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Re: Question for Sam
Posted By: Jommeke, on host 212.190.12.54
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999, at 08:29:28
In Reply To: Re: Question for Sam posted by famous on Wednesday, August 18, 1999, at 08:19:32:

> > By the way, you know what i wonder about (so, its probably a secret then ;-) )?
>
> :)
>
> > How you, US-ers, pronounce my nickname.
> > It should be fun hearing that. My real name is easy, its also used in the US, but my nickname has a sequence of letters which are hard to pronounce the right way for english speaking persons.
> > Anyone wanna try?
>
> Personally, here's how i pronounce it..(don't laugh)...
> Jo-MEEK-ay
> I dont know why I picked that way, but it sounded good to me.
>
>

The 'Jo', being pronounced as [dgo] (as the beginning in 'joy')?
LMAO
I like it the way you pronounce it. Especially that stressed MEEK-part. lol


> > And another thought.
> > Am i the only non-english-speaking person here in this forum?
> > Hello? Quelqu'un d'autre là-bas? Is er daar nog iemand? Niemand sprecht Deutsch?
> > I feel lonely here from time to time....
>
> I don't speak English, I speak American. It's kind of a mix of english, hillbilly, ebonics, and valley girl all rolled into one.
>

Ok, sorry, Ms "Punctual", lol, you speak American then, well, i dont speak Dutch either, i speak Flemish, which is related to Dutch but is a mixture of French, German, and Dutch.

> fam "mixing all cultures" ous


Jom"isnt-it-weird-that-some-earthlings-can-pronounce-a-certain-sequence-of-letters-and-others-not?"meke

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