"DAY-luge?" or DEL-yooj?"
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:00 PM
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"DAY-luge?" or DEL-yooj?"
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:01 PM
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1. I'll take del-yooj for $400 , Alex
Edited on Wed Dec-22-10 07:02 PM by SoCalDem
:) a local weather-bimbette pronounced it Dee-lug the other day.. spilled coffee over than one
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:04 PM
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4. Doesn't DAY-luge refer to the sled team from Chicago trying
Out for the Winter Olympics? (As in Dey Bears, Dey Cubs, Dey White Sox...)
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:04 PM
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5. however if you were to put a d at the end I might say day
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:04 PM
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6. Depends on how stoned I am.
Fuck. I gave up pot more than 20 years ago. Now I'm NEVER going to know the answer.
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:05 PM
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That's the way I learned it, I suppose.
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:06 PM
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8. I'm still trying to pronounce "apres moi".
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:42 PM
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25. I think it is Apreh mwah.
Edited on Wed Dec-22-10 07:44 PM by CTyankee
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:08 PM
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9. DELL yooj is how I say it.
But I like dee-lug better, so that is how I'm going to pronounce it from now on. :-)
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:09 PM
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10. "HOO-cares" or "hook-AIRS"?
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:12 PM
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14. Neither. It's del-OOJ (emphasis on second syllable)
Edited on Wed Dec-22-10 07:13 PM by northoftheborder
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16. Oxford English Dictionary sez:
/ˈdɛljuːdʒ/ ie DELLyoodge , I think.
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:27 PM
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17. Toe-May-Toe or Toe-Mah-Toe ? n/t
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:31 PM
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18. H'it don'matter none to me
Long'z ya spell it with an "E." --Dan Quayle
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20. do you say pa dayd uh? or do you say pa da da?
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Or, as we call it around here "Like a cow pissin' on a flat rock."
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:38 PM
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23. Spoken dictionary says.....
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26. And then there is the closely related "deluginous."
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:48 PM
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27. It's regional and also depends on how many years of French you took
Day-LUGE is the Francophile pronunciation. Otherwise, just say what the locals say if you don't want them to look at you funny.
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:49 PM
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28. SaWeet. I love the winter Olympics.
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:56 PM
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29. In my neighborhood, it's pronounced....
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:58 PM
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30. Depends on your language and location.
Both are correct, depending on those factors. Why does it matter?
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Wed Dec-22-10 07:58 PM
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31. Hell, I thought either pronunciation...........
was acceptable. But what do I know?
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35. Wasn't Del Huge a porn star?
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