez RB#1329 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #29 February 28, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuotenucular, jees you colonials... Only the colonial-in-chief pronounces it that way. not true. usually, the same people who say "nucular" and the same ones who say "ambleeance". And they borrow books from the liberry, right? Oh, wait, they don't read. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tcnelson 1 #30 February 28, 2006 and one of my all-time favorites: "Illinoise" "Don't talk to me like that assface...I don't work for you yet." - Fletch NBFT, Deseoso Rodriguez RB#1329 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #31 February 28, 2006 I use my tongue to pronounce it...but if you were, say someone like Billy, you would use your hands. BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #32 February 28, 2006 Your poll appears to have ignored the correct way... TIT-anium Damned colonials (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #33 February 28, 2006 QuoteI got to thinking, if the word is based on "Titan," then it should be pronounced "Tie-TAN-ium," but it is most common to hear the other pronunciation. If the word is based on "Titan", shouldn't the correct pronunciation be "TI-tan-EYUM"? I pronounce it 'ti-TAN-eyum' Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GogglesnTeeth 6 #34 February 28, 2006 I'm shocked nobody came up with this one as a pronounciation..... F-E-M-U-R Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #35 February 28, 2006 Thai-tay-knee-um (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hambone 0 #36 February 28, 2006 QuoteWe invented it, we'll call it Chicken Soup if we want! I LOVE IT...THATS THE AMERICAN SPIRIT!Yeah...You need to grow up. -Skymama Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #37 February 28, 2006 Plenty of words exhibit a similar shift in pronunciation with the addition of new syllables. Take the word photo, photograph, photography, photographic. Notice the change in the vowels? especially the a and the second o. The fact that people pronounce it differently does not imply stupidity... just dialectal and idiolectal differences... So let's not get all high and mighty about how people who pronounce things differently are stupid. Except for George W. Bush. C'mon, nukyular? -Karen "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #38 March 1, 2006 I know a lot of people pronouce it OUCH OWWEEEEEEEE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #39 March 1, 2006 Quote*** Not Ti...I meant Al "The American Charles Martin Hall of Oberlin, OH applied for a patent (400655) in 1886 for an electrolytic process to extract aluminium..." ...And by the way, we always use an Aluminum pan to cook Chicken Soup! You are aware that Aliminium is also a stable elementYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlkskycam 0 #40 March 1, 2006 Quoteand one of my all-time favorites: "Illinoise" Is Missouri "Miz-ur-ree" or "Miz-ur-ruh?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pdj6p 0 #41 March 1, 2006 It is definitely MISERY. Death is so permanant, and I'm just not ready for that kind of committment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #42 March 1, 2006 QuotePlenty of words exhibit a similar shift in pronunciation with the addition of new syllables. Take the word photo, photograph, photography, photographic. Notice the change in the vowels? especially the a and the second o. Did you get that from Marilyn Vos Savant in the Para\de magazine that comes with your Sunday newspaper? --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orange1 0 #43 March 1, 2006 QuotePlenty of words exhibit a similar shift in pronunciation with the addition of new syllables. Take the word photo, photograph, photography, photographic. Notice the change in the vowels? especially the a and the second o. The fact that people pronounce it differently does not imply stupidity... just dialectal and idiolectal differences... So let's not get all high and mighty about how people who pronounce things differently are stupid. Except for George W. Bush. C'mon, nukyular? well yeah... there's a difference between pronouncing things differently and pronouncing them in ways that make no sense from the letters in the words... yeah? so what did you vote for titanium, then? -KarenSkydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegreekone 0 #44 March 1, 2006 why do I suddenly feel like some "eye-tal-yiun" food? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #45 March 1, 2006 QuoteDid you get that from Marilyn Vos Savant in the Para\de magazine that comes with your Sunday newspaper? - Maybe from her college studies... Karen's studying linguistics (and related topics ... I've probably oversimplified the classes she's taking) right now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #46 March 2, 2006 OK as a complete outsider to the USA I want to know how the hell you get Are-can-Saw from ArKANSASYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #47 March 2, 2006 Yeah, I read parade.. haha. No actually, I'm majoring in Speech and Hearing Sciences. Linguistics is a key aspect of the field. Our teachers stress that the different dialects of English (yes, NorthEastern accents, Southern accents, etc. are considered dialects) are simply that, different dialects. I voted for ti-tay-nium. Edited to add: Actually, I have a test on this stuff tomorrow. We get to translate Standard American English (mid-west) into a Southern Accent, a Northern accent, African American Vernacular, and into a disordered child's speech. Fun stuff I tell you!! -Karen "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #48 March 2, 2006 Quote Actually, I have a test on this stuff tomorrow. We get to translate Standard American English (mid-west) into a Southern Accent, a Northern accent, African American Vernacular . . . Hey, I grew up speaking Texan. Lemme know if y'all want some help with that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #49 March 2, 2006 QuoteYeah, I read parade.. haha. No actually, I'm majoring in Speech and Hearing Sciences. Linguistics is a key aspect of the field. Our teachers stress that the different dialects of English (yes, NorthEastern accents, Southern accents, etc. are considered dialects) are simply that, different dialects. Comedian David Cross (you know him as Tobias, the balding dude on "Arrested Development") had some funny things to say in his stand-up routine, about American "dialects." He talks about the faggy-sounding "gay voice" (and does examples), and says that while not all gay men sound that way, ONLY gay men sound that way. Then he goes on about the "hick" voice, the "drawl" we all think of when we think of "country folk." He illustrates how you NEVER hear a guy from Texas sound like a guy from Brooklyn, but all over the country, hicks sound like hicks. You really need to hear the routine to get the full effect, so I recommend you avail yourself of his CDs. --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
