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Travel Deity |
I did not know how to say avatar (now I do, I think), and now I have come across two versions of hostel: HOSTel (I say this) or hosTEL (weird! but maybe it's regional or I'm wrong?).
How do you say hostel? Any other words? Mine are: wreak (in "wreak havoc") I wasn't sure about but I don't really say that anyway. apostille too... Make cay, not war - Kesmen |
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Tinker, Bounder, Scoundrel, Cad. |
I pronounce hostel like I pronounce hostile but without out the strong "ile" at the end: HAHS-tuhl.
Wreak is REEK. Apostille is French, so one can pronounce it in a variety of pretentious ways.  ______________________________________________________________________________ Please note: the above member, who is the very model of a modern major-general, with information vegetable, animal, and mineral, has retired from BnA and won't be able to answer any follow-up questions. If you really need to speak with him, use the PM function. Please direct all Schengen visa questions here. Likewise, expat questions go here. Remember to vote tiger penis. Oh, and if possible, be kind to Jester and Stoo. |
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Travel Deity |
I think we are saying hostel the same then ... I have heard people saying hosTELLE and thought maybe I was wrong...
But I have to say I thought it was "wreck" havoc. Someone quoted Inspector Gadget on this, so we may have to wait for the Cartoon Network to come online to confirm! I do realize dictionaries provide this kind of info but it's interesting to hear what words people really don't know how to say.Make cay, not war - Kesmen |
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Working the Chinatown Buffet |
It's mostly Aussies that I hear pronounce it with the accent on the second syllable. __________________________________________________________________________________ If women had any idea, even for a second, of how we really looked at them, they would never stop slapping us. ExchangeBureauMusic.com, ExB@MySpace, My Friggin Travel Blargh |
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Community Manager |
One I thought I knew precisely how to pronounce, but now have heard well-educated people pronounce in another way, is:
segue Which is it? SEG-way? or SEG-you? I know what I think, but when enough people say it another way I start to doubt myself... |
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Travel Deity |
Segue is one which I heard and understood but then saw and did not recognize. I say it seg-way, like the scooter vehicle that flopped. That's a weird word.
And nerokerr's comment helps, because I definitely heard some Aussies saying it that way. Make cay, not war - Kesmen |
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Ecoterrorist |
Harassment
I've a friend who changed his pronunciation form ha-rass-ment to hair-ess-ment. Since he's an academic, I'm not sure if this is just some posh thing, or if I've just got it horribly wrong. ______________________________________________________________________ "You weren't half as weird as I expected." -- skobb |
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Community Manager |
In my experience, the former is a more American pronunciation and the latter is a more English pronunciation.
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