Excellent words and phrases

[Bang Diddley]

nomenclature - Such an odd word to pronounce, eveytime i see it I think could you have used something different instead.

 

[viktorvaughn]

segue is very strange to me

i always read it as being pronounced something like seeg until i i heard it, i think cos it means moving seamlessly between things a smooth word rather than one with two abrupt syllables made sense

 

[mistersloane]

segue is very strange to me

i always read it as being pronounced something like seeg until i i heard it, i think cos it means moving seamlessly between things a smooth word rather than one with two abrupt syllables made sense

i used to call it a seg-you-ee, and one would seg-you, and then have tracks seg-you-ing into others. No-one told me for years. Is it rude to correct pronunciation?

 

[STN]

i used to call it a seg-you-ee, and one would seg-you, and then have tracks seg-you-ing into others. No-one told me for years. Is it rude to correct pronunciation?

A bit. If someone mispronounces a word I just use it again in front of them as soon as possible and pronounce it properly.

 

[Pestario]

segue is very strange to me

i always read it as being pronounced something like seeg until i i heard it, i think cos it means moving seamlessly between things a smooth word rather than one with two abrupt syllables made sense

yes! read this word in print for years as "seeg" then when I busted it out verablly I was quickly ridiculed

the experience still haunts me

 

[crackerjack]

ditto for me with segue

also epitome - i always knew how the word was pronounced and what it meant in conversation, but on paper always read it as eppy-tome until i was about 18 and looked it up

 

[Mr. Tea]

yes! read this word in print for years as "seeg" then when I busted it out verablly I was quickly ridiculed

Only acceptable if you follow it up with a hearty "HEIL!".

 

[IdleRich]

"A bit. If someone mispronounces a word I just use it again in front of them as soon as possible and pronounce it properly."

I was chatting to some guy I met at this party and we were talking about film soundtracks and the band Goblin, but he kept saying it as The Goblins and then I would leave a reasonable gap and then say Goblin again until a few minutes later he would repeat his pronunciation. I think he was using the same tactic to correct me. Great party.

"ditto for me with segue
also epitome - i always knew how the word was pronounced and what it meant in conversation, but on paper always read it as eppy-tome until i was about 18 and looked it up"

Yep, also unique, quayside and many others. I mean, I knew there words pronounced keyside and uneek, I just thought that there were other words kwayside and unniecue that coincidenctally had the same meaning.

 

[STN]

but weren't they originally called the Goblins?

 

[STN]

there is nothing about the name "Goblin" for a band that isn't wicked.

 

[massrock]

I knew they were originally called Cherry Five, before that they were called Oliver. What kind of a name is that?

 

[STN]

One that isn't anywhere near as good as Goblin.

 

[IdleRich]

"but weren't they originally called the Goblins?"

I dunno. I don't think that that was why he was doing it to fair. I'm pretty sure they were called Goblin when they did the soundtrack to Suspiria.
Just looked it up, they were credited as The Goblins on the Dawn of The Dead soundtrack, dunno if that was a mistake or what.

 

[viktorvaughn]

Great! I'm glad it wasn't just me with segue then. I really would never use the word ever, I find it really odd.

 

[STN]

I dunno. I don't think that that was why he was doing it to fair. I'm pretty sure they were called Goblin when they did the soundtrack to Suspiria.
Just looked it up, they were credited as The Goblins on the Dawn of The Dead soundtrack, dunno if that was a mistake or what.

they were definitely Goblin at this point, yes. You should have exposed him to the ridicule and derision of the whole party, as someone tried to do to my boss because she'd never heard of Cinematic Orchestra.

 

[IdleRich]

I bed he'd never heard of The Loneliest Monk either.

 

[bassbeyondreason]

Pretty sure the Suspiria credits read "The Goblins".

 

[STN]

Just looked on Wikipedia. You're right, it's The Goblins.

 

[Bang Diddley]

Have we had nincompoop? So funny not heard it in ages no idea why it popped into my head this morning.

 

[baboon2004]

I was chatting to some guy I met at this party and we were talking about film soundtracks and the band Goblin, but he kept saying it as The Goblins and then I would leave a reasonable gap and then say Goblin again until a few minutes later he would repeat his pronunciation. I think he was using the same tactic to correct me. Great party.

love it! passive-aggressive sickness in social interaction totally rocks.