# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1982 "2024-07-01T02:24:24Z")
Nunavut. I can’t recall ever saying it out loud, but I’m going to try now. Okay, I said it with a short U, both syllables. I looked it up on [WordHippo.com](http://WordHippo.com)’s rhyming dictionary. There were many many potential rhymes with Nunavut, including Bathing suit, Breadbasket, Athlete’s foot, excommunicate, dibutylphthalate and about 500 others. So really, nobody knows how to pronounce Nunavut except Nunavutians, and they would probably say none of those words rhyme. So I will continue to pronounce it how I like, if I ever have occasion to say it again, sorry Canada but that seems unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1983 "2024-07-01T02:26:00Z")
I generally fill up at the start of a trip because I’m usually going to be getting on an expressway if I’m taking a long trip and I want to fill up before I get on. Other than that, I’m more likely to fill up based on price rather than on the level in my tank. If I’m in an area where I know gas prices are lower, I’ll fill up. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1984 "2024-07-01T02:45:40Z")
> [@Hatchie](#): > > So really, nobody knows how to pronounce Nunavut Noon-u- voot. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1985 "2024-07-01T02:52:46Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Noon-u- voot. That’s pretty much how I pronounce it. I’m guessing I must have heard pronounced it on TV, or the radio, probably when it became its own territory. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1986 "2024-07-01T02:53:28Z")
I’m going to count twine as string, and I used some this week to tie back some flowering yucca that had invaded the sidewalk. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1987 "2024-07-01T03:02:09Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Noon-u- voot Does that rhyme with how the Canadian’s pronounce “about”? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1988 "2024-07-01T03:06:20Z")
Noon-uh-voot, but “noon” rhymes with “noon” and “voot” with “foot.” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1989 "2024-07-01T03:07:32Z")
I used string today to train a bean runner up from the trellis to the hummingbird feeder. That’s three strings so far and I might just need to put another feeder crook in if I’m guessing right. Lotsa beans. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1990 "2024-07-01T03:10:55Z")
[Nunavut](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-Nunavut.wav) pronunciation at Wiktionary (.wav audio file) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1991 "2024-07-01T03:20:36Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Does that rhyme with how the Canadian’s pronounce “about”? Some say “a-boot” but by no means all. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1992 "2024-07-01T03:28:17Z")
I, too, use cotton twine in my garden. I used some a could weeks ago to re-tie an apple tree to its support. I didn’t use it to sew up my cherry cage this year, so the critters got all the cherries. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1993 "2024-07-01T03:29:42Z")
That sounds like I remember Bob saying it. ETA Bob was Canadian ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1994 "2024-07-01T03:30:26Z")
When i say Nunavut, the first syllable is like the word “nun” and the last has the same vowel sound, like the word “but”. But I’ve never heard it spoken (except in that link above, which agrees with me but i didn’t know if i trust it) so u guys i really don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1995 "2024-07-01T03:37:34Z")
Up a narrow fjord on the southern end of Baffin Island is the capital of Nunavut, the city of Iqaluit. Try saying that. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1996 "2024-07-01T03:57:48Z")
I use string to tie up the paper for recycling. I think it’s even labeled as such. If my garden was getting enough sunlight, I would be using jute twine for my tomatoes and raspberries. So far a single stake is enough. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1997 "2024-07-01T05:34:52Z")
I don’t typically buy gas, but that’s because the other members of my household are far more conservative than I am about how far down they’ll let it go. The only time I’ve ever run out of gas was years ago, before the advent of gas lights, when the needle on my gauge stuck. As for string, I don’t use it often, but I do use it. In fact, I was just putting my roll of string away today and reflecting that I don’t remember when I got it - in fact, I don’t remember _ever_ buying string. And although I suppose it’s basically the same thing, I think of “string” as being smooth cotton and “twine” as rough jute or hemp (we also have a roll of twine, but I do remember getting it). ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1998 "2024-07-01T06:23:12Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > use string to tie up the paper for recycling. I think it’s even labeled as such I use _ **twine** _ to do this. That’s the proper material and application. To hell with your “string”, yech. I don’t know why people can’t research these things. 😡 😆 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1999 "2024-07-01T10:00:47Z")
I said I used string today, but I actually use paracord, which has many uses. It’s heavy duty string, not quite rope. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2000 "2024-07-01T10:34:10Z")
I used paracord yesterday but did not count it as string. It seems more ropey than stringy to me. mmm ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2001 "2024-07-01T10:41:05Z")
Maybe it depends on how you use it. My extension cords all have a length of paracord to secure them. That’s a string type use. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=101)