doctorskull@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIf a contestant on Jeopardy! gave the correct response "Alexandre Dumas" but pronounced the surname as "dumb ass", would the response be accepted?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down13
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareIf a contestant on Jeopardy! gave the correct response "Alexandre Dumas" but pronounced the surname as "dumb ass", would the response be accepted?doctorskull@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareBlameThePeacocklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoLiving on the west coast of Canada, where we talk about Tsunamis fairly regularly, I’ve never heard anyone add a T sound to Tsunami at the start. Only Sue-Nah-Me
minus-squarejbrains@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoHow strange. I never pronounced it any other way. I don’t think of it as a regionalism. I grew up near Toronto.
Living on the west coast of Canada, where we talk about Tsunamis fairly regularly, I’ve never heard anyone add a T sound to Tsunami at the start. Only Sue-Nah-Me
How strange. I never pronounced it any other way. I don’t think of it as a regionalism. I grew up near Toronto.