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Raspberry, eh? It sounds to be a delicious first-in-season cupa’tee! :D
Isn’t it funny how the weather turned SO suddenly yesterday!! Fall has definitely arrived!!
And am I glad– Fall has long been my favorite season!
Only for me, I’m digging into my coffee cupboard, ’stead of tea!
Lova ya,
~Elizabeth
I can’t believe it is already that time!! Time fly’s! But it is exciting:)
My favorite is Chamomile!
Must run in the family since that’s my favorite, too! But Jasmine Green is a close second!
Oh, and Echinacea (sp?) is another one I really like! :)
And, all three of those are supposed to have medicinal qualities! Aren’t you the healthy one!?!
Mhmmm! :)
I like green tea, but I haven’t been able to try all of the flavors you’ve all mentioned.
But, like Elizabeth, I do like an occaisionly cup of coffee too!
Ahhhh… I love fall! S’wonderful! S’marvelous!
Love you, Bryant!
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I was just thinking, why does “raspberry” have a “p” in it when we pronounce it like “razberry”???
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::begin random thought::
Well, we probably just don’t pronounce it the way it should be. Like we pronounce Katie as Kaydie, Kenny as Kinny, etc … I guess we’re all just lazy! :P
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Alright everyone, I’m going to start pronouncing it raSP-berry! :) [grin]
Hey, I’d never thought about “Katie” before! That’s true…:)
Oh, and have you ever heard of the store Orcheln’s (like in Atchison). My family all says it Orchlen’s, and it really bugs me! :)
Hey Bryant and Kourtney,
Now you really got me going on this pronunciation v. spelling deal; here are three I can think of right of the top of my low maintenance hairstyle head:
Wednesday is pronounced Wenzday
cupboard is pronounced cubbard
a word often used, renumeration, is actually spelled remuneration; the first spelling doesn’t exist
Since I happily traffic in curious, and often trivial, information, I welcome other examples to be submitted here by other wordsmiths who e-drop by this attractive, encouraging, and interesting blogspot.
Daddy/Greg/The Guy Who Found the Dragon Fly This Morning
How ’bout February, pronounced Febuary….. and then there’s pneumonia, pronounced nemonia….and receipt, pronounced reseat….and what about plumber, pronounced plummer?…comb, answer, island, Arkansas, ballet…. someone stop me!…..
*ahem*
WOW! Aunt Patty! :)
Or how ’bout Des Moines, IA and Louisville, KY…
Patty,
WHO STOPPED YOU? I see why we are in the same family. Your examples are suberb.
I have always (quietly, just to myself, for obvious reasons) pronounced Feb ru ary and Wed nes day just so I could remember the correct spelling.
Did you know the Arkansas river in southern Kansas is pronounced phonetically, rather than as the state?
And Bryant, as for Louisville, KY, don’t forget the regional dialect:
“Looa vull”
GS
**random thought**
Why is a word like thought so complicated to write when in Latin letters you just read it “ZOT” (or the English “Thot”)?
**end of random “thot”**
English is a strange language both in spelling and pronunciation, full unnecessary letters, many rules with many exceptions to those same rules, multiple-meaning homonymns, etc. I can only imagine it would be a terrible language to learn if it were not your native language. (The rules are bad enough if it is your first.) I suppose all languages have their own challenges?) One of my favorites (or worst?) English example is:
fare: a toll or fee
how did you fare?: means how did it go, or how did it turn out?
bill of fare: a restaurant menu, what is offered
fair: something just or right, or accurate
fair: a carnival, party, or a cultural event
fair: light colored, as in skin tone or hair
fair: nice, pleasant, as in weather; ie, “fair sailing”
GS
That was fun!
Andreu, that’s true! and laugh is the same way – way more complicated than it should be! :)
Daddy, I’m glad English was my first language! :)
But does anyone really call a menu a “bill of fare” anymore? Don’t you think a waitress in a restaurant would look at you really strange (like that lady did in Walmart when you asked, “What’s the forecast of getting more of those TV boxes?” :) ) if you asked for a “bill of fare”?
