What do you drop from clapboard?
The p. "Cla'board." I remember the first time I ran across "fo'c's'le" in a book I read as a kid. I had the damnedest time trying to figure out how to pronounce it.
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DXMachina - Jan 31, 2005 9:02:42 am PST #2437 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
sumi - Jan 31, 2005 9:03:22 am PST #2438 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Weskit? Where we (Americans) think it's waist (long a)- coat.
Betsy HP - Jan 31, 2005 9:03:25 am PST #2439 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Yup. Clapboard is pronounced like "clabbered".
Steph L. - Jan 31, 2005 9:03:38 am PST #2440 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Is that "poo-ALL-up"?
pyu-al-up.
Hey, I was close! That should count for something.
Alibelle - Jan 31, 2005 9:03:58 am PST #2441 of 10002
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
clabberd = clapboard. I have heard people pronouce it clap-board -- but they were very very wrong.
But that is still two syllables.
DavidS - Jan 31, 2005 9:04:27 am PST #2442 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Still waiting to hear about the snooty way to pronounce "waistcoat."
sumi - Jan 31, 2005 9:04:43 am PST #2443 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
forecastle = foKsil - kind of.
boatswain = bosn
Cashmere - Jan 31, 2005 9:04:46 am PST #2444 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
My in-laws pronounce "leash" as "lish". I kid you not. "Don't forget to put the dog on the lish."
Drive me bugfuck. Way worse than when they say "warsh". As in, "you warsh your face with a warsh rag."
Freakish Midwestern dialect.
P.M. Marc - Jan 31, 2005 9:04:51 am PST #2445 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Our local Des Moines is pronounced Deh Moynz.
Or, if you're feeling the urge, Dez Moy-knees. (The unofficial mocking/affectionate way of saying it, at least back when I went to high school there.)
Steph L. - Jan 31, 2005 9:04:53 am PST #2446 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
"Clabberd" and "weskit"? Weird.
And I don't even know what a forecastle IS.