ichadwick
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Tiple from South America with 12 strings.
I though the tiple had 10 strings? Or are these somewhat different instruments with the same name?
Guess its a good thing `ukulele is still pronounced `ukulele, and not youkulele.
Bah, tons of people pronounce it You-Koo-Lay-Lee here and it kills me, I just wanna hit 'em.
to change it and to correct others would be pretentious.
So do you guys call France, "Fraan-say" or Chili, "Chill-ay"? The way they are pronounced by natives of those countries? How about Germany, do you call it "Dueschland"? Different languages and dialects use different pronuciations. It doesn't make it wrong or bad. My whole life I've said "youkilaillee" to change it and to correct others would be pretentious.
'frah-gee-lay.' It must be Italian...
Guess its a good thing `ukulele is still pronounced `ukulele, and not youkulele.
Bottom line, you can feel comfortable here pronouncing `ukulele correctly. Nobody's going to hold it against you.
Bah, tons of people pronounce it You-Koo-Lay-Lee here and it kills me, I just wanna hit 'em.
when we've all called it you-kulele for ever. Does it really matter?
So do you guys call France, "Fraan-say" or Chili, "Chill-ay"? The way they are pronounced by natives of those countries? How about Germany, do you call it "Dueschland"? Different languages and dialects use different pronuciations. It doesn't make it wrong or bad. My whole life I've said "youkilaillee" to change it and to correct others would be pretentious.
but "Fraan-say" or "Chill-ay" are said like that because of accents. saying youkilaillee is ignorant, its not like you cant say it correctly.
but "Fraan-say" or "Chill-ay" are said like that because of accents. saying youkilaillee is ignorant, its not like you cant say it correctly.
that was me quoting the other dude, but its different if you CANT say it because of an accent.Actually, you have that backwords, we say "Frans" because of our
accent and the way we pronounce certain written words. The same with Ukulele.
does that in turn mean that if everyone where you live were chopping their fingers off, you would too? i understand what you are saying, however that only means all of you are saying it incorrectly. considering the ukulele was birthed in hawaii, i think we have the correct pronounciation. 'ukulele means jumping flea, youkalaylee does not mean anything, nor is it a word in any language, dead or alive. i understand where you are coming from, having to conform to everybody else, not wanting to be the one who is different. just because everybody smokes pot doesnt make it ok.When I say 'youkalaylee', I realize that people in Hawaii don't pronounce it that way. But that's not where I live. And where I live people don't pronounce it that way. And I don't either, even though I know people in Hawaii do.
What if you have glaucoma?just because everybody smokes pot doesnt make it ok.