February 19, 2007: Ivrea, Italy food fight with oranges - Page 2

milkfish · 02-19-2007, 06:28 PM

Half a Euro per kilo (or chilo) seems really, really cheap to me. Maybe they're nasty-tasting fruit.

monster · 02-19-2007, 06:33 PM

looks like those fruit orange -pardy

cooties · 02-20-2007, 09:22 AM

I hope they kept a watch on the rind.

TheCaretaker · 02-20-2007, 11:53 AM

Those teams sure view each other with a jaundiced eye.

... at least for safety's sake they're wearing blaze o_____.

May the lord have mercy on my soul.

Shawnee123 · 02-20-2007, 12:32 PM

oranges poranges nothing rhymes with oranges

monster · 02-20-2007, 12:42 PM

Orange is another one of those words I cannot pronounce American-style. Well I think I can if I try hard enough, but my kids just laugh at me.

TheCaretaker · 02-20-2007, 12:48 PM

Don't forget sporange, Shawnee, it's a pack of spores. Like a seed pod.

I just realized.
Especially with the football pads, all they need is to use one white bronco instead of two brown horses to make an artful re-staging of OJ Simpson's arrest.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-20-2007, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

oranges poranges nothing rhymes with oranges

Door hinges.

monster · 02-20-2007, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Door hinges.

I rest my case.

Sundae · 02-21-2007, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Orange is another one of those words I cannot pronounce American-style. Well I think I can if I try hard enough, but my kids just laugh at me.

I give up. How on earth do Americans pronounce orange then?
I've been trying as many different ways as I can think of and they all seem improbable....

barefoot serpent · 02-21-2007, 01:08 PM

as in Home on the O'______.

Undertoad · 02-21-2007, 01:09 PM

Orangeyouthecuriousone.

monster · 02-21-2007, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

I give up. How on earth do Americans pronounce orange then?
I've been trying as many different ways as I can think of and they all seem improbable....

Well Bruce was alarmingly close with his door hinges. But I can't even do it, let alone describe it!

However, never one to resist a challenge (and all y'all in the chosen land please remember I'm surrounded by Michigandans, Canucks and U of M students, so when it comes to representing the whole of the county ymmv.....)

Say "oar" and then try to picture that the sound is above your tongue towards the back of the mouth. Now say it again, but put the sound under the tongue (this may make you push your chin forward) and breath out as you say it. Then say Eng as in engineering -exactly as you would say it in engineering -same stress.

It's bizarre that such a simple word should be so hard, but kids make great litmus paper and mine assure me that orange is a word that reveals me as a foreigner. (Squirrel and Mirror are the other two that come to mind right now)

milkfish · 02-22-2007, 01:26 PM

Go to the relevant page on Merriam Webster and click on one of the two little red speaker symbols. I think my pronunciation is a little closer to the first one, but I probably use both interchangeably myself.

monster · 02-22-2007, 02:13 PM

yes, that first one is pretty similar to what I hear round here. Perhaps a little more stress on the first syllable. It's the vowels that cause me the grief. I know, I'm strange.

02-19-2007, 06:28 PM	#16
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	Half a Euro per kilo (or chilo) seems really, really cheap to me. Maybe they're nasty-tasting fruit. __________________ A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. - Joey Lauren Adams

02-19-2007, 06:33 PM	#17
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	looks like those fruit orange -pardy __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-20-2007, 11:53 AM	#19
TheCaretaker Knorkler Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 8	Truck L'Orange Those teams sure view each other with a jaundiced eye. ... at least for safety's sake they're wearing blaze o_____. May the lord have mercy on my soul.

02-20-2007, 12:32 PM	#20
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	oranges poranges nothing rhymes with oranges __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-20-2007, 12:42 PM	#21
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Orange is another one of those words I cannot pronounce American-style. Well I think I can if I try hard enough, but my kids just laugh at me. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-20-2007, 09:22 AM	#18
cooties Rapscallion Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5	I hope they kept a watch on the rind.

02-20-2007, 12:48 PM	#22
TheCaretaker Knorkler Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 8	Don't forget sporange, Shawnee, it's a pack of spores. Like a seed pod. I just realized. Especially with the football pads, all they need is to use one white bronco instead of two brown horses to make an artful re-staging of OJ Simpson's arrest.

02-21-2007, 01:08 PM	#26
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	as in Home on the O'______. __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

02-21-2007, 01:09 PM	#27
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Orangeyouthecuriousone.

02-22-2007, 01:26 PM	#29
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	Go to the relevant page on Merriam Webster and click on one of the two little red speaker symbols. I think my pronunciation is a little closer to the first one, but I probably use both interchangeably myself. __________________ A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. - Joey Lauren Adams

02-22-2007, 02:13 PM	#30
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yes, that first one is pretty similar to what I hear round here. Perhaps a little more stress on the first syllable. It's the vowels that cause me the grief. I know, I'm strange. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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