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  • #261
    Other hot buttons:

    stationary / stationery
    capital / capitol

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    • #262
      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by cedarboy:
      Is 'liberry' a flavor?
      <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

      We were never sure.

      If it is, it's the flavor of 3-day-old popscicle drippings on a 25-year-old dusty textbook.
      If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats. - Lemony Snicket

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      • #263
        My heads starting to spin. Now, here are some I'm confused with: why are words like "labour & favour" spelt with the "u" in Britain & Canada, but without it in the USA? Plus the letter "z". Pronounced zed here but zee there!!!!

        "When the mare's good, she's very very good, but when she's bad.........look out!!!"
        Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!

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        • #264
          Don't forget "grey" vs. "gray".

          Those are just variations in spellings, not actual mistakes.

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          • #265
            On my trip I took a photo of a sign that said Humped Zebra Crossing. Loved that one.

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            • #266
              According to the OED, 'favor' (sans u) shows up as early as:

              c1380 WYCLIF Sel. Wks. III. 434, & fals not e gospel for favor of men.

              then again, it used to be spelled 'fayuer' and 'fauoure', among other things. I think we're just lazy over here in US - why use that extra letter if you don't have to?

              Did you know that zed was applied 'contemptuously to a person' by Shakespeare? "1605 SHAKES. Lear II. ii. 69 Thou whoreson Zed, thou vnnecessary letter." And 'to curry favor' is actually a 'corruption of to curry favel'? To make this horse-related, 'favel' technically refers to 'the proper name of a fallow-coloured horse'. The OED says the exact colo(u)r originally denoted by the adjective 'favel' is not certain.

              I feel like such a geek, but I LOVE going through the OED! Fascinating stuff.

              -Albion

              'O lente, lente currite noctis equi' - Ovid

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              • #267
                Speaking of how to pronounce words correctly...how on earth do you say Worcestershire? I usually say lee and perrins.

                Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I
                Just because I have a short attention span doesn\'t mean I

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                • #268
                  I was always taught it's 'woostershear' sauce.

                  I also refuse to say 'sherbet' out loud, since people look at me like I'm CRAZY for pronouncing it 'sher-bet', not 'sherbert'. There's not an 'r' in front of that 't'!

                  -Albion

                  'O lente, lente currite noctis equi' - Ovid

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                  • #269
                    I say "wooster sauce." Hooray Henry lived in Worcester and you could see the Lea & Perrins smokestack out the back window in the distance, shaped exactly like a Worcestershire Sauce bottle.

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                    • #270
                      My sister, who really knew her way around a kitchen, used to call it (jokingly) War-chester-shire.

                      There's a community not too far from here named Leicester. The locals have given up and just call it "Lester". Newbys always try "Lee-cess-ter" and several variations before they default to the local term.

                      I have NO idea how it's really supposed to be pronounced but for some reason that connundrum always reminds me of the Worcestershire one.

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                      He's not really a pony, and I'm really not "pony aged" either.
                      "One person's cowboy is another person's blooming idiot" -- katarine

                      Spay and neuter. Please.

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                      • #271
                        This one's even horse related.

                        Everytime is see the name of Iron Spring's jumper stallion Judgement, I desperately want to take an eraser to that extra "e."

                        The first lesson of the first class in law school was the correct spelling of the word "judgment." However, in the UK (and Canada?) they add that extra e in the middle. I've heard Judgement was imported, which would explain the spelling error. But it still makes me cringe when I see it!

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                        • #272
                          Leicester is supposed to be pronounced 'Lester'.

                          I got chewed out by my historian mother in the 4th grade for asking about Queen Elizabeth & the Earl of 'Lie-sess-ter'. 'Lester! It's LESTER!' she shrieked at me. Never forgotten that one.

                          -Albion

                          'O lente, lente currite noctis equi' - Ovid

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                          • #273
                            Portia,

                            Thank you. That extra e drives me nuts. Another legal related pet peeve -- "affidavid" Always stunned to see how many people could look at the word as written and still pronounce the "t" as a "d." I've bitten the word "affadav-IT" back more than once. Mustn't offend clients, you know.

                            And, sadly, no matter how many times we've corrected the barn manager, he still makes reference to that "cor-sarge" stuff we do.

                            Floral print dressage saddles, anyone?

