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Old 11-07-2007, 04:18 AM   #1
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Oh! I thought that's normal...
It is! But whoever said I'm normal?

Speaking of whom...

When you find yourself wondering if Legate has three syllables, or two syllables and rhymes with date.
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Old 11-07-2007, 04:26 AM   #2
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And you've finally caught yourself automatically thinking "Lommy" when you see a group of penguins in a photo. Yay!
Finally? Is that some thing people should wait for? Like "Oooh, now I think of Lommy when I see penguins, now I must have seen the light!" or something like that?

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When you are having two Downish dreams in a row. Hooray!
Well, when you've had five BD dreams in a row, come back here and post it and I can consider taking it as a serious sign of addiction...
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Old 11-07-2007, 04:48 AM   #3
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When you find yourself wondering if Legate has three syllables, or two syllables and rhymes with date.
? *slaps himself to the forehead* What madness is that?

Two.

But as far as I know, it does not rhyme with date. In fact, I think it's very hard to find something that it would rhyme with. Hmm... I don't know.

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Well, when you've had five BD dreams in a row, come back here and post it and I can consider taking it as a serious sign of addiction...
Hey, what, you had five?

Well let's wait for the three following days. But I don't give much hope to it.
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Old 11-07-2007, 09:43 AM   #4
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Finally? Is that some thing people should wait for? Like "Oooh, now I think of Lommy when I see penguins, now I must have seen the light!" or something like that?
Of course, Lommy. It doesn't say much about me as a Downer if I'm not easily able to make that association.


I guess I'm entitled to appear self-confessedly stupid occasionally... but just how is "Legate" supposed to be pronounced anyway, Legate?
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Old 11-07-2007, 02:02 PM   #5
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I guess I'm entitled to appear self-confessedly stupid occasionally... but just how is "Legate" supposed to be pronounced anyway, Legate?
Don't worry, I had to look it up also when I used it (so that I knew it later if someone asked). English pronounciation is simply terrible, why can't they pronounce letters as they are written Simply, the pronounciation is something like "lae-get" (as in "lay" and "to get something"). Well, more or less.
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Err it isn't ... is it?
I would say it leg-ut or legget may be - definitely not as in lay..

And there are good diachronic linguisic reasons for our spelling (as well as some random reasons) and in my opinion Mr Webster only confused the situation... why change plough to plow when it still is said differently to snow?

The Saucepan Man had a splendid sig that illustrated the many pronunciations of Eglish words ending in -ough (7 or 8 I think...).

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Of course I am speaking as a speaker of more or less "Oxford English" .... the inhabitants of the erstwhile colonies may have a different opinion....
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Old 11-07-2007, 02:41 PM   #7
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Well my dictionary has this explanation:

legate = ambassador, envoy [leg-it]

http://www.yourdictionary.com/legate (with pronunciation, but the voice sounds liek Microsoft Sam)
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I would say it leg-ut or legget may be - definitely not as in lay...
Yes, leg, good one, how come I did not think of that. "Legget" is probably the closest. But isn't lay, without the y, sounding the same? I mean, the vowel? Maybe a little bit longer... I just could not remember any words where the English people pronounce "e" as I wanted.

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Well my dictionary has this explanation:

legate = ambassador, envoy [leg-it]

http://www.yourdictionary.com/legate (with pronunciation, but the voice sounds liek Microsoft Sam)
Good, that should serve this purpose. Thanks.

Okay, I hope this matter is solved and we don't get any chat skwerl to be sent against us...
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[QUOTE=Legate of Amon Lanc;535520]Yes, leg, good one, how come I did not think of that. "Legget" is probably the closest. But isn't lay, without the y, sounding the same? I mean, the vowel? Maybe a little bit longer..QUOTE]



http://www.thefreedictionary.com/legate

No in British English it is quite a different sound - lay has a long pure vowel, leg has a short vowel so far in the back of the mouth that it is practically a gentle clearing of the throat. The mouth is in a completely different shape. If I say Legate with the lay sound I feel like I am auditioning for Minnie Driver's role in "The Riches"
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