To say a word how its spelled
Posted: 12 March 2009 09:58 PM
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Hey all i was watching TV and they were talking about a word that mean you pronounce a word how its spelled, but the word they were talking about had some letters in it that you didnt say… i think it was like a CH to make a K sound
anyways i found it pretty funny but cant remember what the word was anybody else heard it before?
Posted: 12 March 2009 11:52 PM
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Ache is as brief as can be .
Posted: 16 March 2009 09:29 AM
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You cannot pronounce every word in English the way it is spelled. (Bough, cough, thorough, though, doughty,slough,etc. for example)
Posted: 16 March 2009 11:22 AM
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Not sure how to tache that Luke.
Posted: 16 March 2009 02:12 PM
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Is “tache” the word you meant? Or might it be “tackle” as in bait and tackle on your fishing boat?
Posted: 16 March 2009 08:51 PM
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Posted: 05 April 2009 07:33 PM
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If I listen to Beethoven’s 5th, then listen immediately to Beethoven’s 9th, am I listein to Beethoven bach to bach?
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Posted: 05 April 2009 07:37 PM
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Either my fingers are loosening, or typing skills are lessening. I’m meant “listening.”
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Posted: 05 April 2009 10:57 PM
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Play one more Beethoven composition and you will have listened to a batch.
Posted: 06 April 2009 06:34 AM
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And that, grammar people, is a good example of the future perfect tense—perfectly unbotched.
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Posted: 06 April 2009 01:36 PM
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More like botulism ! Diarrhea of the Cranium.
Posted: 06 April 2009 02:30 PM
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Speaking of cranial diarrhea, we should pause and give thanks to LMS09 for allowing us the chance to run on like this.
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Posted: 07 April 2009 09:51 AM
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I guess I have to plead ignorance on this one: LMS09?
Posted: 07 April 2009 11:33 AM
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First poster in this thread: LMS09. That makes douglang the four poster.
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Posted: 08 April 2009 08:49 AM
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Which means I was ‘teetering’ on three legs?
Posted: 08 April 2009 08:59 AM
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I have a few old stools that teeter on three legs. Want me to send you a sample?
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