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13 December 2014
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@Joe said

Wait , there’s more than one way to pronounce apricot? I had no idea.

A (to rhyme with way) – pri (as in prick, not pree) – cot (just cot). Apricot. Now I’m filled with self doubt.

That’s how I say it. But lots of people say ah-pri-cot.

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trcanberra said

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Wait , there’s more than one way to pronounce apricot? I had no idea.

A (to rhyme with way) – pri (as in prick, not pree) – cot (just cot). Apricot. Now I’m filled with self doubt.

See, my pri is pronounced pree – but then I am Welsh and we pronounce things rather oddly at times.

I’m English but have lived in Wales half my life. I’ve never known it pronounced another way. I’ll have to ask people at my work, most of whom are Welsh speakers.

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In the Midwest (US), it is eh (as in meh) pri (as in prick, as so elegantly intoned by @Joe) cot.  But then, we are congenitally unable to pronounce rural.  Some desperate speakers have been known to resort to ‘ex-urban.’

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Two mildly interesting and completely unrelated thoughts:

1) I just found out my mother used to live at 909 Pepper Ave, someplace, somewhere.

What a cool Beatley address!

2) I’ve been thinking about how cool a BB holiday gift exchange/secret Santa/whatever would be. (Yes me, Mr. Censored Kite!) Although it probably won’t happen it seems like a cool idea.

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Who could be a better secret Santa (or secret anything, for that matter), than Mr. K?  a-hard-days-night-george-10

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Zig said

parlance said

I think generally in the US, the only place where you do that is at work. Usually I just say “Hello.”

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A friend of mine answers by saying, “speak”.

One time a friend called me, I answered with “speak. Speak quickly. Hurry up.” When I realized he was calling to wish me a happy birthday, I was a little less snippy.

As if it matters how a man falls down.'

'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.

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ahdn_paul_06 We could exchanged virtual stuff that you make. It doesn’t have to be physical. And for the randomization. People can post if they want to participate and then someone puts the names in a randomizer  

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georgiewood said
Who could be a better secret Santa (or secret anything, for that matter), than Mr. K?  a-hard-days-night-george-10

You could since Mr. K is not very secret

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Mr. Kite said

Two mildly interesting and completely unrelated thoughts:

1) I just found out my mother used to live at 909 Pepper Ave, someplace, somewhere.

What a cool Beatley address!

2) I’ve been thinking about how cool a BB holiday gift exchange/secret Santa/whatever would be. (Yes me, Mr. Censored Kite!) Although it probably won’t happen it seems like a cool idea.

That is a cool address. What does she think about it?

And, here’s a thread you might like https://www.beatlesbible.com/f…..-exchange/

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Ahhh Girl said

Mr. Kite said

Two mildly interesting and completely unrelated thoughts:

1) I just found out my mother used to live at 909 Pepper Ave, someplace, somewhere.

What a cool Beatley address!

2) I’ve been thinking about how cool a BB holiday gift exchange/secret Santa/whatever would be. (Yes me, Mr. Censored Kite!) Although it probably won’t happen it seems like a cool idea.

That is a cool address. What does she think about it?

And, here’s a thread you might like https://www.beatlesbible.com/f…..-exchange/

She’s not a big Beatle fan like I am so didn’t even realize it was Beatley relevant! a-hard-days-night-paul-9

(Does anyone use that smiley?)

I’ve read that thread before… It seems interesting…

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Joe said

trcanberra said

Joe said
Wait , there’s more than one way to pronounce apricot? I had no idea.

A (to rhyme with way) – pri (as in prick, not pree) – cot (just cot). Apricot. Now I’m filled with self doubt.

See, my pri is pronounced pree – but then I am Welsh and we pronounce things rather oddly at times.

I’m English but have lived in Wales half my life. I’ve never known it pronounced another way. I’ll have to ask people at my work, most of whom are Welsh speakers.

Haha – south or north?  It matters.  Plus I have been in Oz so long that may have been an influence.

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Mr. Kite said

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Ooooo, he could co-opt @Oudis’s name. Perhaps Oudis would even join him in that band.

I’m still trying to figure out what his name means! I think I’m pronouncing it right (in my head) though: wee-dis.

Actually @Mr. Kite, if you read my post in the about-my-name thread (here) you will know why I chose it and what it means. And (read the story first) Odysseus was making a pun on his own name, so I’ve always thought “Oudis” should be pronounced as similarly as possible to “Odysseus”: maybe “Oh-you-dis” or “Oe-dis” (“oe” as in Moe -Larry and Curly). It’s a pity I speak no Greek (I wish I did).

Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit” (“Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to look back on even this”; Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 1, line 203, where Aeneas says this to his men after the shipwreck that put them on the shores of Africa)

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Ron Nasty said
Strange. According to the Currently Online bit at the bottom of the page, it seems members currently online are:

Egroege Evoli, Egroege Evoli, Egroege Evoli, Egroege Evoli, Egroege Evoli, mja6758, LongHairedLady!

How does that work?

But now there isn’t even one Egroege Evoli online.

 

That would be crazy if there was five of any user online

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Sometimes the ads are right on.

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Sometimes the ads are right on.

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I think its to do with cookies or whatever the jargon is whereby the ads we receive is based on the websites or content we surf often. That’s why every third/fourth site that I visit has something Beatley.

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AbbeyRoadRage said

I’m from Lawn Guyland, and I hear everyone talking about the caw-fee they drink too. Of course, I will deny having an accent just like everybody else on the island.

Too funny. Everyone I know/knew from there pronounces it that way. Heavy emphasis on the “G”.

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StrawberryFieldsForever said

Mr. Kite said
Sometimes the ads are right on.

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I think its to do with cookies or whatever the jargon is whereby the ads we receive is based on the websites or content we surf often. That’s why every third/fourth site that I visit has something Beatley.

I think that’s what it is, but that makes me question some of the ads that pop up! a-hard-days-night-ringo-6

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ahdn_paul_06 I think it sometimes tries to guess what you like

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What in the world did I search for that made it give me an ad for a hearing aid?

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