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Tupac was the best...

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I'm not registered in Cali...so I couldn't vote...but I am an active in the USC Democrats! Now here's what I didn't get...our club determined NO on props 73-78, and YES on 79 and 80......Now I missed most of the debates on them, and I don't get why one would be YES on 79.....then again, I have been seeing the "Prop 79 is the WRONG Rx for CA" ads since August...

Heh...I'm all for YES on 80 though.

Heh...Nick said it best. Rock on man.

Television & radio voiceovers pronounce Jaguar as a 3-syllable word, not 2. JAG-oo-are. Somewhat...Americans generally draw out syllables versus the British and Aussies. For example, we Americans generally pronounce Melbourne as MEL-boorn. Aussies? It is said more quickly and comes off as "MEL-bun." JAG-yoor versus JAG-yoo-rr is a "same difference" case AFAIC. My main point was the differentiation between JAG-yoor/JAG-yoo-rr and JAG-wire or JAG-war.

What are?If you are talking about GW Bush's nookyouler, no, it is not accepted by anyone other than merriam-webster. it doesn't even make sense by the spelling of the word. there was an article about two years ago i read stating that MW was adding it to the pronunciations list "because so many people say it that way." well, by that logic, most of English grammar should be changed radically because "so many people do it that way." I don't believe in pandering to the ignorance of the masses. Go look around...MW is the ONLY dictionary that offers alternative, incorrect pronunciations.

Merriam-Webster also says NOOK-yoo-lerr is an acceptable pronunciation of the word "nuclear," which is an obviously improper bastardization of the English language. Obviously Merriam-Webster is less of an accurate source of proper pronunciation and more of a compilation of existing (incorrect) pronunciations. Maybe the above post should have said "no respectable dictionary."

Telescoping steering wheel? No. That doesn't "step on Caddy's toes." Cadillac DTS can offer extra things, like heated rear seats (I believe it does). Here's a dumb thing GM did...the 2000 DHS my father own has rear seat power lumbar. New one doesn't even offer it as an option. Cadillac could differentiate from Buick by offering more LUXURY features. Last time I checked, though, telescoping wheels, nav, and xenons weren't really luxury features.

Tgive is my favorite holiday, Xmas a close second. For me, it's all about the food... ...and the family when they aren't being obnoxious.

Not gonna lie, I say it occasionally, and one of my friends uses it CONSTANTLY. It's just used for effect when being particularly bluntly honest. Softens it a bit.

Hmmm...let's see here. GM uses silver impalas on a rooftop for advertising, Gary Cowger pronounces it correctly, and it is an English word...so chances are......... As far as Jaguar goes, well, the British pronunciation is JAG-yoor, Ford says JAG-yoor, and Jaguar says JAG-yoor. Since Jaguar is British, it makes sense they officially pronounce their name like the Brits do. --- I mean ultimately I guess GM can offer pronunciations different than the norm (they do not), just like I could wake up tomorrow and decide I am going to pronounce my user name as CROKE, but that doesn't change the fact that doing so makes me somewhat of an imbecile. It really all comes down to sounding professional. Proper pronunciation makes one sound more professional, hence why Garyu Cowger says it correctly...or else he just learned to speak proper English.

That's what I thought...but just making sure ;) Yea, your opinions are completely different than mine most of the time, but you really aren't obnoxious about it like some people are. So the respect is mutual.

"boughten"? :P

I don't like the fake-foglamp treatment much. I see bolts and screws. Cheap.

exactly!

Have you ever written something negative about me? I can't recall, not that it bothers me one way or the other...

62.......how are you pronouncing that "A"? and certainly you aren't trying to say that every syllable is stressed....right? that's what the caps are used for...for indicating stress...

BINGO!

No.

You don't just "oops" miss a telescoping steering wheel. Especially since the DTS gets it. It costs them more to have that difference than to make both Lucerne and DTS the same in that regard.

And now my turn to be honest: whoever decided the Buick should NOT get a telescoping wheel should be fired. Truly mind-boggling.

No, Cowger actually is pronouncing it correctly.

I agree. It would be pretentious and awkward. Just giving the history of it...

I don't see what the big debate is...check a dictionary every time it should say im-PAH-luh as the pronunciation. Go to encarta.com and listen to their pronunciation. Dictionary.com uses the "a" symbol with the german umlat (sp?) over it...i.e. the two dots. That signifies an "a" as in "father."