Author Topic: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze" (Read 11880 times)

Flannel Boy · « **on:** August 28, 2009, 08:25:14 PM »

http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_16.html

(2 syllables--"man-aze") (41.65%)
(3 syllables--"may-uh-naze") (45.83%)
I use both interchangeably (8.81%)
other (3.71%)
(11372 respondents)

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #1 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:26:34 PM »

Tennis shoes?

http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73.html

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #2 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:26:52 PM »

wtf is wrong with America. What a shit hole.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #3 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:27:25 PM »

a manaze encrusted shit hole

drew · « **Reply #4 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:27:51 PM »

Quote

it's kind of hard to tell if you're pronouncing all 3 syllables because the middle one is so short and easy to roll over

fixed

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:28:31 PM »

Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:26:34 PM

Tennis shoes?

http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73.html

did they survive the top 5% wealthy white people or something?

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #6 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:31:32 PM »

Quote from: drew on August 28, 2009, 08:27:51 PM

its kind of hard to tell if you're pronouncing all 3 syllables because the middle one is so short and easy to roll over

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You forgot to add one. I'm not giving hints.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #7 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:32:29 PM »

Quote from: Kranz Fafka on August 28, 2009, 08:28:31 PM

Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:26:34 PM
Tennis shoes?

http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73.html

did they survive the top 5% wealthy white people or something?

There seems to be a regional difference:

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #8 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:32:36 PM »

I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone pronounce it any other way.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #9 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:34:14 PM »

Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:32:29 PM

Quote from: Kranz Fafka on August 28, 2009, 08:28:31 PM
Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:26:34 PM
Tennis shoes?

http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73.html

did they survive the top 5% wealthy white people or something?
There seems to be a regional difference:

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okay, Northeast/New England. now it makes sense.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #10 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:36:04 PM »

Actually New-Englanders say "sneakers." Southerners say "what's wrong with my bare feet?"

56. Pantyhose are so expensive anymore that I just try to get a good suntan and forget about it.
   a. acceptable (29.23%)
   b. unacceptable (67.26%)
   c. not sure (3.51%)

drew · « **Reply #11 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:37:10 PM »

ok i just got it confirmed that i pronounce it like that

i dont have a problem with that

you people probably call pop "soda" thurfur yur opinion doesnt matter

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #12 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:37:57 PM »

Who cares, mayo is gross no matter what you call it.

Rman · « **Reply #13 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:39:32 PM »

Seriously. I grew up in New York and most people here say may-en-naize.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:43:08 PM »

Quote from: Rman on August 28, 2009, 08:39:32 PM

Seriously. I great up in New York and most people her say may-en-naize.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #15 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:43:55 PM »

grew up?

muckhole · « **Reply #16 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:44:30 PM »

Well, at least the ruff isn't on fire.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #17 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:46:58 PM »

Quote from: muckhole on August 28, 2009, 08:44:30 PM

Well, at least the ruff isn't on fire.

Newfie accents.

Rman · « **Reply #18 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:47:15 PM »

Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:43:55 PM

grew up?

. I just woke up. That's not the only grammatical error in that statement either.

It's fixed.

muckhole · « **Reply #19 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:48:03 PM »

Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:46:58 PM

Quote from: muckhole on August 28, 2009, 08:44:30 PM
Well, at least the ruff isn't on fire.
Newfie accents.

Newfie?! All my American customers pronounce "roof" as "ruff".

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #20 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:52:18 PM »

America is on watch.

a. with [j] as in "boy" ("loyer") (72.84%)
b. with [] as in "saw" ("law-yer") (21.96%)

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #21 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:54:22 PM »

"loyer"

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #22 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:57:09 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on August 28, 2009, 08:54:22 PM

"loyer"

wait, what?

Are you from the South?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #23 on:** August 28, 2009, 09:08:54 PM »

I can't even even say "law-yer"

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #24 on:** August 28, 2009, 09:19:00 PM »

As long as we aren't all calling soda "pop" it's all good

ch1nchilla · « **Reply #25 on:** August 28, 2009, 09:24:28 PM »

Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:52:18 PM

America is on watch.

