is it pronounced toe-may-toe or toe-ma-toe?

[RedPickle]

i love tomatos, but i never knew how to correctly pronounce them.

 

[Shantanu]

In America, To-may-toe. In England, To-mah-toe.

 

[GasX]

let's call the whole thing off...

 

[RedPickle]

i never knew that. the damn english are so wierd. maybe we can throw millions of tomatos at them

 

I pronounce it the British way (To-mah-toe). However, when you've had so much of American influence (in this case "toe-may-toe"), it gets hard to keep it up, you know. *Pronouncing it the British way right now. *

 

[KokomoGST]

I pronounce it the NJ way... taa-may-toe... we have some of the best beefsteak tomatoes on the planet in Jersey. Yum...

 

[LeStEr]

toe-may-toe

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: KokomoGST
I pronounce it the NJ way... taa-may-toe... we have some of the best beefsteak tomatoes on the planet in Jersey. Yum...

I beg to differ. The North Carolina/Alamance County version of the beefstake tomato (German Johnson) are absurdly tasty. We load up on them for our Atlanta friends whenever we visit my wife's folks.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: RedPickle
i never knew that. the damn english are so wierd. maybe we can throw millions of tomatos at them

heh, the English were around before us... we're the ones that bastardized (americanized) the English language.

 

[AreaCode707]

Re: bastardization of English

The world's media seems to come out of Hollywood and New York, so that a California accent is more or less standard and the way the west coast says things seems to be accepted. Regardless of the fact that they can't spell "recognised".

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: luvly
I pronounce it the British way (To-mah-toe). However, when you've had so much of American influence (in this case "toe-may-toe"), it gets hard to keep it up, you know. *Pronouncing it the British way right now. *

you and your stupid british

 

beer.

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

It's pronounced "EEE-leet".

 

[MithShrike]

Whahaha! I say tuh-may-toe! Wahahahah!

 

[her209]

Is it pronounced:

ad-ver-tiss-ment

-OR-

ad-ver-tize-ment

???

 

"you and your stupid british"

Don't be jealous, lest you make me speak with British accent all day just to annoy you.

You know I pronounce "torture" the British way. And I think you'll really dislike it. So really, don't subject yourself to that torture by calling it "[my] stupid British".

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: LeStEr
toe-may-toe

 

[Chaotic42]

Ta-may-toe.

Don't buy them at the grocery store. They pick them green then expose them to a ripening agent (I think it's nitrogen, but I'm not sure) to change the color.

Fresh picked rules.

 

[MazerRackham]

Are these the red things in my hamburgers?

 

[CrazyPerson]

toe eat toe

 

[kt]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Ta-may-toe.

Don't buy them at the grocery store. They pick them green then expose them to a ripening agent (I think it's nitrogen, but I'm not sure) to change the color.

Fresh picked rules.

Mine comes straight out of my garden. Can't be any fresher than that

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: LeStEr
toe-may-toe

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: luvly
"you and your stupid british"

Don't be jealous, lest you make me speak with British accent all day just to annoy you.

You know I pronounce "torture" the British way. And I think you'll really dislike it. So really, don't subject yourself to that torture by calling it "[my] stupid British".

it is stupid british that you insist on using, you and your mom!

 

[Aquaman]

you say to-may-to and I say to-mah-to

you say po-tay-to and I say po-tah=to

to-may-to.......... to- mah-to............ po-tay-to........... po-tah-to

let's call the who thing off

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[geckojohn]

Red Pickle,

What country are you from?