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suchgr8heights Nov 29, 2004

So I used to HATE broaches (correct my spelling if it's wrong) Cuz old ladies would wear HUGE obnoxious ones, just ugly. And teachers would where those corny apple ones or "#1 teacher" pins. But no...

sunshyne Nov 29, 2004

hi buddy! (its brooches)

iwz Nov 29, 2004

they're both correct. and both pronunciations are also correct. odd, eh?

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004

very odd! my parents like to tell this story about a co we had who was from england and he used to correct his wifes pronounciation of everything using a dictionary he brought with him from england.

also, i was wondering about gaza again since it was in the watchtower lesson this week. the official pronouciation is ga'-za (long a) but all the news programs say ga-za (short a). i wonder why?

iwz iwz

yeah, I say Gaza, but a bunch of people were saying Gayza. Haha, they're so gay.

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004

what does the wt-lib say?

iwz iwz

*gasp*

Gay-za

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003

Gayzilla

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004

ga'-za (long a) it is then. even if non-witnesses look at you funny bc every news report says ga-za (short a).

iwz iwz

welll... there's the modern pronunciation, and the biblical pronunciation. i think you should use the right one as appropriate.

suchgr8heights suchgr8heightsOG 2003

I didn't even realize that on Sunday...pronunciation don't matter when you're fingerspelling in sign!

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