mixed pronunciations

[alphagrl2]

any of the members on your robotics team pronounce some words incorrectly...?

such as pneumatics...mnemonics

or Chippewa...chihuahua??

[AdamT]

Originally posted by alphagrl2
Chippewa...chihuahua??

Some people call them Chalupas (like Toca Bell) it drives me up a wall, thank goodness we call them CIMs this year.

[D.J. Fluck]

Originally posted by AdamT
Some people call them Chalupas (like Toca Bell) it drives me up a wall, thank goodness we call them CIMs this year.

We still call them Chalupas... :)

[Jeff Waegelin]

I, for one, think the chalupa thing was great. I've called them that since last year when someone (was it you, DJ?) started calling them that here.

[Hailfire]

Aluminum -----> Alunumin

[Harrison]

Pronounciation......

Do you have any idea how many times I was asked to say "About" at the GLR???

Canadians do NOT say "Aboot" (you guys do).

As well, "Hockey" is not pronounced "Hackey" ;)

Next weekend is the Canadian Regional.......so it'll be our turn to make the Americans say funny words ;)

[kristen]

EH!!!!!!!!! I'm looking forward to hearing classic Canadian pronunciations of words next week ;)

[Harrison]

I can't defend that we say "eh", cause we do (and some more than others).

But, I also noticed that Americans have something of their own as well - you guys use "huh", where we use "eh".

And Kristen....I'll find some "fun" Canadian words just for you..... :)

[randomperson]

Funny pronounciations? Hrm.. I cant think of anything really.. oh wait :)

Hehe.. when our team captain accepted the alliance she really stumbled over the words.. lol

"Team 658 gratefully expects.. um, accepts.. this.. alliance"

hehe..

[evulish]

I'd laugh...but...uhh...Northeast Pennsylvania has our _own_ language. If you mush every word you say together then say it really slowly after turning 'ing' into 'in,' 'creek' into 'crick,' and making every sentence a fragment...then you will be accepted here. Ohh...and Pennsylvania is the only state that says their abbreviation when you ask us where we're from:) (So where are you from? I'm from Pee-Yay.)

Ehh? :D Now I feel the need to watch Canadian Bacon.

[Mimi Brown]

hmmm its a lot of fun listening to all the michigan boys talk...they make fun of us, so we make fun of them...

[D.J. Fluck]

Originally posted by Jeff Waegelin
I, for one, think the chalupa thing was great. I've called them that since last year when someone (was it you, DJ?) started calling them that here.


No, it wasnt me...I have a feeling it was 1 of 2 people...both have been on team 45...so im going to go do some research on it ;)

Edit:

Ok I was wrong, it was from a close friend of Team 45, Paul Copioli of the Thunderchickens!!

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1457

[alphagrl2]

don't canadians call the bathroom a washroom??

haha..anyway, the moderator for my team, if i remember correctly, she pronounced Aluminum---> aluminalimun

my friends and i play on words like scissors, or skizzors..

calculator, or cacalator..lol :p

[Ashley Weed]

hehe... I am suprised evulish didn't comment on my speaking.... I have a slight German accent... I tend to roll my r's and say Washington as WaRshington and such things as that! Bah!

[Harrison]

Originally posted by alphagrl2
don't canadians call the bathroom a washroom??
I use both.

[Hailfire]

Originally posted by Harrison
I can't defend that we say "eh", cause we do (and some more than others).

Not to mention that some Canadians don't say it at all. Like me for example. ;) Ok, so maybe I'll say it once in a while, but not very often.