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matedog wrote:
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eumaas wrote:
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eumaas wrote: Actually, that's שֶׁבַע--we're talking about שְׁוָא, which is a niqqud vowel.
Yeah, but Hoy was talking about Sheva and not Shwa.
Look up--we were spelling it sheva.
I don't read print Hebrew well...I'm much better with script.
How is your hindi though?
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As someone with the same surname as the Clan massacred at Glencoe I pronounce it "Traitorous Scum" ;)
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Toque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 11:05am
Toque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
Juke
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WestwayKid wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 11:10am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 11:05am
Toque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
Juke
That's how I do it, but I came across something claiming, at least in the US, it rhymes with oak. Which surprised me.
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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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03 Apr 2019, 11:35am
Oak/Juke is a regional thing: https://sesquiotic.com/2012/01/02/toque-tuque/
Oak juke sounds like a destructive tree beetle.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 11:05am
Toque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
I don’t.
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Wolter wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 12:21pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 11:05am
Toque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
I don’t.
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Wolter wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 12:21pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 11:05am
Toque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
I don’t.
I … see. :hmm:
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 11:05am
Toque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
One toque over the line, sweet Jesus. One toque over the line. Sittin' downtown in a railway station... :shifty:

I don't know, actually.

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Wolter wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 12:21pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 11:05am
Toque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
I don’t.
Yes it doesn't belong in a civilized person's vocabulary.

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 11:05am
Toque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
Toe-kay.
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JennyB wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 12:36pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 11:05am
Toque—do you pronounce it as rhyming with oak or with juke?
Toe-kay.
No way.
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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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