Help me settle a debate with Roh_Chris

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Roh_Chris

Roh_Chris

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Tintin said:
STAY-tis is the correct way to pronounce the word. :)
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Thank you, Tintin. :D

Shineyourlight, my pronunciation has been validated by a mod and by an Oz. Your move. :p

Edited to add: Plus, an American lady mentioned "a dashing British gent with an enticing accent", which I clearly epitomize. :rolleyes:
 
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Roh_Chris said:
Thank you, Tintin. :D

Shineyourlight, my pronunciation has been validated by a mod and by an Oz. Your move. :p

Edited to add: Plus, an American lady mentioned "a dashing British gent with an enticing accent", which I clearly epitomize. :rolleyes:
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You're welcome, brother! Just telling it like it is. Curry on then. ;)
 
Test_F_i_2_Luv

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shineyourlight said:
Hello! We need your input!

Roh_Chris and I are debating on the word "status" and its pronunciation.

He says the correct way is "STAY-tis"
I say, "STAT-is"


How do YOU say it?
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It's pronounced al-oh-min-ee-um.

Or, no, wait -- ah-loom-uh-num?

:)
 
Test_F_i_2_Luv

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Roh_Chris said:
Nope.

Al-oh-min-ee-yum.

Technically, we should ask the Chinese because they are the world's largest producer of Aluminium. ;) :p
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They pronounce it sorta like "Lee".

Hmmm, I don't know what that does for the sta...PURPOSE...of this discussion. :)
 
melita916

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my boyfriend and i disagree on how to say caramel.

he says carmel. i say caramel.

one day, he'll agree with me. one day.
 
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melita916 said:
my boyfriend and i disagree on how to say caramel.

he says carmel. i say caramel.

one day, he'll agree with me. one day.
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Sounds like he's correct:p
 
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melita916 said:
my boyfriend and i disagree on how to say caramel.

he says carmel. i say caramel.

one day, he'll agree with me. one day.
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So seriously living in so many states I have learned that CARAMEL, PECAN, TOMATO, ENVELOPE, POTATO and so on all have different ways to say it depending the region you were born in and first learned to speak in.

I will say a PECAN farm once stated this to me. It is pronounced PEA-CAN when it is on the tree and PE-CAAN when it falls off the tree.

So I am going to go lick the ON-VELOPE I need to mail now! HAHAHAHA
 
Roh_Chris

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JeniBean said:
So I am going to go lick the ON-VELOPE I need to mail now! HAHAHAHA
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Envelope is actually a French word. It would be pronounced as ON-velope, just like entrepreneur. There is only one way to pronounce it. :p

So you are right!
 
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GodIsSalvation

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Roh_Chris said:
Envelope is actually a French word. It would be pronounced as ON-velope, just like entrepreneur. There is only one way to pronounce it. :p

So you are right!
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Lol it's en-velope, not on-and off-velope As in comparable to the word from which it originates, envelop.

Envelope | Define Envelope at Dictionary.com

1700-10; < French enveloppe, derivative of envelopper to envelop

Envelop | Define Envelop at Dictionary.com

1350-1400; Middle English envolupen < Old French envoluper, equivalent to en- en-[SUP]1[/SUP]+ voloper to envelop, of obscure origin; compare Old Provençal (en) volopar, Italian inviluppare to envelop, Italian viluppo tuft, bundle, confusion, referred to Medieval Latin faluppa chaff, wisp of straw, perhaps influenced by the descendants of Latin volvere to roll



Lolz we gotta be "en/in" the velope to be enveloped, not "on" it lol.
 
seoulsearch

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And I would be yet another rebel who says "EN-velope..."

I also say, "EGGS" (rhymes with "legs") and not "AAYYYGGS."

Then again, I'm a Yankee, what can I say...
 
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seoulsearch said:
And I would be yet another rebel who says "EN-velope..."

I also say, "EGGS" (rhymes with "legs") and not "AAYYYGGS."

Then again, I'm a Yankee, what can I say...
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Lol that means you're not a rebel because that's the right way to say it lol.
 
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