doctorskull@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 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-square37fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down14
arrow-up187arrow-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 · 10 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days 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-up1·10 days 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.