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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 07:53 AM
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NOBODY has gone for our friend DUC. Mr. Spugen (pronounced "spoogen") himself!!!!

Duc = Duke, like Jayne Wayne. Can't you just picture Duc in a cowboy gettup. Hilarious. (Somebody photo-shop it please).

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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 08:49 AM
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Everybody sing along...!

"You say poe-tay-toe, I say poe-tah-toe.
You say toe-may-toe, I say to-mah-toe"

New chorus -
"You say moo-gen, I say myu-gen
You say spoo-gen, I say spew-gen.
moo-gen, myu-gen
spoo-gen, spew-gen.
Let's call the whole thing off"
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 10:18 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by johnnydev
Everybody sing along...!

"You say poe-tay-toe, I say poe-tah-toe.
You say toe-may-toe, I say to-mah-toe"

New chorus -
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 10:27 AM
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yeah, except people that say "po-tah-toe" and "toe-mah-toe" are idiots
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 11:14 AM
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Originally posted by Johnny--2K
Gozhigen (the actual Japanese pronunciation)
this is actually 5-zigen, not mugen.

Go (five) - zhigen = 5-zigen
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 11:20 AM
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the correct pronunciation of mugen would be:

Moo-gen (if you take the direct spelling of mugen into hiragana (mu-ge-n), it would be read like this)
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 06:50 AM
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What about Bilstein? Is it Bil-stine or Bil-steen?

Oy!
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 07:00 AM
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Good one.

Depends on who you ask. That name ending even confusues some of my Jewish friends, no kidding. One will say his name with the "stine" pronunciation, while another with the same spelling will say "steen".

Go figure.

Guess its better than "Hey you"! Hahahaha
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 07:01 AM
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Originally posted by SpeedTheory
yeah, except people that say "po-tah-toe" and "toe-mah-toe" are idiots
Nobody says po-tah-toe but the correct pronunciation of tomato IS toe-mah-toe.

Don't forget, we English invented the pronunciation of the bloody word before you yanks bastardised it
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 08:00 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by 2kturkey
Nobody says po-tah-toe but the correct pronunciation of tomato IS toe-mah-toe.

Don't forget, we English invented the pronunciation of the bloody word before you yanks bastardised it
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