[sdiy] I can't decide....

[Scott E.]

This will be hard to describe via text....

Years ago, a singer was auditioning for a role in a Gilbert and Sullivan 
show where the audition piece was the song Harry has alluded to here 
that Fred Astaire made famous ("You say toma(y)to and I say toma(h)to, 
you say pota(y)to and I say pota(h)to..." etc.). The singer had NO CLUE 
and sang the song, straight faced, without the differences in 
pronunciation, as "You say toma(y)to and I say toma(y)to, you say 
pota(y)to and I say pota(y)to...". You can carry this out for the whole 
song to get an idea.

Well, you can imagine the snickering in the theater.

Scott
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harrybissell wrote:
> The time has come to end this silly and superfluous thread and get back
> to the burning issues of today's diy...
> 
> like... does it sound like a cow does... or rhyme with "rogue" ???   :^P
> 
> H^) harry   (sing.. you sat tomato and I say...)
> 
> Colin f wrote:
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>>>isn't "jig-a-watts" just another pronounciation of "gig-a-watts"?
>>
>>It isn't 'another' pronunciation, it's the correct pronunciation.
>>The prefix comes from gigas, the same root as the word giant comes from,
>>which isn't pronounced 'guy-ant' by anyone I know.
>>Just about everyone says giga wrong though, which means it has become the
>>de-facto pronuncation, and if you say it right, people will 'correct' you.
>>As this thread proves. ;-)
>>
>>Colin f
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