If it's hard to switch into Norwegian mode, just pretend it's spelled "Moonk."
The name is never, ever pronounced to rhyme with "bunch," even if you are a commentator for the BBC.
That is all.
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
Wow, I even pronounce it that way.
Thanks!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
The funny thing is, the word "munch" is one of the three words I hate with the heat of a thousand suns, and it never occured to me that Munch was spelled the exact same way.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
What are the other two?
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
yummy-tummy-nummy (all the same word as far as I'm concerned)
crit (a truncated form of "critique)
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
If I recall correctly one of them is "tummy."
space opera
edit: Hah! I'm good
[ August 23, 2004, 02:47 PM: Message edited by: Space Opera ]
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Hee hee. Apparently I've ranted on this subject before.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I hate the term "lit-crit", but then assonance has never been my cup of tea, at least when it's so clumsy and obvious.
Yummy I won't even dignify by considering it a word.
Munch--eh, I don't care for it, but I don't cringe everytime I hear it. It's on the same level as "gobs" is for me.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
My problem with "crit" is that it takes such a lovely French word and truncates it into something sounding very vulgarly Anglo-Saxon.
quote:I haven't eaten in two days! What’s left to puke? (aside) You may remark that my vocabulary has taken a turn for the Anglo-Saxon...God, I'm going to barf my brains out.
[ August 23, 2004, 03:03 PM: Message edited by: Annie ]
Posted by Tristan (Member # 1670) on :
quote:If it's hard to switch into Norwegian mode, just pretend it's spelled "Moonk."
Yes, but keep the "oo" sound really short.
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
Anglo Saxon words are awesome, though. They are so expressive. Lewis Carroll in his nonsense poetry often chose the Anglo-Saxon-y-est words and they come off great. One of the great things about English is we often have two words for the same thing, one originally derived from Latin (often via French) and the Anglo-Saxon one. So like pig/swine, we get our choice of which to use in any context based on all the different yummy connotations and associations each one has. I am fond of kid words too, and words that are onomatopoetic in some bizarre way like yummy and cimminum. I think I just like words. Yummy, juicy words. Num-num! Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
You wound me.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Only really snotty, overbred Oslo people would pronounce it as if spelled "Moonk." The rest of the country pronounces it as if spelled "Monk," with the 'o' midway between 'strong' and 'flunk', and very short.
Well, in fact, the majority pronounce it 'that painter guy, what's-his-name, you know, painted 'The Scream', on the tip of my tongue..."
[ August 23, 2004, 05:43 PM: Message edited by: King of Men ]
Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
ak: That post made me smile. You win!
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
I find that I have very few words for which I have developed any particular emotion. If I had to pick a word to hate I think it would have to be "No".
Edit to add a missing "o", develped didn't sound right. Perhaps I could muster up some dislike for that non-word.
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