11-08-2020, 04:01 PM
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Re: Pronunciations (again)
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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Well I had to Google it because I had no idea what it meant but this was the result;The word ephemera comes from the Greek word ephēmeros, which means “'lasting only a day.” Although not originally intended to be collected as art objects, some ephemera is preserved and collected for its artistic merit or historic interest.
Sad isn't it.
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11-08-2020, 04:26 PM
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Re: Pronunciations (again)
Originally Posted by Rhian
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I think you mean Jun-ck 
11-08-2020, 04:37 PM
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Re: Pronunciations (again)
Originally Posted by Rhian
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The site says Car-sulI say Ca-sul
The site says Toe-mar-toe
I say Toe-ma-toe
Let's call the whole thing off!
I have an Oxford Talking Dictionary CD lurking in a drawer somewhere. I must dig it out.
11-08-2020, 04:39 PM
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Re: Pronunciations (again)
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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While we are talking about pronunciations, why do people from oop North describe a pool as a poo-wel? 
11-08-2020, 06:56 PM
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Re: Pronunciations (again)
I know what you mean, Rhian.I was once giving an ad hoc history lesson about the Spanish Armada, when one of the little brats noticed the name of a town on the north coast of France - Gravelines.
I hadn't planned to mention it, in fact I hadn't honestly noticed it until the brat pointed it out.
All I could do was to say, "Well, that looks like 'Grave-lines', doesn't it, though I'm sure it isn't pronounced that way". Then I stuck my neck out and suggested that, "I think it might actually be pronounced 'Gra-va-leen'".
I never thought about it again until just now, so I'm still not sure how it really should be pronounced.
Perhaps a better person than I, on here might advise me!
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