I’m Ashamed

[Jaylotw]

It's okay. We all fail occasionally. Mine was pronouncing Gay-with Gaw-with. When I first started, I thought Sasieni was Italian! It SOUNDS Italian!

I had the guy at Iwan Ries correct me on that one, I too pronounced it GAW-with. We laughed a bit, then he sold me on an entire box of Choccy Flake.

Hey.

How the hell do you pronounce Sasieni?

 

[tschiraldi]

I had the guy at Iwan Ries correct me on that one, I too pronounced it GAW-with. We laughed a bit, then he sold me on an entire box of Choccy Flake.

Hey.

How the hell do you pronounce Sasieni?

Saseenee

 

[Jaylotw]

Saseenee

Phew...at least I got one right.

 

[Grangerous]

Mer (as in Merlin)
Shome (rhymes with Dome)

Is the proper way to pronounce Meerschaum.

Don’t feel badly. Most get that wrong. Gray Bows. Gray Balls. What’s the diff?

 

[Ahi Ka]

Geez...I just realised when I say it, I say dr. Grab-ho ?

 

[BROBS]

Mer (as in Merlin)
Shome (rhymes with Dome)

Is the proper way to pronounce Meerschaum.

Ahh French for Ocean Scum.

 

[Grangerous]

Ahh French for Ocean Scum.

It’s German.

You know why the French Navy has glass-bottom boats?

So they can see the French Air Force.

(I’m kidding)

 

[anotherbob]

I still say it like that but do wonder who Sam is Gay With.

A Hoe named Garth.

 

[Scottishgaucho]

I don't know any pipe smokers so God only knows how I pronounce some pipe smoking related words....especially non English ones.

 

[scloyd]

I thought Butz Choquin was Butts Chokin.

I now pronounce it Boots ShowKin. Probably still incorrect.

 

[BROBS]

A Hoe named Garth.

 

[python]

Took me a loooong time to learn that one bc I never heard someone else say it!

My wife pronounces it Poo-Poo . She hates Latakia.

 

[verporchting]

I once heard an NPR broadcast from the Syrian city of Latakia with Terry Gross and a native speaker from that city. Had nothing to do with tobacco as I recall (?) but the citizens of the city say it La-TOCK-ee-uh. It seems the tobacco is pretty universally pronounced Laah-ta-Kee-UH.

Funny old world, ain’t it??

 

[Jaylotw]

I’m in the “La-tah-KEE-ah” camp. When you spell it out like that, it looks like a Sioux word for cabbage or something.

 

[Papamique]

It's okay. We all fail occasionally. Mine was pronouncing Gay-with Gaw-with. When I first started, I thought Sasieni was Italian! It SOUNDS Italian!

Wait! It’s pronounced Gay-with?

Sasieni DOES sound Italian. I guess it’s actually Jewish.

 

[canucklehead]

 

[Jaylotw]

I also, just now realized that I have never actually pronounced the words Dr Grabow aloud, to anyone, because no one in my life cares about pipes enough for me to actually say the name of a pipe company aloud. It’s been in my head, that I’ve said it wrong, all this time. I never even said graBAW or GRAYbo aloud, ever.

Holy shit.

 

[litup]

I recently read something, probably on Facebook, that said we should think twice before judging people for mispronouncing words. If they're mispronouncing it, it's probably because they've only read that word before and never heard anyone say it so we should think well of the fact that at least they are reading and exposing themselves to new words and new ideas. That actually changed my behavior.

 

[mingc]

I’ve been pronouncing it “Gra-BAW” and not “GRAY-bo.”

Me too! And I do it even though I been told it's "GRAY-bo." ?

And we've all been pronoucing latakia wrong: it's "al-la-da-ki-yat" ?

Oh, also, Hoggarth is pronounced Hog-girth. Or at least that's what I hear on the ancient youtube video.

 

[SoddenJack]

how to pronounce latakia - Google Search

www.google.com

Did a quick Google search. Literally found 3 different pronunciations. I say Luh-TAHkia (same as the Google pronunciation) because one of the guys on 90 Day Fiance was from that city, so I figured he said it right. I assume the tobacco is named after the city?

Maybe we’re just Anglocising the pronunciation? Maybe it’s an Italian vs Jersey Italian thing (Capicola vs Gabagool). Eh, I like the way I say it. Everything else hurst my ears.