merbig Suspended 13178 Posts user info edit post |
Set the record straight, how do you say Tomato? This has caused many conflicts in my life. Lets settle this shit.
I say Tomaito, what you say? 11/2/2011 9:19:21 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
mater 11/2/2011 9:20:19 PM |
merbig Suspended 13178 Posts user info edit post |
Shit. An unexpected option. 11/2/2011 9:21:33 PM |
BigHitSunday Dick Danger 51059 Posts user info edit post |
Tormato 11/2/2011 9:23:10 PM |
BlackJesus Suspended 13089 Posts user info edit post |
ketchup 11/2/2011 9:25:32 PM |
qntmfred retired 40601 Posts user info edit post |
11/2/2011 9:25:34 PM |
ThatGoodLock All American 5697 Posts user info edit post |
i never just say tomato, i always say "and no tomato please"
[Edited on November 2, 2011 at 9:26 PM. Reason : f] 11/2/2011 9:26:25 PM |
dmspack oh we back 25427 Posts user info edit post |
i've never met anyone who actually pronounces it "tomahto"
[Edited on November 2, 2011 at 9:30 PM. Reason : typo] 11/2/2011 9:30:01 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
I usually say, "Bring me your finest blood fruit dwarf!" 11/2/2011 9:31:48 PM |
tchenku midshipman 18577 Posts user info edit post |
japanese people say to-mah-to
without the emphasis on "mah"
sick burn 11/2/2011 9:33:06 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
all I know is thank god they exist... otherwise we wouldnt have BBQ sauce right!? 11/2/2011 9:40:26 PM |
GeniuSxBoY Suspended 16786 Posts user info edit post |
You say tomato, I say another stupid ass merbig thread 11/2/2011 9:42:49 PM |
merbig Suspended 13178 Posts user info edit post |
^^ Well yeah. Can you make BBQ Sauce any other way?
And why can you people never reach a fucking consensus? 11/2/2011 10:00:30 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
of course not 11/2/2011 10:00:58 PM |
dmspack oh we back 25427 Posts user info edit post |
eastern>western 11/2/2011 10:07:17 PM |
jtmartin All American 4116 Posts user info edit post |
I thought this whole thing related to how Americans talk and British talk 11/2/2011 10:08:43 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
vinegar is used for cleaning and douches 11/2/2011 10:09:03 PM |
Hoffmaster 01110110111101 1139 Posts user info edit post |
mayters
Lets throw this one out there as well. pee-can or pea-con
I'm from the south. I saw pee-can. 11/2/2011 10:13:28 PM |
BIGcementpon Status Name 11318 Posts user info edit post |
tuh-mae-da 11/3/2011 12:02:30 AM |
lewisje All American 9196 Posts user info edit post |
The way the Brits and Aussies say it (tuh-MAH-toh) is closer to the etymology (Spanish tomate, from Nahuatl tomatl), while the pronunciation where I grew up and in the Northeast and West Coast is "tuh-MEY-toh"; also in the South it's "tuh-MEY-tuh" and in Canada it's either the New England pronunciation or "tuh-MA-toh"
As for "potato" the only real regional difference is in the long "o" sound, which happens in most uses: American English uses the Spanish "o" sound followed by the "w" sound, while British English uses the schwa followed by the "w" sound. The pronunciation "puh-TAH-toh" is nonstandard wherever you go; also the etymology is a bit different, from Spanish patata, from Taino batata.
(BTW, there's also a noticeable difference in rhoticization, so that in pronouncing "her," speakers on each side of the Atlantic use a vowel that people on the other side do not use; a similar issue explains why hearing a native Bostonian talk about Harvard Yard sounds so funny.) 11/3/2011 12:48:32 AM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
^sounds about right.
I really do enjoy linguistics... for some strange reason 11/3/2011 9:10:08 AM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Tomaito 11/3/2011 9:17:24 AM |
AxlBonBach All American 45549 Posts user info edit post |
Tuh-MAY-toe
Puh-KAHN 11/3/2011 9:23:07 AM |
se7entythree YOSHIYOSHI 17377 Posts user info edit post |
to-may-to
pee-can 11/3/2011 9:30:21 AM |