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Friday, November 13, 2009

Frankly Speaking


I offer this cartoon today as an homage (pronounced, of course, the snooty way, oh-mahj') to the most ubiquitous of foods, some kind of dough wrapped around some kind of filling. We have sandwiches, tacos and enchiladas, cannelloni, gyros, egg rolls, blintzes and blinis, crepes, and, I'd guess, many hundreds of variations across the myriad cultures of the world, traceable back to when mankind first discovered the miracle and utility of flour.


posted by John M Crowther @ 9:34 AM 

3 Comments:

Blogger Andrew said...

I can tolerate some degree of snooty pronunciation, but I draw the line at "an historical..." which is an affectation used by people trying too hard to appear sophisticated, when in reality it just makes them sound like twits.

2:27 PM  
Anonymous Jean Burman said...

Homage is an anglo-french word so it goes without saying (pardon the pun) that it might be pronounced "oh-mahj" by some (especially the French) *wink* LOL

"An historical" could go both ways depending on where it's pronounced... but the exception to the rule might be the silent h.

An usually comes before a vowel or a silent h. An hour. An honor. An historical occasion even? Maybe the silent h is more Anglo?

But then what about herb. American English doesn't prounounce the h... while Anglo English does.

It's all an adaption I guess. And splitting hairs really. A herb garden is an 'erb garden no matter where you plant the darned thing and still tastes just as good. LOL

... like hamburgers and sandwiches and tacos and cannelloni... blinzes and blinis eh John? They all taste great. I got hungry just reading this list!

YUM.

3:41 PM  
Anonymous Lee said...

holy cow, my head is spinning with all of this. I am simple, a hot dog is a hot dog anyway you slice it. However would never deny Harley or Bear the right to call it the way theys seed it.

8:26 PM  

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