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How do you pronounce this word?
Re: How do you pronounce this word?
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Re: How do you pronounce this word?
As someone with the same surname as the Clan massacred at Glencoe I pronounce it "Traitorous Scum"
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Re: How do you pronounce this word?
Toque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
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Re: How do you pronounce this word?
JukeDr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 11:05amToque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
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Re: How do you pronounce this word?
That's how I do it, but I came across something claiming, at least in the US, it rhymes with oak. Which surprised me.WestwayKid wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 11:10amJukeDr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 11:05amToque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
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Re: How do you pronounce this word?
Oak/Juke is a regional thing: https://sesquiotic.com/2012/01/02/toque-tuque/
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Re: How do you pronounce this word?
Oak juke sounds like a destructive tree beetle.Flex wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 11:35amOak/Juke is a regional thing: https://sesquiotic.com/2012/01/02/toque-tuque/
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Re: How do you pronounce this word?
I don’t.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 11:05amToque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
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Re: How do you pronounce this word?
Fucking WORD.Wolter wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 12:21pmI don’t.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 11:05amToque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
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Re: How do you pronounce this word?
I … see.Wolter wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 12:21pmI don’t.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 11:05amToque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
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Re: How do you pronounce this word?
One toque over the line, sweet Jesus. One toque over the line. Sittin' downtown in a railway station...Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 11:05amToque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
I don't know, actually.
Re: How do you pronounce this word?
Yes it doesn't belong in a civilized person's vocabulary.Wolter wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 12:21pmI don’t.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 11:05amToque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
Re: How do you pronounce this word?
Toe-kay.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 11:05amToque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
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Re: How do you pronounce this word?
No way.JennyB wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 12:36pmToe-kay.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Apr 2019, 11:05amToque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
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Re: How do you pronounce this word?
I pronounce it "hat"
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!