― ethan, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― emil.y, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Emily, you know that's not what I meant re: Paris. But do you pronounce it the proper French way?
― N., Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dave225, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I don't know about the origins, but saying Krahft just makes me think of the Queen eating plastic cheese.
I guess what it also partly is, is that is your surname were Jones, then (aside from making rubbish music) you'd probably be a bit pissed off if some guy from Swedinia insisted you were Yones. So if there's some German or Swede or summat, I try to pronounce their name properly. Out of courtesy. And it became a habit.
Nobody complains about people saying Neu as Noy, do they? Why? Because it's the right way of saying it.
I think it's cute when Irish people come here and pronounce the 'th' in Streatham and Thames. But I guess that's a different issue. OK then, I like French people calling me Nicola.
I've never heard that story, Ethan. Moog rhymes with "rogue", right?
― Mark, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I actually don't mind that much people saying 'New', but it isn't the right way. I'm not sure if it is always said like that in German -I can't think of any other words with that arrangement of letters, frankly.
Now how do you say Cica?
Ja.
― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Daniel, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Neu! and Swefn G Endlar?
― Graham, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― jel, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
That is all.
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Curt, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― helenfordsdale, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― nickn, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Robin Carmody, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― A Nairn, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― electric sound of jim, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― felicity, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
They're the closest approximation I can come up with to a phonetic spelling you might find in a dictionary. (BTW, Daniel, thanks for the tip.)
― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Nate-o, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― helenfordsdale, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Kris, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― jel, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
And I'll bet there's a web site devoted to it.
― nickn, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Is it "state-on", or more like Stanton Warriors without the "n"?
― Mind Taker, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link