I can forgive the Catlinburg Cats but not the newscaster. She wasn't purring at all!mishmish3000 wrote:But that's what the Catlinburg Cats call it, too. Purrrr-eth.
pennsylvanian pronounciation
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Goofy newscasters could be a whole new topic line!!
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(Although the one reporter at the Staples Center was actually having a mild stroke--she's ok now but it wasn't very funny then...)
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(Although the one reporter at the Staples Center was actually having a mild stroke--she's ok now but it wasn't very funny then...)
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Most people in the US can't pronounce Melbourne (MELL bin) Canberra (CAN bra) or Brisbane (BRIZ bin) the way people who live here pronounce. I thought that Perth was somewhat immune.
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We have decided to travel through Kitanning, though, as a West Australian, my stomach churns at the mis-spelling.GeoffW wrote:Most people in the US can't pronounce Melbourne (MELL bin) Canberra (CAN bra) or Brisbane (BRIZ bin) the way people who live here pronounce. I thought that Perth was somewhat immune.
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Presumably pronounced Kitten-ing?ChrisGreaves wrote:We have decided to travel through Kitanning, though, as a West Australian, my stomach churns at the mis-spelling.
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I guess not. At first, I didn't know what she was talking about, no less where.GeoffW wrote:Most people in the US can't pronounce Melbourne (MELL bin) Canberra (CAN bra) or Brisbane (BRIZ bin) the way people who live here pronounce. I thought that Perth was somewhat immune.
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Hah!John Gray wrote:-Presumably pronounced Kitten-ing?
Kit-anning (vs. Cat-anning)
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Damned Yankee!mishmish3000 wrote:I like "Kitten-ing" better!
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I've been called worse ...mishmish3000 wrote:Why Sirrah, Ah do declare! Callin' me that NAME!
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So do you answer when someone calls out, "Hi Worse, how are you?"ChrisGreaves wrote:I've been called worse ...mishmish3000 wrote:Why Sirrah, Ah do declare! Callin' me that NAME!
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Shirley not?viking33 wrote:So do you answer when someone calls out, "Hi Worse, how are you?"ChrisGreaves wrote:I've been called worse ...
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