# Dipshit who thinks he's being articulate. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 27, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772 "2003-06-27T15:45:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/1 "2003-06-27T15:45:49Z")
This guy at work keeps saying “KON - NUCT - TIVITY”. I’ve always heard it as “KA - NECT - TIVITY”. The “KONUCT” bs really bothers me. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because the guy is an asshole narcissist to begin with, but it just bugs the fuck out of me when connectivity is pronouced this way. So, how many people are konucting to the net today? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/2 "2003-06-27T15:52:17Z")
“Asshole narcissist”? Please tell me there are two separate descriptors. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/3 "2003-06-27T15:55:43Z")
What **lieu** , it must be your friend with the prehensile anus. If I had a prehensile anus I would get proud and narcissistic about it. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/4 "2003-06-27T15:57:16Z")
What are your thoughts on “NU-CUE-LAR”? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/5 "2003-06-27T15:58:50Z")
How about people who enunciate the “t” in “duc **t** tape”? (the first one, that is…) ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/6 "2003-06-27T16:06:59Z")
Nuclear - “Nu-clea-er”. Duct tape - “Ducked”. I say is so fast you couldn’t tell the difference between “duct” and “ducked”. Is supposed to be “duct” though. ---
**Author:** ![Toaster52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@Toaster52](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toaster52)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/7 "2003-06-27T17:07:21Z")
Realtor…REAL-tor, not RE-LI-TOR ---
**Author:** ![hilltopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@hilltopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hilltopper)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/8 "2003-06-27T17:23:02Z")
woo-l-f…not wooff r-ooo-f…not ruff …(also)… rooves not ruffs cr-eee-k…not cr-i-ck ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/9 "2003-06-27T17:36:57Z")
jew-el-ree … not jew-luh-ree ::shudder:: ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/10 "2003-06-27T17:40:16Z")
F’NORD. F - N- ORD. F’NORD. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/11 "2003-06-27T17:44:35Z")
ALUMINIUM ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/12 "2003-06-27T17:44:37Z")
I don’t know if this is quite the right thread to do so, but I’ve been wanting to complain about “defendaaaant”. I hear lawyers say “defendant” with heavy stress on the last syllable, and that American flat-A sound, and it bugs me. It’s so common, though, that I’m wondering if it’s some special technical legal pronunciation that’s actually correct, or perhaps if they’re trying to remind themselves of the proper spelling every time they say the word. There are many other words where people carefully put a vowel into an unaccented syllable, when the “normal” pronunciation is just the “schwa” sound. This bugs me to no end. All unaccented syllables in spoken English should have the schwa, not any other vowel sound. ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/13 "2003-06-27T17:44:45Z")
**DWD** That is so apt for your username This drives me nuts too (ducks outta the way of the Merkins) AL-YU-MIN-IUM not ALOO-MIN-UM ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/14 "2003-06-27T17:50:20Z")
Both jewelry and jewellery are correct, actually. An interesting poll on pronunciations: [results of a Harvard University study on dialects](http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/maps.php) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/15 "2003-06-27T18:13:30Z")
Heh. When I was a kid, I thought the line from “God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen” was: In Bethlehem, in jewelry… Couldn’t figure out how the hell Jesus managed to be born in a necklace. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/16 "2003-06-27T18:17:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UnwrittenNocturne \* > \*\ ***DWD** That is so apt for your username > > This drives me nuts too (ducks outta the way of the Merkins) > > AL-YU-MIN-IUM > > not > > ALOO-MIN-UM \*\* We’re not pronouncing it wrongly. We’re using an alternative pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![Sionach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Sionach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sionach)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/17 "2003-06-27T18:22:35Z")
Wash, idea - neither of these have an “r” in them; please stop pronouncing them as if they do! Either pronunciation of [alumin(i)um](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=aluminum) is technically proper as it can be spelled with or without the second “i.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/18 "2003-06-27T18:48:01Z")
> [@](#): > > **Both jewelry and jewellery are correct, actually.** But wouldn’t you pronounce jewellery JEW-ELL-UH-REE? I can dig that… it’s just when I hear jewelry pronounced JEW- **LUH** -REE… it just sets my teeth on edge. YMMV. 😃 BTW, how do you quote someone with the _Originally posted by_? I haven’t been able to figure that out. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/19 "2003-06-27T18:49:27Z")
The intended defying of the ‘th’ and ‘s’ sounds, i.e. “birfday”, “ish”, “iz”, “azz” _ad infinitum/nauseam_. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/20 "2003-06-27T18:50:27Z")
Yah just click the Quote button below that particular post and then delete all that you’re not quoting. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772.md?page=2)