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Urbane Guerrilla · 11-19-2005, 02:44 AM

Oh boy, could I go on. Let's cherrypick or I'll be in Home Base all night.

Specific to another hobby of mine: sallet is SAL-et, not sa-LAY.

One I always check menus for: incorrect usage of au jus. If the sandwich is being served with a cup of dipping juice, about the best way to put it in English is "served au jus." It doesn't need any with, as this is already covered by the preposition "au." Au jus is not some kind of two-part noun in any language.

Patent [adj] has a secondary pronunciation of PAY-tent, so I can gag it down, but PAT-ent does nicely for me.

I always put the stress on formidable and preferably on the first syllable and snicker at the ignorami who don't.

And don't forget epizootic -- no part of it rhymes with any part of "zoot suit." We're having one of those now, among domestic fowl in Asia.

11-19-2005, 02:44 AM	#2
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Oh boy, could I go on. Let's cherrypick or I'll be in Home Base all night. Specific to another hobby of mine: sallet is SAL-et, not sa-LAY. One I always check menus for: incorrect usage of au jus. If the sandwich is being served with a cup of dipping juice, about the best way to put it in English is "served au jus." It doesn't need any with, as this is already covered by the preposition "au." Au jus is not some kind of two-part noun in any language. Patent [adj] has a secondary pronunciation of PAY-tent, so I can gag it down, but PAT-ent does nicely for me. I always put the stress on formidable and preferably on the first syllable and snicker at the ignorami who don't. And don't forget epizootic -- no part of it rhymes with any part of "zoot suit." We're having one of those now, among domestic fowl in Asia. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.