# JLo dumps Ben... gobble gobble indeed
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 6, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345 "2003-08-06T15:41:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/41 "2003-08-08T22:08:20Z")
Actually, I believe that ‘ **gli** ’ in Italian is pronounced slightly differntly that ‘ **lee** ’. To be fair, its pretty subtle and hard for americans hear or pronounce.
The best approximation is something like ‘ **lyee** ’ where the ‘ **y** ’ and the ' **l** are pronounced together, they are really a separate sound from either ' **y** or ‘\*\*l[b/]’, kind of like an ‘ **l** ’ pronounced further back in your mouth, in a similar spot as a ‘ **g** ’ or a ‘ **y** ’.
English speakers are safer just saying ‘jee-lee’.
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### Author:  [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/42 "2003-08-08T22:09:41Z")
Sorry for the bad formatting, I really did mean to hit the preview button but didn’t.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/43 "2003-08-08T22:23:32Z")
From the first article:
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> “It’s over between me and Ben,” she reportedly told a friend. “He’s made me a laughing stock.”
Yeah, you just keep telling yourself that, honey.
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### Author:  [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/44 "2003-08-08T22:24:17Z")
What does Affleck get paid per movie these days that he spent 2 million on a wedding ring and one on her birthday?
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### Author:  [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/45 "2003-08-08T23:16:46Z")
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> but the people who cast them in the film had no idea that they would fall in love and get engaged.
Oh, c’mon. Of _course_ they were going to fall in love and get engaged. Isn’t that how JLo finds all her fiances?
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### Author:  [@jmizzou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmizzou)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/46 "2003-08-08T23:19:05Z")
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> \*Originally posted by KidCharlemagne \*
> What does Affleck get paid per movie these days that he spent 2 million on a wedding ring and one on her birthday?
According to his profile on [IMDB](http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Affleck,%20Ben) (scroll to the bottom), $2 million is less than a month’s salary these days:
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> Paycheck (2003) $15,000,000
> Gigli (2003) $12,500,000
> Daredevil (2003) $11,500,000 + gross participations
> Sum of All Fears, The (2002) $12,500,000
> Changing Lanes (2002) $10,000,000
> Bounce (2000) $12,500,000
> Reindeer Games (2000) $6,000,000
> Armageddon (1998) $600,000
> Good Will Hunting (1997) $300,000 (split $600,000 script sale with Matt Damon)
> Chasing Amy (1997) $7,000
> School Ties (1992) $30,000
> Daddy (1991) (TV) $20,000
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### Author:  [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/47 "2003-08-09T02:12:10Z")
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> \*Originally posted by HoldenCaulfield \*
> \*\*Am I the only one that thinks it would be cool if their marriage is a success? \*\*
You are the only one that thinks it is **possible** that their marriage will be a success.
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### Author:  [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/48 "2003-08-09T02:14:48Z")
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> \*Originally posted by jmizzou \*
> **According to his profile on [IMDB](http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Affleck,%20Ben) (scroll to the bottom), $2 million is less than a month’s salary these days**
In which case, Ben Affleck is being a cheapskate. The DeBeers commercials clearly tell you that you have to spend at least **two months’ salary** on your fiancee’s engagement ring. He should have gotten her a ring with the Hope Diamond set in it or something.
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### Author:  [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/49 "2003-08-09T02:36:04Z")
i am number 567444321.
i used to be #3, but i had connections.
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### Author:  [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/50 "2003-08-09T04:29:19Z")
Eww, Ben Affleck spooge!
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### Author:  [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/51 "2003-08-12T02:50:02Z")
One must wonder about the mind-set of someone who goes down on two complete strangers (strippers, to boot!) in the midst of a serious relationship with a reigning icon. I feel a Clinton joke coming on.
Quote from the National Enquirer interview from one of the recipients, Tammy Morris:
“It wasn’t the greatest I’ve ever had but it was from Ben Affleck!”
Now that’s a back-handed compliment if I’ve ever heard one! 😃
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### Author:  [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/52 "2003-08-12T03:31:27Z")
Better backhanded than frontloaded.
You have to wonder how Ben talked himself back into J. Lo’s good graces.
That Affleck – what a cunning linguist.
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