Comments on: ‘Shibboleth’ is a three-syllable word http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/12/shibboleth-is-a-three-syllable-word/ Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DCeiver http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/12/shibboleth-is-a-three-syllable-word/comment-page-1/#comment-3704 DCeiver Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:33:08 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/12/shibboleth-is-a-three-syllable-word/#comment-3704 Uhm...while it is not Ross-a-lyn, as you rightly point out, Rosslyn is most definitely not pronounced as it is spelled. We pronounce it ROZZ-linn, not ROSS-linn. Only the writers of THE WEST WING, who live in LA, speak it as if the first syllable were promounced like the character from FRIENDS. Okay. Class dismissed. Uhm…while it is not Ross-a-lyn, as you rightly point out, Rosslyn is most definitely not pronounced as it is spelled. We pronounce it ROZZ-linn, not ROSS-linn. Only the writers of THE WEST WING, who live in LA, speak it as if the first syllable were promounced like the character from FRIENDS.

Okay. Class dismissed.

]]> By: Unsilent Majority http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/12/shibboleth-is-a-three-syllable-word/comment-page-1/#comment-3703 Unsilent Majority Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:54:55 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/12/shibboleth-is-a-three-syllable-word/#comment-3703 Perhaps they should change the name of Rosslyn to "Georgetown South" Perhaps they should change the name of Rosslyn to “Georgetown South”

]]> By: IntangibleArts http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/12/shibboleth-is-a-three-syllable-word/comment-page-1/#comment-3702 IntangibleArts Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:21:02 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/12/shibboleth-is-a-three-syllable-word/#comment-3702 regarding those station anouncements: It's been amusing the hell outta me to hear how many ways a human mouth can pronounce JUDICIARY SQUARE.... not "square", mind you, that other word. Never pronounced the same way twice. Very weird. regarding those station anouncements: It’s been amusing the hell outta me to hear how many ways a human mouth can pronounce JUDICIARY SQUARE…. not “square”, mind you, that other word. Never pronounced the same way twice. Very weird.

]]> By: Tom Bridge http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/12/shibboleth-is-a-three-syllable-word/comment-page-1/#comment-3701 Tom Bridge Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:41:12 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/12/shibboleth-is-a-three-syllable-word/#comment-3701 I've had that guy, at least you can make out most of what he's saying as opposed to many of the others who mumble like they're not sure. There are a few drivers who really love to enunciate, and end up creating multiple extra syllables, but I at least prefer that to "Next Stop MMMmdmsdmmadsfmmafm" which is what I get sometimes. I’ve had that guy, at least you can make out most of what he’s saying as opposed to many of the others who mumble like they’re not sure. There are a few drivers who really love to enunciate, and end up creating multiple extra syllables, but I at least prefer that to “Next Stop MMMmdmsdmmadsfmmafm” which is what I get sometimes.

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