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a. with [j] as in "boy" ("loyer") (72.84%)
b. with [] as in "saw" ("law-yer") (21.96%)

The South. My old roommate was from Texas and he said law-yer. We all laughed.

FatalT · « **Reply #26 on:** August 28, 2009, 09:31:49 PM »

I say lawyer. I say "man-aze."

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #27 on:** August 28, 2009, 09:33:27 PM »

And? Aren't you from South Carolina?

FatalT · « **Reply #28 on:** August 28, 2009, 09:38:36 PM »

Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 09:33:27 PM

And? Aren't you from South Carolina?

Yup! The Southernest state of the South! I think, at least.

Tucah · « **Reply #29 on:** August 28, 2009, 09:55:13 PM »

I say both loyer and manaze. I blame Jersey.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #30 on:** August 28, 2009, 09:59:37 PM »

Do you say "mayo" or "man."

"Put some 'man' inside those buns."

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #31 on:** August 28, 2009, 10:04:33 PM »

I'm from Seattle and I say loyer and mayuhnaze.

Also, it's pop, bitches.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #32 on:** August 28, 2009, 10:07:33 PM »

Quote from: distantmantra on August 28, 2009, 10:04:33 PM

I'm from Seattle and I say loyer and mayuhnaze.

Also, it's pop, bitches.

3 for 3

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #33 on:** August 28, 2009, 10:36:37 PM »

Quote from: muckhole on August 28, 2009, 08:44:30 PM

Well, at least the ruff isn't on fire.

RAGE

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #34 on:** August 28, 2009, 11:22:24 PM »

Quote from: ch1nchilla on August 28, 2009, 09:24:28 PM

Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:52:18 PM
America is on watch.

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a. with [j] as in "boy" ("loyer") (72.84%)
b. with [] as in "saw" ("law-yer") (21.96%)

The South. My old roommate was from Texas and he said law-yer. We all laughed.

How do you get an "oy" sound out of "aw"? smh @ The North

drew · « **Reply #35 on:** August 28, 2009, 11:33:47 PM »

people actually say "law-yer"?

fucking freaks

Bocsius · « **Reply #36 on:** August 28, 2009, 11:43:30 PM »

I usually pronounce it "no mayo."

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #37 on:** August 28, 2009, 11:50:47 PM »

Quote from: Bocsius on August 28, 2009, 11:43:30 PM

I usually pronounce it "no mayo."

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #38 on:** August 28, 2009, 11:53:35 PM »

manaze is great. Stop hating.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #39 on:** August 28, 2009, 11:56:04 PM »

I'm not suppressed* that Malek likes a little bit of white creamy stuff spread on his buns.

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Barry Egan · « **Reply #40 on:** August 28, 2009, 11:57:25 PM »

Quote from: drew on August 28, 2009, 11:33:47 PM

people actually say "law-yer"?

fucking freaks

It's actually fine as long as you have a deep southern drawl to match. If you don't, and you say 'law-yer', there's no helping you.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #41 on:** August 29, 2009, 12:19:52 AM »

In Iowa, we say: May-uh-naze, pop, tennis shoes (often pronounced "tenna"), and loyer.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #42 on:** August 29, 2009, 12:41:59 AM »

Hey kids, go to your gym lockers and get your tennis shoes because we're going to play basketball, dodgeball, volleyball--just about everything except TENNIS!

ch1nchilla · « **Reply #43 on:** August 29, 2009, 01:02:48 AM »

Gym shoes / sneakers

Pop

Loyer

Mayo

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #44 on:** August 29, 2009, 01:12:54 AM »

mayuhnaze just sounds like manaze with a redneck accent, anyway.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #45 on:** August 29, 2009, 01:15:40 AM »

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on August 29, 2009, 01:12:54 AM

mayuhnaze just sounds like manaze with a redneck accent, anyway.

only if you say it with a Southern drawl in your head. None of those syllables is inherently redneck sounding.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mayonnaise

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #46 on:** August 29, 2009, 02:02:22 AM »

Manaze really rolls of the tongue so well. Mayuhnaze, however, is really awkward.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #47 on:** August 29, 2009, 02:08:23 AM »

Three syllables is a lot. And they're very difficult to pronounce. May? wow! uh? Jesus. Naz? Fuck!

