Seriously strange pronounciations (?) - Page 20

badgoodDeb · 05-26-2009, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mklynds

I'm sorry if this has been brought up so far but 15 pages is a lot!

How do you pronounce Cushion?

Sorry to ignore your question! I can only think of one way to pronounce it: ku (u as it "put" or oo as "book") - shun

How do YOU pronounce it? Or what's the other way to pronounce it?

ylefox · 05-26-2009, 03:26 PM

i am reading tom clancy`s patriot games and the the pilot said that the no smoking sign is lighted,but i would say that the sign is lit.
i have noticed that in other books too.
what would be the proper way to say that sentence?

GeoffC · 05-26-2009, 03:33 PM

Lit, or alight ... (though arguably the latter would be aflame!!)

badgoodDeb · 05-26-2009, 04:04 PM

Maybe that usage has changed since the Tom Clancy books were written?

slayda · 05-26-2009, 04:10 PM

As I recall a light is lit but a cigarette is lighted. Or at least that was what I was told in my youth although it doesn't seem any more proper that a picture being hung but a person being hanged.

Maybe big Tom used lighted since it was a no smoking sign.

krisk · 05-26-2009, 04:21 PM

I lighted the candle
the candle was lit

ylefox · 05-26-2009, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krisk

I lighted the candle
the candle was lit

i would say the candle is lit.
saying the candle is lighted does not sound right to me ( but it is a long time since i was in school)

krisk · 05-26-2009, 04:32 PM

...it was cold and dark so I lighted the candle

...I came in the room and saw the candle was lit

RickyMaveety · 05-28-2009, 07:59 PM

I've heard the term "lit cigarette" lots of times. I realize that people are "hanged" .... but around here they do say "they hung him." Then, I've also heard the phrase "he was hung" ... but I suspect that's in a different context.

montsnmags · 05-28-2009, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

...
Then, I've also heard the phrase "he was hung" ... but I suspect that's in a different context.

Hmm, now where could I have heard such usage before...

RickyMaveety · 05-29-2009, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Hmm, now where could I have heard such usage before...

Yep .... that's the proper American double entendre.

AprilHare · 06-27-2009, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

If I recall my Monty Python correctly .... it was Wall-a-ma-loo.

Refer to the "Bruces" sketch .... although I have no idea if they were pronouncing it correctly. Aust'ralia, Aust'ralia, we love you!! No pooftas!!

Yes, quite right

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05-26-2009, 03:26 PM	#287
ylefox gadget freak Posts: 37 Karma: 306 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: kirkcaldy scotland Device: cybook gen3 +palm tungsten e,e2,tablet pc	i am reading tom clancy`s patriot games and the the pilot said that the no smoking sign is lighted,but i would say that the sign is lit. i have noticed that in other books too. what would be the proper way to say that sentence?

05-26-2009, 03:33 PM	#288
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Lit, or alight ... (though arguably the latter would be aflame!!)

05-26-2009, 04:04 PM	#289
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Maybe that usage has changed since the Tom Clancy books were written?

05-26-2009, 04:10 PM	#290
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	As I recall a light is lit but a cigarette is lighted. Or at least that was what I was told in my youth although it doesn't seem any more proper that a picture being hung but a person being hanged. Maybe big Tom used lighted since it was a no smoking sign.

05-26-2009, 04:21 PM	#291
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	I lighted the candle the candle was lit

05-26-2009, 04:32 PM	#293
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	...it was cold and dark so I lighted the candle ...I came in the room and saw the candle was lit

05-28-2009, 07:59 PM	#294
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	I've heard the term "lit cigarette" lots of times. I realize that people are "hanged" .... but around here they do say "they hung him." Then, I've also heard the phrase "he was hung" ... but I suspect that's in a different context.

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