Quinoa

[snoogit]

Quinoa flour (pronounced 'keen wa')

I was pronouncing it 'quinn oh wa' this whole time. Now I feel stupid.

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Quinoa flour (pronounced 'keen wa')

I was pronouncing it 'quinn oh wa' this whole time. Now I feel stupid.

They pronounce it that way just to sound superior when you say it phonetically and get it "wrong".

 

[snoogit]

They pronounce it that way just to sound superior when you say it phonetically and get it "wrong".

So its like trying to tell someone who doesn't speak English that Bologna is pronounced 'bo lone ee' and not 'bo log na'?

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Sham-pag-n anyone?

 

[Jonny_B]

So its like trying to tell someone who doesn't speak English that Bologna is pronounced 'bo lone ee' and not 'bo log na'?

can you imagine?

 

[Syrup Beaver]

I dew my pill-ates then eat mah keenwha.

 

[Thorn Bird]

mix it in with a bunch of cooked black beans and some salsa and serve it on a bed of mixed greens. garnish with sliced avocado and some tahini dressing. friggin delicious. it's a dish they serve at the vegan place near where i live.

you come cook for me right this very minute.

 

[snoogit]

I dew my pill-ates then eat mah keenwha.

isn't it pill-ah-tays?

 

[JAXvillain]

it's pie-lates

 

[Jonny_B]

you come cook for me right this very minute.

ohhh, you do not want that.

i can, however, order takeout from the vegan place if you come visit. they are excellent cooks.

 

[Sarcasmo]

Core-VOSE-ee-uhr

 

[Thorn Bird]

ohhh, you do not want that.

i can, however, order takeout from the vegan place if you come visit. they are excellent cooks.

i hope you're taking notes of all the things you're going to do for us when we come visit because i have high expectations.

 

[Syrup Beaver]

isn't it pill-ah-tays?

I always hear people say pill-ah-tees

 

[snoogit]

I always hear people say pill-ah-tees

damn my Midwestern accent.

 

[plot]

in my midwestern city it's pill-ah-tees.

 

[plot]

and verr sales.

 

[snoogit]

in my midwestern city it's pill-ah-tees.

Fuck my inbred yooper Michigan accent then jebus.

 

[Syrup Beaver]

and verr sales.

That still kills me.

Boy I sure got a lot of confused looks when I was there...

 

[JAXvillain]

k-sa-dill-a

 

[Duke]

kay sah dee ah

Do you seriously pronounce the 'll's?