Bryant, look what you’ve started! :D
Mr. Sarensen, I can’t think of any words at this moment, but I’ll try to work on it today and see what I can come up with! :)
We say “Orschlen’s” also (you forgot the “s” :P)! However, I never really noticed how it was spelled until now. I didn’t realize that it was spelled “Orscheln’s”.
We say “Salm” as “Psalm.”
We say “Sampson” instead of “Samson.”
(When I was younger I used to say “Shelter Pony” and “Palimony” instead of “Shetland Pony” and “Palomino.”) :D
Yes, my Canadian Grandmother says English is the crazyest language in the world…
I’m thankful English is one of my first languages too! It’s mad to have 3 first languages… don’t you agree? :DD
I agree! Wholeheartedly! :)
Kourtney: Excellent examples! Your personalized ones are a hoot, akin to “round yarn virgin” in a children’s version of “Silent Night” and “stand beside her, and guide her, thru the night with a light from a bulb” from a child’s version of “God Bless America.” :)
Bryant: The response you suggested would probably be likely in most eating establishments. However one might find a menu labelled “Bill of Fare” in some type of old-time theme restaurant, such as American colonial, American old west, or a Ye Olde English pub-type setting.
Yorz for a fanetick spelling revolushun,
GS
Hmmm…well, I’ve never been to one of those types of restaurants, or *ahem* any type of pub whatsoever (except for walking through that one in Florida :) ), but I’ll take your word for it! :)
Refresh my memory about the Florida deal,
GS
Urgent restroom need…
(we were desperate)
Now I remember…
I used to sing “Jingle-Bells” and say “…with a one horse sloapin’ sleigh”! I guess I never really looked at the words to see that it was an “open sleigh”. I just took the “s” at the end of “horse” and put it on the word “open.” :D
I heard a little girl sing “Amazing Grace” on youtube and it sounded like she said “…that saved a rat like me!” :D It was pretty cute!
Kourtney,
when Micah Noel and I were little, we used to sing the hymn Low In The Grave He Lay a lot as a family, and Micah Noel and I would sing “Low in the gravy [grave He] lay”! :)
Bryant,
How cute! Little children say such funny things!
Yesterday we had our cousins over for a visit. My little cousin, Krista (I believe she is three), found a caterpillar, squealed with delight, and then stated “They don’t bite. He’s skinny because they don’t eat.”
I then said, “Well, they eat leaves.”
She replied, “Just leaves and grass.” She got the biggest kick out of that little caterpillar! It was so cute!
Later she stated that our cat’s names was “SlinkLEY” when it is really “Slinky.” It was so cute!
Later she was coming out of the house and she told me, “The phone is talking!” I’m guessing it was our answering machine or something. :D
That’s cute! :) Is Krista the youngest of your cousins?
When I was baby-sitting Jacob and his sisters, they were watching a movie, and the older one talked almost constantly throughout the whole movie! It was hilarious! I was walking in and out of the room, but every time I came in she’d say, “What’s his name?” or “What are they doing”? or “Where’s so-and-so?” or “Oh, it’s the bad guy! Miss Bryant, it’s the bad guy, the baaaaad guy!” :)
Krista is the youngest. :)
Some children are so talkative! I love it when they just babble on and on! :D
We had a family over awhile back and the younger ones just went crazy over our cows! They said some funny things, but I can’t remember them. :( It was cute though! :D They got a kick out of feeding the cows grass and trying to pet them.
It’s amazing how little kids get so excited about things that we take for granted! That’s one of the reasons I love them so much! It’s neat to have them around because it gives us fresh perspective and an excitement about life and God’s creation!
I just can’t let go of the word games; (compulsive? maybe…)
I thought of this word recently:
gnat prounouced nat, rather than ga nat!
GS
I know someone named Ngina….pronounced Gina.
Or how about knick, knack, knock, knee, and knot?!
I know! :-)
We pronounce “Government” as “Goverment.”