Annoying Words & Phrases

Correct it’s absolutely 4 syllables.

Also, Blue Curaçao is pronounced as “Blue KUR-uh-sow.”

I might have told this story before but I wanted to buy a bottle and it’s located where you have to ask the grocery store clerk to hand you the bottle. So before going in the store I look up how to correctly pronounce it. I walk in and say it correctly the lady says “wow you are like the first person to say it correctly” haha
 
From the Oxford English Dictionary:

"hom·age (ä'mij or hä'mij), noun 1. special honor or respect shown publicly: they paid homage to the great poet by reciting his famous poems 2. historical: formal public acknowledgement of feudal allegiance: a man doing homage to his personal lord

Origin: Middle English: Old French, from medieval Latin hominaticum, from Latin homo, homin- ‘man’. The original use of the word denoted the ceremony by which a vassal declared himself to be his lord's 'man.'"

It drives me crazy when people pronounce "homage" as "oh-mäj'." The word is English, not French.
 
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"Pub Sub" makes me a little mad every time I hear it.

Publix is our grocery store down here and they make the best hoagies....even better than Wawa.

But they advertise them as "Pub Subs" and normal people like Pam refer to them as such and it makes me slightly cringe whenever it's said in my presence.
 
Another five-letter word with no vowels is the Welsh cwtch, which means "hug; cuddle; embrace." It can be used as a noun or verb and is pronounced "cŭtch."
 
JHDK said:
"Pub Sub" makes me a little mad every time I hear it.

Publix is our grocery store down here and they make the best hoagies....even better than Wawa.

But they advertise them as "Pub Subs" and normal people like Pam refer to them as such and it makes me slightly cringe whenever it's said in my presence.
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Pub sub is a communication protocol. You have publishers and subscribers.
 
From 1955 to 1973, Disneyland had pack mules for guests to ride. The summer issue of DLR (Disneyland Resort) magazine has a story about them. It notes that "Walt once purchased 25 mules in 1957 for $50 a piece."

The article does not say how many pieces each mule had.
 
Channel98 said:
From 1955 to 1973, Disneyland had pack mules for guests to ride. The summer issue of DLR (Disneyland Resort) magazine has a story about them. It notes that "Walt once purchased 25 mules in 1957 for $50 a piece."

The article does not say how many pieces each mule had.
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Ehh, that doesn't bother me. When you buy multiples of something each one can be considered a piece of the whole.

DIsneyland also had a ranch for the mules and horses on property just off stage, out of the guest's sight. It's stayed in operation to house the Main Street horses until 2017. When they built the Star Wars land they needed that space so the moved the ranch a couple miles off site and made it much bigger and better for the horses. Both when it was on property and still today off property it is called the Circle D Ranch.
 
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