Yes, this is how I DIDN’T pronounce ‘San Jose’ as recently as 18 months ago because I didn’t have to say it out to anybody.
I said ‘san jose’ , as simple as is it gets.
For those who are unlucky; Some smart-ass, 'supposed' verbal connoisseurs will quickly correct you in their condescending tones.Others will hear the correct way of saying it and correct themselves silently.
“I always knew the correct pronunciation “ - is a clear W H I T E L I E.
A happy-go-lucky friend of mine (lets call him David) heard the popular pronunciation and assumed ‘San Jose’ and ‘San Hosay’ are two different geographical locations.Nice.
You could also convince the other guys that it is actually pronounced as ‘san jose’ and not ‘san hosay’. This type is 'rare' and form the ‘Extremely Shrewd & Manipulative’ category.
I have a cousin who goes to the ice cream parlour whenever he is ‘low ‘ and needs a break. Nopes , not for Ice-cream just to get kicks out of the way the South Indian attendant says ‘apple juice’.(No,I cant tell you what you want to hear)
I could give you 10 more categories , but sadly I have to make a conference call to San Hosay.Its my chance to be the supposed smart-ass verbal connoisseur.
P.S. - David will realize his folly only when he reads this blog.
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2. Indolent; listless; inactive; mentally or morally lethargic
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3 comments:
what do u think is correct pune or poona(that's cat in cc land), tomato or tomAato? its(san jose) nothing to do with smart @$$ verbal( i dono how u find that)con..(wine?) but just that its a spanish name & some realised it late. btw,who was ur geography teacher?
ps: david did read it, but couldn't still realise (with a 's') folly
your cousin is my cousin
Let me know
btw i do correct ppl on how linux is pronounced
its not LIE-NUX bue LEE-NUX
so am i ‘Extremely Shrewd & Manipulative’
You would be the manipulative category , if you convince someone the opposite i.e. it is Lie-nux , not the (actual) Lee-nux.
Your humble , younger cousin...:),
Kapil.
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