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20 | 16.81% |
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18 | 15.13% |
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16 | 13.45% |
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29 | 24.37% |
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14 | 11.76% |
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9 | 7.56% |
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8 | 6.72% |
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4 | 3.36% |
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1 | 0.84% |
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0 | 0% |
| 10, liar, liar, pants on fire. |
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0 | 0% |
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#41
12-14-2004, 05:27 PM
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Re: Pronunciation Poll
</font><blockquote><font class="small">In risposta di:</font><hr />
</font><blockquote><font class="small">In risposta di:</font><hr /> My favorite is "Gyro": ji-ro or eur-o Most Americans say "ji-ro" but the correct pronuciation is "eur-o". Go to any mediteranian country where gyros are eaten everywhere and ask for a "ji-ro" and they're gonna have no idea what you're talking about. [/ QUOTE ] I thought it was yee-ro. [/ QUOTE ] yee-ro is probably the closest you'll come with english. 
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#44
12-15-2004, 01:16 AM
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Re: Pronunciation Poll
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[ QUOTE ] comes from a = without pathos = feeling both apathy and apathetic have the same root, just different parts of speech (noun vs. adjective). [/ QUOTE ] a is a greek prefix. it does not mean without, it means not. a-political. a-moral. a-typical. a-gnostic. a(n)hydrous. a(n)ionic. edit: I guess "without" isn't totally incorrect, but you wouldn't use "a" to say I came without any money, in Greek. [/ QUOTE ] well, i could easily make a mistake like that, but just for fun, i checked. according to dictionary.com, the etymology is: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Latin apatha, from Greek apatheia, from apaths, without feeling : a-, without; see a-1 + pathos, feeling; see kwent(h)- in Indo-European Roots.]
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#45
12-15-2004, 01:36 AM
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Re: Pronunciation Poll
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[ QUOTE ] I'm the only one so far who pronounces the H in Herb? Maybe it's a British thing. [/ QUOTE ] But how do you pronounce H? Aich or haitch? [/ QUOTE ] I pronounce it Aitch, so do most people I know. Some British people pronounce it Haitch though, I don't think that one is so much to do with nationality.
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#46
12-15-2004, 02:03 AM
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Re: Pronunciation Poll
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[ QUOTE ] comes from a = without pathos = feeling both apathy and apathetic have the same root, just different parts of speech (noun vs. adjective). [/ QUOTE ] a is a greek prefix. it does not mean without, it means not. a-political. a-moral. a-typical. a-gnostic. a(n)hydrous. a(n)ionic. edit: I guess "without" isn't totally incorrect, but you wouldn't use "a" to say I came without any money, in Greek. [/ QUOTE ] It's called the "alpha privative." It can mean "not, "without," or "lacking." but really isn't limited by that. Theist. Atheist. typical. atypical. In ancient Greek, pistos (faithful), a-pistos (unfaithful). you get the idea . . . -AA P.S. I'm too lazy to pull off any dictionaries or grammer books from the shelf, but im sure Smyth has something to say on the subject.
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#47
12-15-2004, 02:04 AM
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Re: Pronunciation Poll
</font><blockquote><font class="small">In risposta di:</font><hr />
</font><blockquote><font class="small">In risposta di:</font><hr /> </font><blockquote><font class="small">In risposta di:</font><hr /> I'm the only one so far who pronounces the H in Herb? Maybe it's a British thing. [/ QUOTE ] But how do you pronounce H? Aich or haitch? [/ QUOTE ] I pronounce it Aitch, so do most people I know. Some British people pronounce it Haitch though, I don't think that one is so much to do with nationality. [/ QUOTE ] when in austria we had this chat with tylerD and sheriff fatman (both from UK) and i think they both pronounced it "haitch".
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