It's only been a bit over a week since I've been on the left side of the pond ... yet ... I've been making a grave error in my speech. You must understand this one thing: I am surrounded by the English and Scots. All the reports I hear are British reports. (No Bill O'Reilly in these parts although they do air John Stewart on International CNN - simply weird!). Sarah Palin's candidacy as Republican Vice President nominee wasn't announced until I was back here in the UK, so I haven't heard Americans discussing her candidacy. So here's the truth. I have been pronouncing her name like this: Paul-in. Not Palin as in we were just "palling around." Yikes! And then I've been saying caraffe wrong, too. And probably giraffe. (And the reason I've been talking about a giraffe is because I have a crazy {rich} friend who is thinking of buying a giraffe). It's a good thing I haven't been calling myself Aaahhshli.
Friday, September 5, 2008
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Oh my Aaahhshli! Don't feel too bad. People here can't seem to pronounce her name correct either. On Wikipedia it says it's pronounced "Pale-in", nevertheless, I can't seem to stop saying "Pal-in" The english language is oh so complex.
its pay lynn.
Oh goodness. Seems like I've still been saying it wrong. Pay Lynn. Pay Lynn. Pay Lynn. Ok - got it!
Love it! Yes I've been corrected too...Hilary is right, it's Pay-lin. But, I'm sure the Brits are mispronouncing it too! Especially with the accent it would be hard to get it right. Looking forward to seeing you some time next week! Scotty and I get back next Thursday.
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