# 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:** 2
**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, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/21 "2003-06-27T18:51:06Z")
Watch, someone will say “redundancy”… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/22 "2003-06-27T19:03:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Toaster52 \* > **Coldfire says I have cojones!** Link? 😃 **physical:** pertaining to material things or your person / body. \*\*fiscal:\*\*pertaining to money matters. **Pacific:** A large body of water to the West of North & South America. **specific:** indicating a particular thing / idea / whatever. Please do not confuse these… ---
**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, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/23 "2003-06-27T19:05:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Yah just click the Quote button below that particular post and then delete all that you’re not quoting. 🙂 \*\* :smack: it wouldn’t hurt for me to actually look at all the pretty buttons, would it? **dan** , you **da man**! ---
**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, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/24 "2003-06-27T19:09:28Z")
It’s ok. If I had **Dazzling White Diamonds** , I might be distracted, too. [sub]sig alert![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/25 "2003-06-27T19:16:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dazzling White Diamonds \* > \*\*But wouldn’t you pronounce jewellery JEW-ELL-UH-REE? > > … > > BTW, how do you quote someone with the _Originally posted by_? I haven’t been able to figure that out. \*\* 1. Only if you pronounce “jewel” JEW-ELL, in which case I ask you never to say it within earshot/gunshot of me. 2. Bwahahahahah hahahahaha hahahah (Press the QUOTE button on the post you wish to quote) ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/26 "2003-06-27T19:34:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*We’re not pronouncing it wrongly. We’re using an alternative pronunciation. \*\* Just out of curiosity then. How do you say: magnesium? ---
**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, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/27 "2003-06-27T19:38:13Z")
Mag nes eee umm There’s only one pronunciation and spelling for that one. I’m not positive, but I’m pretty sure Cecil did a column on the aluminum/aluminium bit. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/28 "2003-06-27T19:38:35Z")
Mag-nyee-sin-i-um Daniel ---
**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, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/29 "2003-06-27T19:39:05Z")
Cheers, will go look it up ---
**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, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/30 "2003-06-27T19:41:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*It’s ok. If I had **Dazzling White Diamonds** , I might be distracted, too. > [sub]sig alert![/sub] \*\* So **that’s** why **Mr. DWD** is so distracted… 😃 > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by KarmaComa_ > \*\*1) Only if you pronounce “jewel” JEW-ELL, in which case I ask you never to say it within earshot/gunshot of me. \*\* Ma, git out mah gun… And how about… mischievous? ---
**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, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/31 "2003-06-27T19:45:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UnwrittenNocturne \* > \*\*Cheers, will go look it up \*\* I can’t find it. Yet. I looked on Snopes, too. I know I saw this, though. I know it! The point was made in the piece that this metal is the only one (or one of the very few) that is known by two different names: aluminum in the U.S. and aluminium in the U.K. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/32 "2003-06-27T19:50:48Z")
For what it’s worth, [here’s an interesting article on aluminum/aluminium’s history](http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/aluminium.htm). Daniel ---
**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, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/33 "2003-06-27T19:56:53Z")
And how about EXcape instead of EScape? _wanders off singing **O Little Town of Bethlehem** to herself_ ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/34 "2003-06-27T20:12:05Z")
Peripheral. Not periphial. Thank you. And we in America pronounce Aluminum just the way it sounds. I suppose if it were spelled Aluminium here, we’d pronounce it the way that sounds, too. ---
**Author:** ![Sunglasses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Sunglasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunglasses)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/35 "2003-06-27T20:13:10Z")
Here in the sticks I hear masonAry a lot instead of masonry. Grrrr. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/36 "2003-06-27T20:13:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ParentalAdvisory \* > \*\*Duct tape - “Ducked”. I say is so fast you couldn’t tell the difference between “duct” and “ducked”. Is supposed to be “duct” though. \*\* “Duck tape” is also correct. No, really! ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/37 "2003-06-27T20:16:56Z")
Yeah, I always thought it was a spelling thing more than a pronounciation thing. ---
**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/38 "2003-06-27T20:30:08Z")
Duck Tape: made from feathers and used for gagging, well, ducks ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/39 "2003-06-27T20:39:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UnwrittenNocturne \* > \*\*Duck Tape: made from feathers and used for gagging, well, ducks \*\* Invented for the US Army in WWII. Used to keep ammunition dry. Because water rolled off of it like a duck. Our boys were over there fighting the scourge of fascism, not the scourge of untaped heating and air-conditioning systems. Actually, both duck and duct are correct. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772/40 "2003-06-27T20:46:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jean Grey \* > \*\*Peripheral. > > Not periphial. > > Thank you. \*\* Nor PER-I-FREE-AL, as my sister heard a couple of DJs saying once. And has anyone heard this? COWM-pound instead of COM-pound? This one gives my teeth goosebumps. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshit-who-thinks-hes-being-articulate/184772.md?page=3)