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Ptah

(33,030 posts) Sun Dec 30, 2012, 09:19 PM Dec 2012

Can you spell Tucson?

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Can you spell Tucson? (Original Post) Ptah Dec 2012 OP

T-U-C-S-O-N Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #1

I hope you can see the Tucson Gem Show. Ptah Dec 2012 #5

Yes, but can you *pronounce* it?!1 Spoiler: TOOK-son n/t UTUSN Dec 2012 #2

Wait here: Ptah Dec 2012 #6

Huh?!1 But then, I'm *always,* like, "Huh?!1 What does it MEAN?!1 Who *am* I?!1 Why?!1" n/t UTUSN Dec 2012 #9

Can you spell 'San Pedro Cactus'? Taverner Dec 2012 #3

relax. Ptah Dec 2012 #7

So this means I'm getting some, right? Taverner Dec 2012 #10

Two-san Generic Brad Dec 2012 #4

Bees!!11!!1 Ptah Dec 2012 #8

BEES! Taverner Dec 2012 #11

TUNA Downwinder Dec 2012 #12

There was a great Chicano radio show on our station and to remember how to spell Tucson, I always... MiddleFingerMom Dec 2012 #13

The last submarine I served on was..... rppper Dec 2012 #14

I drive one MissMillie Dec 2012 #15

Tuck-sun. Jamaal510 Dec 2012 #16

Not phonetically... Wait Wut Dec 2012 #17

the CS sound, as in fascinating. Oh wait.... Well, can you pronounce "flaccid" correctly? Bucky Dec 2012 #18

but if it was hard, it wouldn't be flaccid, would it? kwassa Dec 2012 #19

It's called irony. Bucky Dec 2012 #20

Huh. bluedigger Dec 2012 #21

Well, in a manner of speaking - Moondog Dec 2012 #22

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)

1. T-U-C-S-O-N

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 09:57 PM

Dec 2012

Why?

Ptah

(33,030 posts)

5. I hope you can see the Tucson Gem Show.

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 10:39 PM

Dec 2012

UTUSN

(70,703 posts)

2. Yes, but can you *pronounce* it?!1 Spoiler: TOOK-son n/t

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 10:31 PM

Dec 2012

Ptah

(33,030 posts)

6. Wait here:

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 10:45 PM

Dec 2012

UTUSN

(70,703 posts)

9. Huh?!1 But then, I'm *always,* like, "Huh?!1 What does it MEAN?!1 Who *am* I?!1 Why?!1" n/t

Reply to Ptah (Reply #6)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 10:49 PM

Dec 2012

Taverner

(55,476 posts)

3. Can you spell 'San Pedro Cactus'?

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 10:34 PM

Dec 2012

Ptah

(33,030 posts)

7. relax.

Reply to Taverner (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 10:46 PM

Dec 2012

Taverner

(55,476 posts)

10. So this means I'm getting some, right?

Reply to Ptah (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 10:55 PM

Dec 2012

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)

4. Two-san

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 10:36 PM

Dec 2012

Phonetically speaking, of course.

Ptah

(33,030 posts)

8. Bees!!11!!1

Reply to Generic Brad (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 10:47 PM

Dec 2012

Taverner

(55,476 posts)

11. BEES!

Reply to Ptah (Reply #8)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 10:56 PM

Dec 2012

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

12. TUNA

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 10:56 PM

Dec 2012

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)

13. There was a great Chicano radio show on our station and to remember how to spell Tucson, I always...

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 12:26 AM

Dec 2012

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... think of his "Mexican pronunciation" of Tucson -- TUKE-sone.
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rppper

(2,952 posts)

14. The last submarine I served on was.....

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:03 AM

Dec 2012

SSN 770 USS Tucson...our term of endearment was to pronounce it TUX-ON....that's me on the far right in orange....

MissMillie

(38,560 posts)

15. I drive one

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 09:10 AM

Dec 2012

not a favorite of all the vehicles I've owned, but not too bad.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)

16. Tuck-sun.

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 04:26 PM

Dec 2012

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)

17. Not phonetically...

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 05:01 PM

Dec 2012

...it's pronounced, "Nicer than Phoenix, but still hot as a wood burning stove in Hell."

Bucky

(54,020 posts)

18. the CS sound, as in fascinating. Oh wait.... Well, can you pronounce "flaccid" correctly?

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 05:25 PM

Dec 2012

Hint: the CC is said the same as the double-c in "accent." No, seriously, one of them is a hard C.

kwassa

(23,340 posts)

19. but if it was hard, it wouldn't be flaccid, would it?

Reply to Bucky (Reply #18)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 05:32 PM

Dec 2012

Bucky

(54,020 posts)

20. It's called irony.

Reply to kwassa (Reply #19)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 05:46 PM

Dec 2012

Who has a harder life than the perpetually flaccid?

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)

21. Huh.

Reply to Bucky (Reply #18)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 05:52 PM

Dec 2012

Who knew they were all laughing at my pronunciation all those times?

Moondog

(4,833 posts)

22. Well, in a manner of speaking -

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 06:10 PM

Dec 2012

and strictly from an out of towner's perspective, you understand . . . .

D a v i s – M o n t h a n

Always wanted to hit the gem show, though, and never have managed it.

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