And further more............at least one third of us took our diction lessons from one PETER JENNINGS, .... If he doesnt speak the Queen's English who does?
Drink another warm beer and go to bed Simon.....the free world is busy tonight!
------Hill
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hillbilly
who are you rolling those green eyes at gorgeous?
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StinkyPantz
This thread..
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xenawarrior
When the English tongue we speak.
Why is break not rhymed with weak?
Won?t you tell me why it?s true.
We say sew, but also few?
And the maker of a verse.
Cannot rhyme his horse with worse?
Beard is not the same as heard,
Cord is not the same as word,
Cow is cow, but low is low,
Shoe is never rhymed with foe.
Think of hose and dose and lose,
And think of goose and yet of choose,
Think of comb and tomb and bomb,
Doll and roll and home and some.
And since pay is rhymed with say,
Why not paid with said I pray?
Think of blood and food and good;
Mould is not pronounced the same as could.
Why is it done, but gone and lone ?
Is there any reason known?
To sum it up, it seems to me.
That sounds and letters don?t agree.
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drwtsn32
I thought it was pronounced e-ROCK (long e).
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Insomniac
Oy, I hate when people mispronounce common words; Iraq, Iran, Belarus, nuclear, Usama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, and especially basil. Which, as we all should know, is pronounced bazzle (rhymes with dazzle), and not bay-sill. Get with the program, people!
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confusedjw
INS - I always said pad-a-lock until I got married and my wife asked "How do you spell that?"
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Soledad
Iraq
or Irak (both: ēräk´, ĭrăk´) , officially Republic of Iraq, republic (1996 est. pop. 21,422,300), 167,924 sq mi (434,924 sq km), SW Asia. Iraq is bordered on the south by Kuwait, the Persian Gulf, and Saudi Arabia; on the west by Jordan and Syria; on the north by Turkey; and on the east by Iran. Iraq formerly shared a neutral zone with Saudi Arabia that is now divided between the two countries. Baghdad is the capital and largest city. The country is divided into 18 provinces.ADVERTISEMENT -
Leolaia
Iraqophobia....An irrational fear of Iraq, particularly among those selling the recent invasion of Iraq.