Know why I can't wait for the Nevada caucuses to end?

cboy4

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:07 PM
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Know why I can't wait for the Nevada caucuses to end?

Edited on Wed Jan-09-08 01:27 PM by cboy4

So people stop calling them the Nev-AH-da cauceses.

It's Nev-a-da, is in Nev-bad-a.

And BTW, it's not Ore-GONE.

It's Or-uh-gun

Why so much trouble with this people?

Carry on.
:patriot:

on edit, fix phoentics

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shadowknows69

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:09 PM
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1. Tomato Tomato?

Potato Potato?

Simon Garfunkel?

George Gracie?

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cboy4

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:13 PM
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3. NOOOOOOOOO

It's not the same. :argh:

LOL

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Parche

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:10 PM
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2. But I live In Oregone

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Probably coming from SuZON Malveax CNN...........its SuZAN dammit....:rofl: :rofl: :hi:

Missourah

:hi:

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cboy4

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:14 PM
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4. You live pretty close to Nev-AH-da.

:hi:

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rateyes

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:14 PM
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5. Huh, I thought there was three syl AB uls :D in

Or-e-gon (gun) Ore-gun?

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Blue_In_AK

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:15 PM
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6. Colorado has that problem, too.

When I was growing up there, everybody said ColoRADo (as in "rad, dude") and now I hear ColoRAHDo all the time.

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cboy4

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:22 PM
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10. Oh yea, I hear that also.

Apparently they've never heard John Denver sing. :eyes:

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lame54

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:16 PM
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7. Try saying Tijuana

It's not Ti-a-juana people

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1620rock

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:21 PM
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8. And it's WIS-consin not Wess-consin!

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Popol Vuh

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:51 PM
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20. LOL!

Edited on Wed Jan-09-08 01:51 PM by Popol Vuh

Its funny hearing tourist trying to pronounce some of the street and city names here in Southern California.

Some examples:

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TheDebbieDee

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:22 PM
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9. It's Missouri, not misery..........

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featherman

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:23 PM
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11. Phonetically it is probably better as Or-uh-gun

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cboy4

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:26 PM
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13. Good idea!

:patriot:

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JohnnyLib2

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:26 PM
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12. Getting the right pronunciation for Nevada would be CHANGE!

Now is the time....

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CorpGovActivist

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:27 PM
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14. My Mom Lived There...

... and seems to get a little "frothy" about this issue, too.

Here's your spittle tissue.

; )

- Dave

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cboy4

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:29 PM
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15. I'm overreacting in a major way, but I'm in one of those

overreaction moods!

:patriot:

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CorpGovActivist

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:32 PM
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16. LOL...

... carry on, then!

:popcorn:

After all the digging out you had to do, you've earned it.

- Dave

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harun

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:34 PM
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17. Another one "Wes-sconse-sen" for Wisconsin

At least from the part of Wisconsin I am from that is how it is.

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AlertLurker

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:35 PM
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18. As a 'Murkun, how the heck would YOU know?

Edited on Wed Jan-09-08 01:37 PM by AlertLurker

Half of you can't pronounce your own friggin' place names!!! Your spelling is piss-poor, too.

Try it with me:

Pronounce Notre Dame, Illinois, Detroit and Celtic...

Get the picture?

Colour has a U. Neighbour does too.

"Z" is pronounced "ZED," in case you've forgotten...

and for the love of GOD, people - it's ALUMIN-I-UM!!! Just like uranIUM, polonIUM, cesIUM, rubidIUM, calcIUM and magnesIUM!!!

:hide:

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cboy4

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:45 PM
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19. Oh my. I have no complaint compared to you.

And did you change your profile to irritate me?!? lol

:argh:

It's On-terry-oh

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AlertLurker

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Wed Jan-09-08 01:54 PM
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21. Yup! It's a place to stand and a place to grow...

Edited on Wed Jan-09-08 01:57 PM by AlertLurker

Trust me. You have to live here to get the joke...it has driven me friggin' NUTS for 30 YEARS!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Place_to_Stand,_A_Place_to_Grow

Give us a place to stand

And a place to grow
And call this land Ontario
A place to live.
For you and me
With hopes as high
As the tallest tree
Give us a land of lakes
and a land of snow
And we will build Ontario
A place to stand, a place to grow
Ontari-ari-ari-o !

From western hills,
To northern shores.
To Niagara Falls,
Where the waters roar.
Give us a land of peace,
Where the free winds blow.
And we will build Ontario
A place to stand, a place to grow
Ontari-ari-ari-o !

:rofl:

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Blue_In_AK

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Wed Jan-09-08 02:15 PM
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22. And, of course, there's Valdez, Alaska

and the EXXON VALDEZ. It's ValDEEZ, people. We know you're an Outsider when you say Valdez.

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Romulox

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Wed Jan-09-08 03:00 PM
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31. Every CBC hockey announcer pronounces it "Dee-troy-aught". That ain't French! nt

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CorpGovActivist

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Wed Jan-09-08 02:24 PM
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23. For Once, the Other HRC Has the Advantage...

... given her nasal vowels, I'm guessing she nails the pronunciation.

- Dave

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helderheid

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Wed Jan-09-08 02:26 PM
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24. As someone from the West, I HAD to rec this thread!

:yourock:

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AlCzervik

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Wed Jan-09-08 02:26 PM
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25. you Placer county elitist!

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cboy4

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Wed Jan-09-08 02:49 PM
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27. haha. I'd like to hear people pronounce "Placer." ----

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AlCzervik

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Wed Jan-09-08 02:50 PM
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28. down here in E L K G R O V E we refer to ourselves as Screwed.

:hi:

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cboy4

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Wed Jan-09-08 02:56 PM
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29. haha, Yea, but you're prolly surrounded by fewer Republics

than me!

:hi:

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AlCzervik

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Wed Jan-09-08 02:57 PM
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30. did you see this morning in the bee?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2641443&mesg_id=2641443

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cboy4

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Wed Jan-09-08 03:02 PM
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32. Oh you don't know how much I loathe that man. We almost

got Charlie Brown elected last time.

Yea, I'm curious now.

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AlCzervik

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Wed Jan-09-08 03:04 PM
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33. i almost he stays in so Brown can beat his ass.

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cboy4

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Wed Jan-09-08 03:05 PM
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34. haha. I know.

;)

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NoPasaran

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Wed Jan-09-08 02:29 PM
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26. Language changes, over time

I remember when Iowa used to be jeh-HOSS-o-fath.

Of course, that was before they shortened all the words by a syllable. SOmething to do with beating Kaiser Bill. I never understood just what, but it worked and that was good enough for us!

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cboy4

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Thu Jan-10-08 10:47 AM
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35. *****UPDATE******* Brian WIlliams said "Nev-AH-da

no fewer than a dozen times on the news last night.

Ughhhh.

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