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Thu Dec-01-05 11:00 PM
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How do you pronounce the word "Oil?" |
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I say: Oh-ill.
Not: Ohl.
Or: Oy-Yill.
Goddammit.
:D
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:03 PM
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:04 PM
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:03 PM
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2. "Oy-uhl", the way God intended. |
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My grandfather, from Alabama by way of Texas, used to say: "Oaaaaaahhhhhhhullllllllllll". I'd never heard anyone take so long to say a one-syllable word.
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:05 PM
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4. I know!! Those damn texans take forever to say the weirdest words... |
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Edited on Thu Dec-01-05 11:08 PM by Misunderestimator
(speaking as a native texan myself) :)
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:05 PM
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I've never heard ANYONE say oh-ill. Ooohhhhlll, Oy-il, and my one sylalable "oyl" but you are the first oh-ill!
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:07 PM
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6. Yeah... who knows why? |
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I had such an aversion to my own texas accent... I guess I came up with my own way of saying it. :D
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:12 PM
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As in Olive Oyl.
What other way????
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:13 PM
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:18 PM
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kidding. :P "oy-yill" actually. :hi:
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:23 PM
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:21 PM
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Edited on Thu Dec-01-05 11:23 PM by Hardhead
EARLL!!!!
Earl: n 1) That black shit you put in your engine to keep it from seizing up.
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:30 PM
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Or "soil".
The mohel foiled my soiled boil.
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:33 PM
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Edited on Thu Dec-01-05 11:34 PM by Misunderestimator
Though I think it rhymes with mohel more than foil or soiled boil... :bounce:
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:49 PM
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:53 PM
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I think that's how I sound.
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Thu Dec-01-05 11:57 PM
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16. Ohl is how I hear it in the Deep South. I grew up with Oyall. n/t |
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Fri Dec-02-05 01:27 AM
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Fri Dec-02-05 09:57 AM
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18. I am sure I say it wrong! |
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It is hard to spell it out the way I say it. I do NOT say Oy-ell! x(
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Fri Dec-02-05 10:03 AM
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21. oy-ill. One sylablle. Rhymes with "boil." n/t |
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Edited on Fri Dec-02-05 10:03 AM by calico1
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Fri Dec-02-05 10:05 AM
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23. I know people who pronounce "boil" as |
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Fri Dec-02-05 11:14 AM
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28. Ha! I didn't even think of that. |
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Everyone doesn't say "boil" or "foil" the same way. :hi:
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Fri Dec-02-05 10:04 AM
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22. I say Oy-ill, and I'm from Texas. My family says Awl, though. |
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I have an undergrad degree in Theatre, and Voice & Diction classes enabled me to hear how I sounded to other people.
It wasn't an attractive accent, y'all!
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Fri Dec-02-05 10:06 AM
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You pay more than anyone else for car repairs, don't you.
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Fri Dec-02-05 10:14 AM
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26. Oy-ill. But I'm a Mispronouncinator. |
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Fri Dec-02-05 11:17 AM
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30. "Ohl" when used in conjunction with "vinegar" (usually @ Subway) but "oyl" |
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when referring to the black stuff.
No idea why...
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