Comments on: Miscellaneous Local Links – 2/22/07 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10111 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:11:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: cjc http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10111#comment-69907 cjc Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:55:12 +0000 #comment-69907 I think I must be confused, and it has nothing to do with the delicious Thomas Hardy's Ale I just drank with dinner...<br /> <br /> As far as I can remember, most everyone I know pronounces these words the way <a href="http://www.m-w.com/" target="_blank">Merriam-Webster</a> would have us say them:<br /> <a href="http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/bag" target="_blank">bag</a><br /> <a href="p://www.m-w.com/dictionary/bagel" target="_blank">bagel</a><br /> <br /> Little help??? I think I must be confused, and it has nothing to do with the delicious Thomas Hardy’s Ale I just drank with dinner…

As far as I can remember, most everyone I know pronounces these words the way Merriam-Webster would have us say them:
bag
bagel

Little help???

]]> By: kwatt http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10111#comment-69904 kwatt Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:46:00 +0000 #comment-69904 My favorite mispronunciation is Hootie Johnson calling it, "the Mast-uhs tuouh-na-ment." I could listen to that all day lawng. My favorite mispronunciation is Hootie Johnson calling it, “the Mast-uhs tuouh-na-ment.” I could listen to that all day lawng.

]]> By: Big G http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10111#comment-69890 Big G Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:33:34 +0000 #comment-69890 Governor "pretty-boy" to Xcel: Thank you for helping my re-election bid last year! Governor “pretty-boy” to Xcel: Thank you for helping my re-election bid last year!

]]> By: Realtor! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10111#comment-69887 Realtor! Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:07:33 +0000 #comment-69887 Sometimes the "correct" pronunciation bugs me. But some do have legit alternatives.<br /> <br /> Like tournament.<br /> <br /> "The NCAA Final Four Torn-nah-muhnt" makes me crazy!<br /> <br /> I much prefer "Turn-A-Ment."<br /> <br /> And paper route. (Rout please, not Root)<br /> <br /> And put your socks in the"Droor"-like door (not "Drawer")<br /> <br /> Sometimes the “correct” pronunciation bugs me. But some do have legit alternatives.

Like tournament.

“The NCAA Final Four Torn-nah-muhnt” makes me crazy!

I much prefer “Turn-A-Ment.”

And paper route. (Rout please, not Root)

And put your socks in the”Droor”-like door (not “Drawer”)

]]> By: kwatt http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10111#comment-69885 kwatt Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:26:15 +0000 #comment-69885 Hey. Now we can make fun of the way Minnesotans talk as much as we want to. But we will not go ragging on Chipolte. <br /> <br /> In fact, I'm going to eat soggy rice taco tonight just to piss you off. Don't worry, I'll have her home in time to tuck you in.<br /> <br /> Hey. Now we can make fun of the way Minnesotans talk as much as we want to. But we will not go ragging on Chipolte.

In fact, I’m going to eat soggy rice taco tonight just to piss you off. Don’t worry, I’ll have her home in time to tuck you in.

]]> By: bobby_b http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10111#comment-69880 bobby_b Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:11:13 +0000 #comment-69880 "<em>Kevin started it again when he wrote "Chipotle" the way so many people say it.</em>"<br /> <br /> - - -<br /> <br /> He spelled it "soggy rice taco"?<br /> <br /> . “Kevin started it again when he wrote “Chipotle” the way so many people say it.“

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He spelled it “soggy rice taco”?

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]]> By: champs http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10111#comment-69879 champs Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:05:02 +0000 #comment-69879 Kevin started it again when he wrote "Chipotle" the way so many people say it.<br /> <br /> And I can't stand the fact that Minnesotans buy "baggels" and carry them out of the store in "bayghs". Kevin started it again when he wrote “Chipotle” the way so many people say it.

And I can’t stand the fact that Minnesotans buy “baggels” and carry them out of the store in “bayghs”.

]]> By: champs http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10111#comment-69878 champs Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:59:49 +0000 #comment-69878 Yeah, nobody <b>needs</b> math. I did a quick survey at work and found out that only 8% of the five people my office do any math at all. Yeah, nobody needs math. I did a quick survey at work and found out that only 8% of the five people my office do any math at all.

]]> By: bobby_b http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10111#comment-69872 bobby_b Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:04:47 +0000 #comment-69872 "<em>I heard they there are plenty of jobs in Alabama paying $100k for just out of school math guys!</em>"<br /> <br /> - - -<br /> <br /> No, they said " . . .$100k for just-out-of-school <strong>meth</strong> guys . . . " <br /> <br /> Big difference. Meth has a market.<br /> <br /> . “I heard they there are plenty of jobs in Alabama paying $100k for just out of school math guys!“

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No, they said ” . . .$100k for just-out-of-school meth guys . . . ”

Big difference. Meth has a market.

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]]> By: champs http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10111#comment-69881 champs Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:20:00 +0000 #comment-69881 Maybe it's because I'm not from here. Maybe things will change on my silver anniversary of living in MN.<br /> <br /> But still, it's only because of my age that I'd lose a "not from here" contest with Norm Coleman and Al Franken. Maybe it’s because I’m not from here. Maybe things will change on my silver anniversary of living in MN.

But still, it’s only because of my age that I’d lose a “not from here” contest with Norm Coleman and Al Franken.

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