Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2)

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
1982

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’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.

1983

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.

1984

Noon-u- voot.

1985

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.

1986

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.

1987

Does that rhyme with how the Canadian’s pronounce “about”?

1988

Noon-uh-voot, but “noon” rhymes with “noon” and “voot” with “foot.”

1989

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.

1990

Nunavut pronunciation at Wiktionary (.wav audio file)

1991

Some say “a-boot” but by no means all.

1992

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.

1993

That sounds like I remember Bob saying it.

ETA Bob was Canadian

1994

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.

1995

Up a narrow fjord on the southern end of Baffin Island is the capital of Nunavut, the city of Iqaluit. Try saying that.

1996

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.

1997

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).

1998

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. :rage: :laughing:

1999

I said I used string today, but I actually use paracord, which has many uses. It’s heavy duty string, not quite rope.

2000

I used paracord yesterday but did not count it as string.

It seems more ropey than stringy to me.

mmm

2001

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.