Conversation started Mar 1, 2012 at 15:16.
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
Mar 1, 2012 15:16
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A: Why are there two pronunciations for "either"?

Alanpronounce tomato potato -- Alan.

There you have your QED. To the ground.
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Wow I just learned this:
> In 1838, Babbage invented the pilot (also called a cow-catcher), the metal frame attached to the front of locomotives that clears the tracks of obstacles
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
he was an excellent dude
@RegDwightѬſ道 laughing so hard my chest hurts
Robusto
Robusto
@MrShinyandNew安宇 That Babbage ... what a relentless self-promoter.
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
Yeah marty mcfly would of never got back to 1985 w/o that cabbage dude lol.
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
so Is Alan suggesting we should pronounce both tomato and potato "Alan"? Or that they should be pronounced "either"?
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
Mar 1, 2012 15:19
@MattЭллен No. Not both. Either. Duh!
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
oh! of course. how foolish of me
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
It's too sentance's.
Pronounce tomato! Potato -- Alan.
Robusto
Robusto
@RegDwightѬſ道 You just can't appreciate the beauty of that response. It is almost Joycean, using a deceptive simplicity to set up a cascade of associations leading to a deeper understanding of a multi-layered issue.
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
like an onion?
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Robusto Or to a bucket of faeces.
splash
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
Mar 1, 2012 15:22
eeewwww
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
May 16 '11 at 14:05, by RegDwight
@Robusto You forgot the onion. Certainly you wore an onion on your belt.
Robusto
Robusto
@MattЭллен Vary like an union.
Cerberus
Cerberus
@MattЭллен Sorry, scratch that.
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
@Robusto I try
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
No scratching faeces in this chat.
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mar 1, 2012 15:23
@Robusto like a 3-ply Kleenex? Oh you said multi-layered issue... my bad
Robusto
Robusto
In fact onion is normally pronounced potato.
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
Not if you pronounce it tomato!
 
Conversation ended Mar 1, 2012 at 15:23.