OK, I admit...I'm bored (the 'net's really quiet on this Thanksgiving Eve). Anyway, I was browsing at Melody's, and noticed that they make a point of writing "Sweetone" "SweetONE" (i.e., with the last three letters capitalized), from which I assume they pronounce it "Sweet 1." I've always tended to pronounce it "Sweet-tone" (as in "this whistle has a really sweet tone").
So, I guess I have two questions:
1. How do YOU pronounce "Sweetone"?
2. How does Clarke intend for it to be pronounced?
Redwolf
"Sweet-tone" or "Sweet 1"? (a "because I'm bored" poll)
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I've always said Sweet-tone; it never occurred to me that it could be pronounced another way.
This may be another episode in: getting the world to pronounce Salmon as Sal-mon and not Samman.
About the salmon thing, we who live in the South have a frequent complaint regarding the word "pecan" (puh-KAHN) when it is mispronounced "pee-CAN" (which is something you carry in the back of a pickup for a long trip.)
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That was funny, James.... I too have a pet-peeve about puh-KAHN vs pee-CAN.
I've always pronounced the whistle in question as a sweet-tone.
Off to bake the pumpkin pies and prep the turkey,
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That was funny, James.... I too have a pet-peeve about puh-KAHN vs pee-CAN.
I've always pronounced the whistle in question as a sweet-tone.
Off to bake the pumpkin pies and prep the turkey,
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I've always said "Sweet-tone" too, which is why I was so surprised that Melody's made the emphasis it did (also unusual for a retailer to write the name of a product other than as the manufacturer writes it). Perhaps someone there is very attached to the "sweet-one" idea and wants to make sure everybody else who visits the site is too.
As far as the "pee-can" thing goes...that's how they pronounce the name of that nut in NC, so I don't think it's a Southern/not-Southern thing so much as a regional thing.
While we're onto nuts, how do you all pronounce "almond"? My relatives in the San Joaquin Valley, who grow the things, call them "a-mons" (no L).
You say to-may-to, I say to-mah-to
Redwolf
As far as the "pee-can" thing goes...that's how they pronounce the name of that nut in NC, so I don't think it's a Southern/not-Southern thing so much as a regional thing.
While we're onto nuts, how do you all pronounce "almond"? My relatives in the San Joaquin Valley, who grow the things, call them "a-mons" (no L).
You say to-may-to, I say to-mah-to
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Another pronunciation pet peeve among North Carolinians is how "outsiders" say "Appalachian." There it's "Apple-LATCH-un," not "Apple-LAY-shun." I still get funny looks from people here when I refer to such things as "Apple-LATCH-un" dulcimers.
And, of course, today in NC, they're celebrating "THANKS-givin," not "thanks-GIV-ing." I still fall into that one occasionally as well.
It's funny...10 years in NC, and I'm the only one in the family who picked up any "regionalism" in my speech...of course, the fact that my mom is originally from Alabama may have helped in that regard.
"Ar-mond" huh? Never heard that one.
Ah well...guess it's time to go downstairs and start making the dressing.
Redwolf
And, of course, today in NC, they're celebrating "THANKS-givin," not "thanks-GIV-ing." I still fall into that one occasionally as well.
It's funny...10 years in NC, and I'm the only one in the family who picked up any "regionalism" in my speech...of course, the fact that my mom is originally from Alabama may have helped in that regard.
"Ar-mond" huh? Never heard that one.
Ah well...guess it's time to go downstairs and start making the dressing.
Redwolf
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swee tone
Pea khaan
almond
now for the real question..... tomaeto or tomaaato?
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Pea khaan
almond
now for the real question..... tomaeto or tomaaato?
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