Skip to content
you say tomatoes......
 
Notifications
Clear all

you say tomatoes........

49 Posts
30 Users
0 Likes
6,591 Views
(@kblake)
Reputable Member
Joined: 19 years ago
Posts: 323
 

Well down 'ere in Sssssstralia, we call em caaapoooooooooooo's mate....

Strewth you blokes talk funny !

Keith

I know a little bit about a lot of things, but not a lot about anything...
Looking for people to jam with in Sydney Oz.......


   
ReplyQuote
(@u2bono269)
Noble Member
Joined: 21 years ago
Posts: 1167
 

in the english language...a vowel followed by a single consonant is a long vowel. a vowel followed by a doubled consonant is a short vowel.

Capo = kay-poh
Cappo = kappo

http://www.brianbetteridge.com


   
ReplyQuote
(@noteboat)
Illustrious Member
Joined: 21 years ago
Posts: 4921
 

in the english language...a vowel followed by a single consonant is a long vowel. a vowel followed by a doubled consonant is a short vowel.

Gotta love the English language... it seems I've been mis-pronouncing words like policy, benefit, onion....

Guitar teacher offering lessons in Plainfield IL


   
ReplyQuote
 geoo
(@geoo)
Famed Member
Joined: 19 years ago
Posts: 2801
 

in the english language...a vowel followed by a single consonant is a long vowel. a vowel followed by a doubled consonant is a short vowel.

Gotta love the English language... it seems I've been mis-pronouncing words like policy, benefit, onion....

for the first 17 years of my life I pronounced monsters " Mongsters" and never realized it. Friends are great at pointing out your shortcomings. LOL

JIm

“The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn” - David Russell (Scottish classical Guitarist. b.1942)


   
ReplyQuote
(@greybeard)
Illustrious Member
Joined: 21 years ago
Posts: 5840
 

in the english language...a vowel followed by a single consonant is a long vowel. a vowel followed by a doubled consonant is a short vowel.

Capo = kay-poh
Cappo = kappo
Sadly, capotasto doesn't come from the English language, it is from latin, so latin rules should really apply. At least, that's the way we do it in this part of the world, mostly,......generally........well, OK, often.

Do you go out in a Caynoe? Do you play a Piayno?

I started with nothing - and I've still got most of it left.
Did you know that the word "gullible" is not in any dictionary?
Greybeard's Pages
My Articles & Reviews on GN


   
ReplyQuote
(@dogbite)
Illustrious Member
Joined: 19 years ago
Posts: 6348
 

in some parts of the USA piano is pronounced peeannie.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=644552
http://www.soundclick.com/couleerockinvaders


   
ReplyQuote
(@jwmartin)
Noble Member
Joined: 17 years ago
Posts: 1435
 

The only absolute rule in the English language...is that there is an exception to every rule.

Bass player for Undercover


   
ReplyQuote
(@tmarius)
Trusted Member
Joined: 16 years ago
Posts: 49
 

:lol: So true!

Anyway, for the record, i say kay-poe


   
ReplyQuote
(@ballybiker)
Honorable Member
Joined: 18 years ago
Posts: 493
Topic starter  

ahhh...from now on its defo a clampy thingy!!!!

the good old english language debate thrown in for good measure...it being a mixture of latin,french,german etc etc

you guys stateside and ozside have the right idea of the 'english' language...only in england could we pronounce lieutenant..... 'leptenant'???????????????

reminds me of a friend some years back...he'd jumped into the twenty first century at last and got a microwave....I quote

'got myself one of those new fangled microphone ovens'

what did the drummer get on his I.Q. test?....

Drool

http://www.myspace.com/ballybiker


   
ReplyQuote
(@citizennoir)
Noble Member
Joined: 17 years ago
Posts: 1247
 

I'll stick to the original, latin pronunciation, thanks.

Well - I say CAPPO (kah-po) myself.
Though my Southside Chicago accent also has me pronounce Italian as EYE-talian.

Ken

"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
-Ernest Hemingway

"A genuine individual is an outright nuisance in a factory"
-Orson Welles


   
ReplyQuote
(@dogbite)
Illustrious Member
Joined: 19 years ago
Posts: 6348
 

I'll stick to the original, latin pronunciation, thanks.

Well - I say CAPPO (kah-po) myself.
Though my Southside Chicago accent also has me pronounce Italian as EYE-talian.

Ken

and being of Italian decent raised by Italian grandparents the EYE really bugs me.(wink)

learning the vowel pronunciation for Italian was an eye opener.
I sounds like eh.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=644552
http://www.soundclick.com/couleerockinvaders


   
ReplyQuote
(@ksac32)
Reputable Member
Joined: 19 years ago
Posts: 360
 

Where is that thing that changes the key?-that usually works:)

http://www.soundclick.com/kensacco
http://www.soundclick.com/thetools


   
ReplyQuote
(@jick-jackson)
Estimable Member
Joined: 16 years ago
Posts: 90
 

one more for kay-poe, never heard it otherwise but really I know what you mean as long as it's in context

Wait, whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
Visit The Best Show on WFMU at wfmu.org


   
ReplyQuote
(@fleaaaaaa)
Prominent Member
Joined: 21 years ago
Posts: 680
 

In the UK I hear most people say KA-PO! Just like how it is spelt Ca-Po!

together we stand, divided we fall..........


   
ReplyQuote
(@off-he-goes)
Noble Member
Joined: 20 years ago
Posts: 1259
 

I say Ca-po. Cay-po to me sounds really strange, and I've never heard anyone call it that. But I come from a place that drops and adds "h"s everywhere. Harbour becomes Arbour, ace becomes hace, and so on. So I just assume that we pronounce most words wrong. My father calls Chicago "Chicargo" but hes tries to correct himself now.

Paul

Vacate is the word...Vengance has no place on me or her...Cannot find a comfort in this world.


   
ReplyQuote
Page 2 / 4