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And to finish up my gripe list: Army spokesmen who invariably pronounce "cache" as if it were "cachet." Even Westerners innocent of French who live in places like the Cache La Poudre river valley (uphill from Fort Collins, if you're curious) in northern Colorado know better.
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Caramel has all three syllables when I say it.
Carmel is a town in California. They had Clint Eastwood for a mayor for a term some years back. He repealed a town ordinance against consuming ice cream in the streets and another against use of frisbees in city parks. And verily there was much rejoicing.
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Good for him! Everyone should be allowed to dribble sloppy icecream in the streets!
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We have to go back, Kate!
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Ahhh.....That's why I've heard of Carmel ! Thanks bruce.
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We say it right. Honest.
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Is that like that second syllable in Terror?
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#172 |
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You think terror is bad, you should hear mirror and squirrel!
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(Red Dwarf)
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Do like Boris Badenov, and go "Squrl."
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I try....
I'm very trying.
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May I introduce you to the other half
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Out of my mouth, it's "skwir'l" -- the last vowel is very indefinite but some kind of voiced grunt is always there. Squirrelly gives all the vowels a better chance to declare themselves.
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(Most) Brits pronounce Squirrel "Skwi-rull" -almost rhymes with "pit bull".
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Hello Beest - nice to meet you!
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