How do you pronounce "que" ?

[LindsayDunn228]

Now that we are done learning how to spell and pronounce queue ... are we ready to take on 'Ohana??? Not O'hana -- do not confuse Polynesians with the Irish!!!

(And yes, I probably spelled it as O'hana once - or twice - too! )

Fun thread --

Ahhh, my WDW restaurant peeves. Bomas, O'hana, O'hanas, Ohanas, etc.

 

[MyGoofy26]

Great thread!

It is funny the way that the "English" language and particularly pronunciation can confuse.

My friend once bumped into some Australians at a train station who asked which train went to Loo ga ba roo ga.

She was very confused - until they showed her a piece of paper with the place name on- they wanted to travel to Loughborough - pronounced Luff ber er or Luff brer (as in ryhmes with Cuff and the end of labourer)

I kinda like Loogabarooga. . . the city should change it's name! It's more fun to say!

A few years ago when I did my college program, my neighbor wanted to go to the mall (he didn't have a car) so we planned a day when a few of us had the day off. My roommate and I took him and one of his friends, both from England, to the Florida Mall. We walked in and they both said, "what's chanooka?" My roommate and I were totally confused. "What's what?" They repeated, "Chanooka!" Still not getting it, "I've never heard that word before." They were getting frustrated, "You have to know! It's an American word!" This is seemingly coming from nowhere - we were just walking into the mall and they start this questioning. We're shaking our heads, and racking our brains. I happen to look at the sign that we were walking towards, and the lightbulb goes off what they were trying to say. "Ohhh! Chanukah!" I just started laughing and explained that it's another way to spell "Hanukkah"

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

So they basically asked.

"Pardon me is that the Loogabarooga ChoCho."

Glen Miller most have rolled over.

 

[monetnj]

To keep this vaguely on a Disney topic, when I was a kid, my father drove us down to WDW and got lost looking for our off-site hotel. He pulled over and asked a local where Kiss-i-mmee was (accent on the kiss). The local laughed and said, "you mean Kiss-eh-mmee" (accent on the eh). They must get that a million times a year from tourists.

 

[erikthewise]

How strange. I always thought "queue" was pronounced "kyoo-ee-oo-ee"

 

[disneyfanfamily]

This is sure a fun thread!- especially after 20/20 last night.

So, do you all drink soda or pop. I am a pop girl myself.

You gotta love/hate the American language....

And I only heard of queue at WDW. It is always a simple line at any other place.

 

[jordancej]

Sorry for the juvenile humor, but I had to read this three times before I realized it said FARTHING ... I kept seeing it without the H and it was confusing me as well as cracking me up

Hey your not the only one, I thought that as well when i first read it!!

 

[brbenoit]

I don’t want to hijack the thread, but my question is related to waiting in the queue. Here in the southern United States, most people tend to say that you wait IN line. People from certain other parts of the country tend to say that you wait ON line.

I was actually just about to post the same thing when I saw your post. I am one of the IN line people. To me the concept of being ON line would indicate a specific location you stand on rather than a general organized structure that you are part of or IN.

The other regional thing that I have difficulty with is when people in certain parts of the U.S. use an adjective to describe a soft drink. Instead of using the word Pop many people use the word Soda. When the full description is known universally as Soda Pop, with Pop being the noun and soda being the adjective describing the type of pop that it is.

 

[shoney]

[The other regional thing that I have difficulty with is when people in certain parts of the U.S. use an adjective to describe a soft drink. Instead of using the word Pop many people use the word Soda. When the full description is known universally as Soda Pop, with Pop being the noun and soda being the adjective describing the type of pop that it is.[/QUOTE]

I am sitting here at my computer drinking a can of sierra mist free and it states on the can "diet lemon-lime soda". Here in the metro NY area, no one refers to it as pop or soda pop...it is soda. Are the cans labeled differently depending upon region?

One regional difference I always remembered was discovering mustard on my hamburger at a McDonalds...simply frightening to a child. This was just never done on Long Island...

 

[Squirlz]

So, do you all drink soda or pop. I am a pop girl myself.

I prefer a nice glass of fresh-brewed iced tueue!