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #48 on:** August 29, 2009, 02:10:04 AM »

Quote from: Malek on August 29, 2009, 02:08:23 AM

May? wow! uh? Jesus. Naz? Fuck!

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #49 on:** August 29, 2009, 02:15:37 AM »

I say maynaise, loyer and I call my shit Soda. But yeah, mayuhnaze sounds weird, like that middle syllable totally isn't needed.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #50 on:** August 29, 2009, 02:17:29 AM »

Quote from: Malek on August 29, 2009, 02:08:23 AM

Three syllables is a lot. And they're very difficult to pronounce. May? wow! uh? Jesus. Naz? Fuck!

It's all about flow. Mayuhnaze has really poor flow, it's like all the syllables are bouncing around, doing there own thing. Plus, it sounds kind of dumb. Manaze is, like, the fancy way to say it, being more sleek and flowing like crystal clear water.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #51 on:** August 29, 2009, 02:22:37 AM »

I'm sorry, but I can't hear your arguments over the banjo music.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #52 on:** August 29, 2009, 02:30:06 AM »

Quote from: Malek on August 29, 2009, 02:22:37 AM

I'm sorry, but I can't hear your arguments over the banjo music.

drew · « **Reply #53 on:** August 29, 2009, 02:35:58 AM »

I'm sorry, I can't hear your counter-argument over the drone of some shitty 90's band that is playing in another tab while you hold a vigil for them.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #54 on:** August 29, 2009, 02:38:17 AM »

I never knew that I was an Oasis fan. My condescending thread title should have indicated that I really wasn't.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #55 on:** August 29, 2009, 02:41:48 AM »

How do you pronounce library. Wait, that's not a word Drewsy has ever used. Nevermind.

drew · « **Reply #56 on:** August 29, 2009, 02:42:21 AM »

I'm sorry, I can't pay attention to your correction over the green glow of my caps lock key; fucking fuck that thing is distracting.

Yeti · « **Reply #57 on:** August 29, 2009, 10:06:18 AM »

Quote from: Malek on August 29, 2009, 12:41:59 AM

Hey kids, go to your gym lockers and get your tennis shoes because we're going to play basketball, dodgeball, volleyball--just about everything except TENNIS!

Afterwards we'll change into our sneakers so we can run, jump, climb--just about everything except be SNEAKY!

Bocsius · « **Reply #58 on:** August 29, 2009, 12:18:09 PM »

I'm guessing sneakers at one point were exclusively or otherwise strongly associated with tennis, and therefore got the kleenex, jello, etc., treatment. I don't know, I stopped calling them tennis shoes when I was 8 and realized I didn't play tennis.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #59 on:** August 29, 2009, 05:00:17 PM »

Quote from: Yeti on August 29, 2009, 10:06:18 AM

Quote from: Malek on August 29, 2009, 12:41:59 AM
Hey kids, go to your gym lockers and get your tennis shoes because we're going to play basketball, dodgeball, volleyball--just about everything except TENNIS!

Afterwards we'll change into our sneakers so we can run, jump, climb--just about everything except be SNEAKY!

Fail: there's an actual sport called tennis with its own footwear. Sneaker is just a generic name for athletic footwear with rubber soles. I mean, if you went to Footlocker and asked for tennis shoes, the salesmen would show you to a rack with actual tennis shoes--FOR PLAYING TENNIS! If you asked for sneakers, he'd ask you to be more fucking specific.

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Author Topic: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze" (Read 11880 times)