                            Libby

                            (p.s. Ben says thank you for your earlier tip about the really cool ear bunnies that were on sale -- I really love mine )

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                            • #274
                              Portia - Judgement is a homebred USA boy - I guess they added the "e" to make him feel imported.

                              OK, here are a couple that have gotten me... I (while babbling on about something) actually said pa-LATA-bull (palatable) instead of (and I quote from Merriam-Webster here) 'pa-l&-t&-b&l.

                              There is a town in West Virginia named Hurricane. OK, I, being from the east coast and dealing with hur-A-canes was quite surprised to be fussed at for incorrect pronunciation. It's HUR-akin in WV apparently.

                              Also, those from PA, what the heck is up with that state?? Duquesne? Monongahela?
                              I hate going there because I can not say those things!!! (OK, a native taught me the proper pronunciation, but sheesh!)

                              And SoCal people... La Jolla? Do you have any idea how long someone can look for "La Hoya" before giving up and asking?? Not that I have ever done such a thing

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                              • #275
                                Well, clearly I missed the lesson on Leicester. Somehow, I suspect I'm not the only one , judging from the conversations I overhear when someone's giving directions, or whatever.

                                ___________
                                He's not really a pony, and I'm really not "pony aged" either.
                                "One person's cowboy is another person's blooming idiot" -- katarine

                                Spay and neuter. Please.

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                                • #276
                                  Being from good old Yorkshire in England orginally: pronounce it: wusta-shhe (wish there was a way to record it for you all). Just remember that in England we do not pronounce our "r"s or just say "wuster" sauce.

                                  "When the mare's good, she's very very good, but when she's bad.........look out!!!"
                                  Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!

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                                  • #277
                                    Stallion name I have slaughtered over the years:

                                    "Idocus" (I-doh-cus) or (ID-oh-cus) ??
                                    "Routinier" (Row-tin-eer) or (Roo-teen-yeah)?
                                    "Galoubet" (Gal-0-bet) or (Gal-o-bay)?
                                    "Ideal" referred to him as "I-deal" for years then found out it was "EE-dee-al"

                                    My all time favorite name to mangle:
                                    "D'Artagnon"...had to see the movie to realize that it's not pronounced "Dee-art-ag-non" (of course, I NEVER spoke his name in public as I knew I was not saying it "right")

                                    So tell me fellow equestrians, what names have YOU slaughtered over the years??
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                                    • #278
                                      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by eclipse:
                                      I hate it when people say "Oh you ride equestrian". Then I just kind of look at them like they have rocks in their heads & reply "yeah well equestrian is riding". Confuses them every time. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I think this is because the Olympics refers to the riding disciplines as "equestrian". So non horse people use "equestrian" to refer to the Olympic disciplines.

                                      Janet
                                      chief feeder and mucker for Music, Spy, Belle, and Brain
                                      Janet

                                      chief feeder and mucker for Music, Spy, Belle and Tiara. Someone else is now feeding and mucking for Chief and Brain (both foxhunting now).

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                                      • #279
                                        <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by eclipse:
                                        My heads starting to spin. Now, here are some I'm confused with: why are words like "labour & favour" spelt with the "u" in Britain & Canada, but without it in the USA? Plus the letter "z". Pronounced zed here but zee there!!!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Because Daniel Webster decided the US should use diffferent spelling from the UK.

                                        Janet
                                        chief feeder and mucker for Music, Spy, Belle, and Brain
                                        Janet

                                        chief feeder and mucker for Music, Spy, Belle and Tiara. Someone else is now feeding and mucking for Chief and Brain (both foxhunting now).

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                                        • #280
                                          <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Inverness:

                                          I've got one of those NY-bred husbands who waits "online, " thinks that Gloucester is pronounced "Glouwster," and insists on saying "ohways" instead of "always."
                                          <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
                                          I have always pronounced it to rhyme with "foster"

                                          Speaking of MA- did you hear the one about the MA English teacher who was teaching about homonyms, and gave "often" and "orphan" as an example?

                                          Janet
                                          chief feeder and mucker for Music, Spy, Belle, and Brain
                                          Janet

                                          chief feeder and mucker for Music, Spy, Belle and Tiara. Someone else is now feeding and mucking for Chief and Brain (both foxhunting now).

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