 

[twinklebug]

I don’t want to hijack the thread, but my question is related to waiting in the queue. Here in the southern United States, most people tend to say that you wait IN line. People from certain other parts of the country tend to say that you wait ON line.

From school days...

You can get IN line,
Stand IN line,
Move UP the line,
Get OUT of line,
excuse yourself as you pass THROUGH the line,
Cut to the HEAD of the line,
and then get moved to the BACK or END of the line... oh, phooey.

In my book there is no TOP or OVER but you can UNDERline (which, when done in school books, will get you in more trouble than cutting) and there is an ON-line, which is what we all are right now


BTW - que is "Q"

 

[brbenoit]

I am sitting here at my computer drinking a can of sierra mist free and it states on the can "diet lemon-lime soda". Here in the metro NY area, no one refers to it as pop or soda pop...it is soda. Are the cans labeled differently depending upon region?

One regional difference I always remembered was discovering mustard on my hamburger at a McDonalds...simply frightening to a child. This was just never done on Long Island...

I will have to check, I think I have a bottle of Sierra Mist Free at home. I generally hear pop in MI, OH, occasionally in AZ and FL because of transplants and Ontario.

I do know some regional differences and labeling do occur for products. One irritating example is the inability to get Mr. Pibb here in MI.

If you find Mustard on a Burger odd, what about Ketchup and Pickle flavored potato chips?

 

[Sleeping Becca]

Some people down south refer to soda or pop as a cold drink. For some reason that really bugs me.


Castaway Cay
Also, the whole kay/kee thing really aggravates me. I know both are correct but you really can't win. Most castmembers are instructed to say kee (some say Kay), most guests say kay. So no matter what pronunciation you use, most of the time you will be corrected by someone. So I started using the term Disney's Private Island Getaway instead of Castaway Kee/Kay. Then the person comes back with, "You mean Castaway Kee/Kay?" YES!

Why on Earth should I care about cold drinks and cay? I don't know. I just don't know. Maybe I'm just an insensitive jerk. I hope not.

 

[snusnu]

From school days...

You can get IN line,
Stand IN line,
Move UP the line,
Get OUT of line,
excuse yourself as you pass THROUGH the line,
Cut to the HEAD of the line,
and then get moved to the BACK or END of the line... oh, phooey.

In my book there is no TOP or OVER but you can UNDERline (which, when done in school books, will get you in more trouble than cutting) and there is an ON-line, which is what we all are right now


BTW - que is "Q"

Fabulous!

Along the same lines (har): you're and your; their, there and they're; it, its and it's; me and I

However, many people don't care about grammar, and if it makes their lives a little happier, fine by me. I'll just continue to froth at the mouth when I see an apostrophe in "it's" for a possessive. (Irony of ironies, I just had to correct a typo. Sigh.)

 

[brbenoit]

Fabulous!

Along the same lines (har): you're and your; their, there and they're; it, its and it's; me and I

However, many people don't care about grammar, and if it makes their lives a little happier, fine by me. I'll just continue to froth at the mouth when I see an apostrope in "it's" for a possessive.

My personal favorite that I have been seeing more and more is when to use then vs. than.

I actually have seen people use the word myriad correctly in a sentence here!

 

[Disney Girlie-Wirlie]

i Pronounce It Like The Capital Letter "Q"

Is that wrong???

 

[Sleeping Becca]

I like to pronounce it like the lower case q.

Is that wrong?

 

[Fafolguy]

So, do you all drink soda or pop. I am a pop girl myself.

Being from the south, it's all Coke. Even if it's Pepsi. A typical conversaion might go like this:
"Would you get me a coke?"
"Sure, what kind?"
"Pibb Zero, please"

 

[momrek06]

I have a question for you allllll......

My son always says..."ON ACCIDENT"...instead of "by accident"...

When he has to put that combo of words in a sentence he always says "on accident" and everyone around him corrects him and tells him he should say.."by accident"!!!

Which is correct, I think BY is correct!! DS is 24yo!!!!

 

[Sleeping Becca]

Yes, being from the South I am a "coke" drinker. I find myself asking my DD "What kind of coke do you want?" She answers, "Rootbeer".