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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > Word pronunciations that piss you off
 
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SHISHKABOB
Nov 30, 2012

Fun Shoe

theres a will theres moe posted:


A while ago NPR had a guy on talking about how back when chinese food was new in the US, the mary tyler moore show was pronouncing it "chinese FOOD" insead of "chiNESE food." It was weird and interesting.

It's really cool when separate words get mushed together to form one "word". Like the difference between blue bird and bluebird. But in this case chinese food remains separated, but the emphasis moves around.

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SHISHKABOB
Nov 30, 2012

Fun Shoe

ra tehuti posted:

what in the gently caress is a mulTIMeter?

It measures stuff.

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