Terminalcoffee discussion

janine wrote: "I pronounce it squirrel without the q."

Do you retain the u when dropping the q, or does that fall out as well?

Gail wrote: "I pronounce in Si ril. I have had an Uncle Cyril. I don't have an accent."

Uh huh. ::nods head in agreement::

Too many letters falling out around here.

Gail is right. Unfortunately does sort of sound like "squirrel", and does sound similar to "cereal." Most people mispronounce it "seeril." Not a fun name to have as a kid.

Yes, part of the u goes as well.

Bronunciation.

Uber. Every rube in America now feels the need to use uber to qualify every adjective. I am going to hunt down these people and beat them unconscious.

One of my bosses (maybe ex-bosses) uses uber. You could start there.

Consider him or her smashed to a pulp.

Around here they pronounce it like "goober" without the "g." Aarrrgh.

Lobstergirl wrote: "Consider him or her smashed to a pulp."

::raises fist to the sky::

Barb wrote: "*wonders how you're supposed to pronounce it*"

I would tell you, but I'm not sure how to type it out phonetically. It's the umlaut that messes me up. Maybe "ueber"?



(don't look, Sally. I put the question mark outside the quotes!)

Your question is outside of the quotes so that would be proper.

German pronunciation: [ˈyːbɐ]. I work with Germans and think they would be amused to know that their language is being so lovingly abused/embraced by foreigners.

I think/hope the uber wave has passed here.

Man cave.
Mancard.

Man cave.

I'd like to stop hearing the phrase "on edge."

Ditto "manscaping."

Lobstergirl wrote: "I'd like to stop hearing the phrase "on edge.""

Your asking me to stop using "on edge" is putting me "on edge".

Now I am at the verge.

It's not so much in casual conversation as it is in journalism. I think it's a cliche in journalism, and reporters should find a non-cliched way of saying it. "Most of southern California was on edge Thursday as police and federal agents searched for a fugitive...."

My other journalistic pet peeve is "shots rang out." Needless to say in the journalism of today there are a lot of shots ringing out. But a gunshot doesn't ring, it pops. Pop pop pop pop pop. I'd rather they write "shots popped." Or "the killer fired his weapon X times."

I just hear Vanilla Ice in my head when I hear the words "shots rang out".

It drives me crazy when my veterinarian refers to the dog and the cats as my "Fur-kids." I have two children, I love my animals, but they are not my children.

Does your vet have kids?

Just curious. I refer to myself as Mummy to the cats, but then, I was never able to have any kids...so they're as good as I get. I know it's a bit silly, but there you go.

She is single, Amelia. She also loves to tell me the cat Henry needs to lose a few pounds. That Vet needs to lose a few pounds as well.

And Amelia, I would never call you silly.