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Old 13-06-2007, 06:36 AM   #1
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How do you pronounce and what do you say?

How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?)

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?)

Aunt (like ant or like want)

Is it Soda or Pop?

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw?

Is it a sofa or couch?

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale?

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes?



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Old 13-06-2007, 07:43 AM   #2
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Caramel (2 syllables)

Creek (rhymes with meek)

Aunt (like want)

Soda

a see-saw

couch

a garage sale

sneakers




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Old 13-06-2007, 06:40 PM   #3
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Caramel - Cah-rah-mel, 3.

Creek rhymes with meek.

Aunt, like ant.

Is it Soda or Pop? Neither. Soft drink/fizzy drink. :P

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? See-saw!

Is it a sofa or couch? Either.

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Neither! Jumble sale.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? Neither! Trainers.




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Old 13-06-2007, 06:43 PM   #4
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How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) 3

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) meek

Aunt (like ant or like want) want

Is it Soda or Pop? soda

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? both

Is it a sofa or couch? both

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? garage sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? sneakers




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Old 13-06-2007, 06:47 PM   #5
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[quote=Bro//ken_Angel;62458]How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?)3

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?)meek

Aunt (like ant or like want)want

Is it Soda or Pop?fizzy drink!

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw?see-saw

Is it a sofa or couch?sofa or setee

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale?jumble sale :P

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes?trainers




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Old 13-06-2007, 06:55 PM   #6
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Caramel (3 syllables)

Creek (rhymes with meek)

Aunt (want)

Is it Soda or Pop? Soda

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? O__o

Is it a sofa or couch? couch

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? you mean trainers, right?

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Old 13-06-2007, 06:58 PM   #7
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Caramel (2 syllables)

Creek (rhymes with meek)

Aunt (want)

Is it Soda or Pop? Soda

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? see-saw

Is it a sofa or couch? couch

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? sneakers



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Old 23-12-2010, 01:24 AM   #8
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How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) Two syllables

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) Both actually. Depends on if I'm saying it in the name of a place vs the body of water

Aunt (like ant or like want) Ant.. like the little things that crawl around

Is it Soda or Pop? Soda

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? Teeter-totter

Is it a sofa or couch? Couch

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Rummage sale. But I've used both before.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? Tennis shoes.. but I say tenna shoes.



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Old 23-12-2010, 01:28 AM   #9
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Caramel (2 syllables)

Creek (rhymes with meek)

Aunt (ant)

Is it Soda or Pop? Soda

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? both

Is it a sofa or couch? couch

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? sneakers

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Old 23-12-2010, 03:00 AM   #10
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How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) 3

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) meek

Aunt (like ant or like want) either, depends who I'm talking to.

Is it Soda or Pop? Pop

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? See-saw

Is it a sofa or couch? Sofa

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Jumble sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? Trainers

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Old 23-12-2010, 11:16 AM   #11
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Caramel (2 syllables or 3?)
3.

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?)
Meek.

Aunt (like ant or like want)
Want.

Is it Soda or Pop?
I use both interchangably.

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw?
See-saw.

Is it a sofa or couch?
Sofa.

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale?
Garage sale.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes?
I usually refer to them as Trainers.



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Old 03-01-2011, 08:18 PM   #12
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Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) 3 Syllables

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) Creek rhymes with meek

Aunt (like ant or like want) Aunt sounds like ant

Is it Soda or Pop? Pop

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? See-saw

Is it a sofa or couch? Sofa

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage Sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? Neither, its trainers



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Old 03-01-2011, 08:29 PM   #13
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How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?)
car-mill (2)
Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?)
creek (meek)
Aunt (like ant or like want)
ant
Is it Soda or Pop?
neither i call it juice ( and i no that juice isnt fizzy lol)
Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw?
see saw
Is it a sofa or couch?
neither settee
Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale?
garage sale
Is it sneakers or tennis shoes?
neither trainers


lol yes i no that im odd im irish :p

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Old 04-01-2011, 12:41 AM   #14
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How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?)- 2

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?)- rhymes with meek

Aunt (like ant or like want)- rhymes with ant

Is it Soda or Pop?- pop

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? see-saw occasionally teeter-totter

Is it a sofa or couch? mostly couch, sometimes sofa

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? garage sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? tennis shoes


It's also a buggy, not a cart.



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Old 04-01-2011, 01:03 AM   #15
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Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) three

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) rhymes with meek

Aunt (like ant or like want) neither, its like the sound in "heart"

Is it Soda or Pop? neither, it just gets called by its name or "fizzy drink"

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? see-saw

Is it a sofa or couch? sofa

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? i guess it would be a garage sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? trainers...




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Old 04-01-2011, 05:36 AM   #16
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Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) TWO

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) Rhymes with meek

Aunt (like ant or like want) sounds just like ANT

Is it Soda or Pop? Both actually. I used to be a strict POP person..but after living on the east coast for a few years SODA made its way into my dictionary.

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? BOTH.

Is it a sofa or couch? EITHER

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? GARAGE SALE.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? TENNIS SHOES!



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Old 04-01-2011, 08:10 AM   #17
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How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) 3

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) Rhymes with meek.

Aunt (like ant or like want) Ant.

Is it Soda or Pop? Neither, it's a soft drink.

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? See-saw.

Is it a sofa or couch? Sofa.

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Jumble sale or car-boot sale.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? Neither, they're trainers.



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Old 03-03-2011, 06:40 AM   #18
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Caramel (2 syllables or 3?)
3.

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?)
Meek.

Aunt (like ant or like want)
Ant.

Is it Soda or Pop?
Pop.

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw?
Teeter-totter.

Is it a sofa or couch?
Couch.

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale?
Garage sale.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes?
Running Shoes.

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Old 03-03-2011, 06:37 PM   #19
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Caramel (2 syllables or 3?)
3

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?)
Meek

Aunt (like ant or like want)
Ant, but sometimes Want if I've been listening to somebody who sounds posh.

Is it Soda or Pop?
Pop

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw?
See-Saw

Is it a sofa or couch?
I say either :P

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale?
Garage Sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes?
Trainers :)

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Old 04-03-2011, 06:11 AM   #20
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How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel: 2 syllables, carm-url (it looks really weird written out, but that's how it sounds lol).

Creek: rhymes with meek.

Aunt: just like ant.

Is it Soda or Pop? Coke (not just coca colas - all soda is called Coke in Texas), but if I had to pick one: Soda.

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? Both.

Is it a sofa or couch? Couch normally, but also sofa a lot.

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage Sale.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? I say "tenna-shoes", but sometimes sneakers.


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