<<Midwest Coffee Talk: The Tens>> - Page 86

mobyhead · #**1701** Posted **Aug 19, 2011, 1:01 PM**

It's not an easy word to spell based on my experience. Until I turned 18 my name was always spelled- Mike.

Buckeye Native 001 · #**1702** Posted **Aug 19, 2011, 4:56 PM**

My first name's never been a problem, its always been my last name (frequently mispelled as Stabb or Staub) or mispronounced as "Stab"

Ayreonaut · #**1703** Posted **Aug 19, 2011, 5:00 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buckeye Native 001

My first name's never been a problem, its always been my last name (frequently mispelled as Stabb or Staub) or mispronounced as "Stab"

So it's like Saab, but with a T (in both spelling and pronunciation)?

Buckeye Native 001 · #**1704** Posted **Aug 19, 2011, 6:30 PM**

Precisely.

Buckeye Native 001 · #**1705** Posted **Aug 19, 2011, 7:26 PM**

...Says the forumer who tries to turn every topic into one about lizarB

rockyi · #**1706** Posted **Aug 19, 2011, 10:26 PM**

With my last name of Chouinard I finally gave up and let people pronounce it any way they want. The Canadian pronunciation
is SCHWE-nard. The American pronunciation is sha-NARD. When I was growing up all my friends just called me a one syllable SHNARD......
....Or Shit-Yard. Kids are soooo fucking funny.

Cleveland Brown · #**1707** Posted **Aug 19, 2011, 11:45 PM**

The funny thing is that I have very common first and last names, but no one ever misspells my middle name - DeWayne and most even remember to capitalize the "W"

Buckeye Native 001 · #**1708** Posted **Aug 19, 2011, 11:57 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by rockyi

With my last name of Chouinard I finally gave up and let people pronounce it any way they want. The Canadian pronunciation
is SCHWE-nard. The American pronunciation is sha-NARD. When I was growing up all my friends just called me a one syllable SHNARD......
....Or Shit-Yard. Kids are soooo fucking funny.

Looking at it phonetically, I thought it was pronounced "Chow-i-nard"

Centropolis · #**1709** Posted **Aug 20, 2011, 12:19 AM**

Man, Texas must be really in the shit. My dad is selling all of his hay out on the farm for big bucks to a rancher who is driving all the way to Missouri because grass won't grow down there anymore.

Ayreonaut · #**1710** Posted **Aug 20, 2011, 1:12 AM**

I just got back to my house today, and the property management guy locked my bedroom door (there is no key for it). I think he put most of my stuff in there too, because there is plenty missing, but not things that would have been stolen (S&P shakers, wall tacks, cereal, canned food, etc).

So unless I learn how to pick a lock tonight, I'll have to have a locksmith come and let me into my bedroom tomorrow.

rockyi · #**1711** Posted **Aug 20, 2011, 3:18 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buckeye Native 001

Looking at it phonetically, I thought it was pronounced "Chow-i-nard"

That's what most people think the first time they see it. My teachers called me that throughout public schooling. I also gave up correcting them. Some people get the silent "i" thing but still mess up the first part so I'm CHOW-nard.

rockyi · #**1712** Posted **Aug 20, 2011, 4:46 PM**

AAUUUURRRRGGHHH!!! I have GOT to get out of this Goddamn, old, crappy, fucking building!!! Hell, I'd sell my unit completely furnished just to get the hell out!!! Old wiring, unclogging the drains AT LEAST once a month, no elevator, clothes driers that don't work every other time I use them, ongoing, never ending maintenance......Pardon me, I need to go kill something.

vid · #**1713** Posted **Aug 20, 2011, 5:03 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cleveland Brown

Uh, "Michael" only has two syllables (My-cull or Mike-eel. Do Thunder Bayans pronounce it as three?

Sounding out a word and pronouncing it correctly are two different things. I sound words out in some very odd ways to make sure I spell them correctly, for example "pronunciation" is "pro-nun-see-ation", to remind me not to spell it "pronounciation".

And the i in Chouinard is not silent. If you change the orthography to English it would be Shwenard, and the ou is a w while the i is an e. The American pronunciation is making the ou silent, not the i.

rockyi · #**1714** Posted **Aug 20, 2011, 5:26 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by vid

And the i in Chouinard is not silent. If you change the orthography to English it would be Shwenard, and the ou is a w while the i is an e. The American pronunciation is making the ou silent, not the i.

So the US pronounciation of shaNARD, the i is and a?

vid · #**1715** Posted **Aug 20, 2011, 5:43 PM**

It's a schwa [ə], which can be represented by any vowel.

fishrose · #**1716** Posted **Aug 21, 2011, 6:41 AM**

Y'all got the beanie babies?

touraccuracy · #**1717** Posted **Aug 21, 2011, 6:27 PM**

drunk?

..

Robert Pence · #**1718** Posted **Aug 21, 2011, 11:57 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cleveland Brown

Saw a douchebag in the grocery store tonight. The guy looked like he walked straight out of the trailer park. He had his three daughters in tow (one or two in a stroller) while was selecting the evening booze. I think he picked up apple pucker

and didn't see him pick up much else. He must have live nearby, because I noticed him walking his three little girls back home (suburban area with 5 lanes of traffic moving at 40-50 MPH) as I was leaving.

Taking the kids to get Apple Pucker? Shameful! Who the hell of legal age drinks that shit, let alone a grown ass man!

Maybe he was buying it for his kids.

Buckeye Native 001 · #**1719** Posted **Aug 22, 2011, 2:31 AM**

I really need to stop using Phoenix as my refuge from Flagstaff.

ltsmotorsport · #**1720** Posted **Aug 22, 2011, 5:40 AM**

Oh god man, don't torture yourself like that. Try a different compass direction next time.