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Title: Ummm, it is NEYland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Post by: PirateVOL on October 09, 2011, 02:11:18 EDT I really wish announcers would prepare
Also, it is NOT a "flotilla" it is the VOL NAVY! :banghead: :rant: :nono: Title: Re: Ummm, it is NEYland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Post by: BanditVol on October 09, 2011, 02:27:04 EDT Yes.
If by "NEY" you mean "knee". I read an article at one point in which the General's widow was asked the proper pronunciation and she is said to have pointed at her knee. Title: Re: Ummm, it is NEYland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Post by: PirateVOL on October 09, 2011, 02:35:09 EDT Yes. Yes, because the unprepared announcer keepts pronouncing it NAYland :bird:If by "NEY" you mean "knee". I read an article at one point in which the General's widow was asked the proper pronunciation and she is said to have pointed at her knee. Title: Re: Ummm, it is NEYland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Post by: BanditVol on October 09, 2011, 02:50:51 EDT Yes, because the unprepared announcer keepts pronouncing it NAYland :bird: That's what I figured...but "NEY" is kind of ambiguous, hence the mispronunciation by the announcer. :wave: Title: Re: Ummm, it is NEYland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Post by: PirateVOL on October 09, 2011, 03:00:23 EDT That's what I figured...but "NEY" is kind of ambiguous, hence the mispronunciation by the announcer. :wave: One would think that the crack researchers at espn would ask, and/or the announcer would askApparently too much to ask :bird: Title: Re: Ummm, it is NEYland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Post by: BanditVol on October 09, 2011, 03:19:51 EDT One would think that the crack researchers at espn would ask, and/or the announcer would ask Apparently too much to ask :bird: Oh no doubt. They do suxes hard. I was just commenting on your original post. |