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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 03:35 AM Original message |
Colbert: Is it REALLY Col-BEAR or Col-BURT? I need to know! |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. I believe he is playing on the anti-french sentiment of our current |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 03:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Right. So if I were to bump into him, I would address him... |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 03:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. That would be my guess! |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. That doesn't really mean much... |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. It is Irish (of Norman origin). Norman = French-ish |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I agree; others (Jon Stewart, etc.) |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Yeah, but Stewart isn't HIS real name, either. |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I have a friend who has a Fernch mother and is fluent in French. |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Col-bear is absolutely the correct French pronunciation. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. Wiki Ain't That Reliable |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. Stephen donated his silent "T"s to Katrina victims. |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
9. Its Col-BEAR |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
10. Even back in college, he pronounced it Col-BEAR. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I presume so as well. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. I think a person's name is pronounced as they themselves wish it to be. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
12. He went by the Coal-Bear pronounciation when I knew him in Chicago |
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riona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
13. leaves the "t" |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. Well, I can confirm that it is a French name, that's for sure. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Claudette Colbert..(bear) |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. Also remember his family is old Charleston stock |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. My husband's names are French so I have some experience with this issue. |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. So we should call you CottonBert? |
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Ryano42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. How DARE you even debate this!!! |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. it's CO-bear |
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