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How should I say Uckele?[/QUOTE]
YOU-kuh-lee
[QUOTE=PossumHorse;8933393]
How should I say Uckele?[/QUOTE]
Ukulele is pronounced u (as in too) ku (as in coo) lele (as in laylay).
It is NOT pronounced youkulele.
I also like when folks pronounce words really different, but they sound SO COOL when they do it.
Aluminium pronounced as Al you min eee um.
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Ukulele is pronounced u (as in too) ku (as in coo) lele (as in laylay).
It is NOT pronounced youkulele.[/QUOTE]
I think you are confusing the musical instrument (ukulele) with the food product company (Uckele).
Scratch my response to post 141. The reason I assumed the word in question was ukulele was because there was a recent article in my local newspaper inviting people to join an ukulele group. Only, the headline referred to ukele.
I’m constantly teased about my pronunciation of aluminum. I remind my critics that there is no second ‘i’ in the American spelling of the word.
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I think you are confusing the musical instrument (ukulele) with the food product company (Uckele).[/QUOTE]
You’re right. I realized that after I posted my reply.
I think Uckele (the feed company) is You-Kell?
I confess to not scrolling through 8 pages ot see if anyone else had asked…
A friend insists on calling her Pytchley hunt coats “Pie-chlees”
I think it is correctly pronounced Pitch-lees"
Who wins?
FWIW:
I tried proving my point using my Google assistant to ask & it agreed with me 
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Friday night I got in an entertaining conversation with some friends over dinner when I asked if one of them could pass the CAT-sup. Apparently I have been saying it wrong my whole life?! :lol: It’s KETCH-up?!
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I confess to not scrolling through 8 pages ot see if anyone else had asked…
A friend insists on calling her Pytchley hunt coats “Pie-chlees”
I think it is correctly pronounced Pitch-lees"
Who wins?
FWIW:
I tried proving my point using my Google assistant to ask & it agreed with me .[/QUOTE]
It’s PIETCH-lee.
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I think Uckele (the feed company) is You-Kell?[/QUOTE]
YOU-klee.
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Friday night I got in an entertaining conversation with some friends over dinner when I asked if one of them could pass the CAT-sup. Apparently I have been saying it wrong my whole life?! :lol: It’s KETCH-up?![/QUOTE]
Sadly, it’s KETCH-up. However, CAT-sup sounds much more interesting!
longines
Lawn-jeans is how I say it 
What the experts say:
French pronunciation: LAWN-zheen is a luxury watch company based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, it is owned by the Swatch Group.
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Friday night I got in an entertaining conversation with some friends over dinner when I asked if one of them could pass the CAT-sup. Apparently I have been saying it wrong my whole life?! :lol: It’s KETCH-up?![/QUOTE]
100% regional.
From google:
Ketchup and catsup are simply two different spellings for the same thing, a modern, Westernized version of a condiment that European traders were introduced to while visiting the Far East in the late 17th century.Jan 5, 2012
Up north, seems to be kechup, ketch-up, kesh-schup, etc… down I hear more KATsup, caat-shup, etc. My understanding is that in Europe it’s ‘catsup’.
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100% regional.
From google:
Up north, seems to be kechup, ketch-up, kesh-schup, etc… down I hear more KATsup, caat-shup, etc. My understanding is that in Europe it’s ‘catsup’.[/QUOTE]
In the UK it is KETCH-up.
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In the UK it is KETCH-up.[/QUOTE]
In my experience in the UK, it’s always referred to as tomato ketchup, as opposed to simply ketchup.
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In my experience in the UK, it’s always referred to as tomato ketchup, as opposed to simply ketchup.[/QUOTE]
Yes, and in many areas of the UK it is just known as tomato sauce, or red sauce.
Just got back from EEquine Affaire, or is it EHquine Affaire, in Massachusetts.
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I’m confused. Mostly because Terry and Tarry are pronounced the same? Like Merry and Marry are pronounced the same.[/QUOTE]
WHAT. Terry and Tarry are not pronounced the same! And Merry, Marry, And Mary are three different words with different pronunciations.
flips a table
And Ariat rhymes with Lariat. Air-e-yaht.
Fight me.
:lol:
Belvoir = Bell-Vwah
[QUOTE=ybiaw;8935077]
Belvoir = Bell-Vwah[/QUOTE]
Actually, in England where it is manufactured, it’s “Beaver”. But I don’t pronounce it that way!
The English are also great manglers of pronunciation (especially if it is a French word long in use in England):
Cholmondeley is pronounced “Chumlee”
Reading (the place) is “Redding”
Beauchamp is “Beecham”"
You get the picture…!
