Valance pronunciation?

[YY1]

I say pot a to.

 

[YY1]

95% of people selling one on craigslist or even before then in newspaper classifieds thought it was pronounced "camero".

 

[65Bel]

Do you say "uh-loom-uh-num" or "al-u-min-e-um"?

The American Chemical Society officially adopted aluminum (4 syllables) in 1925, but in 1990 The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry accepted aluminium (5 syllables) as the international standard. And so we land today with aluminum used by the English speakers of North America, and aluminium used everywhere else.

 

[wahya]

How about nuclear pronounced as nucular.

 

[YY1]

dang it-

Palance or Pa- lance?

 

[Ron H]

dang it-

Palance or Pa- lance?

You would have wanted to get his name right or he could do one-handed pushups on your face..

 

[Geetex]

Do you pronounce it meter or washing machine?

 

[33 IMP]

Do you pronounce it meter or washing machine?

Y A R D .

 

[66 Sat]

There’s no Chevys here. Btw, there’s a town near here called Melbourne. A newbie next door tells me he is going to Melborn. I say so you are going to Australia? Here it’s Melburn.

Mate this isn't a geography lesson either
It's neither here. It's Melbun.

 

[Davefinan]

It’s Al-bum…..not al-Blum….

 

[YY1]

A washing machine is 27 30ths of a yard.