What's wrong with the Barack?

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Hah, yeah the "flicked off" thing bugs me.

 

[Dead Winter]

There are several words that bug me when people misuse them:

Nuclear: it's NU-CLEE-UR, not NUKULAR.

Comatose: I really hate it when people say "chromatose" when they mean comatose.

I really, really hate how the English pronounce "pasta".

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

It's gotta be better than how Rhode Islanders Pronounce it
Paaas-tah (like the A in "rad', only drawn out)

 

[Swabs]

We pretty much say it "Pastuh"

But hey it's better than calling a room with no bath "the bathroom".

 

[Dead Winter]

It's gotta be better than how Rhode Islanders Pronounce it
Paaas-tah (like the A in "rad', only drawn out)

They do that too? That's what I was talking about, the "flat "aaaaa", as in rad. It's like nails on a chalkboard.

Go ahead and say it out loud a couple of times and tell me you don't wanna punch babies.

 

[Dead Winter]

We pretty much say it "Pastuh"

But hey it's better than calling a room with no bath "the bathroom".

I gotta give this one to Swabs.

You wanna know something hilarious? In Italy, there are many many places with "WC" written on the bathroom door in pubs and restaurants, WC meaning water closet, of course. But when you ask them if they know what WC stands for, they have no idea. Even when you say "water closet", they still give you this deer-in-the-headlights look.

 

[Captain Beard]

I'm the only person in my area that calls it the head or the water closet, I swear.

 

[Dead Winter]

If I'm not mistaken, "the head" is a naval term for the toilet.

I'm gonna start saying "Dove' il water closet?" everywhere I go that has a bathroom labeled WC and see just how many don't know it.