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David.
02-02-2005, 06:37 PM
pistachio? My friends make fun of me for how I pronounce it.

is it pisAHchio rhyming with cat

or pistAWchio rhyming with saw

poll forthcoming
Saulbadguy
02-02-2005, 06:37 PM
like a cat.
David.
02-02-2005, 06:38 PM
damnit >=(
FloridaChief
02-02-2005, 06:39 PM
Pist-ach-e-oh

Stress the 2nd syllable.
Pants
02-02-2005, 06:39 PM
Like a duck. It's the AH sound, not AW.
Spicy McHaggis
02-02-2005, 06:40 PM
Yeah I'd have to resist the urge to pop somebody in the mouth if I heard pistawwwwchio.
Skip Towne
02-02-2005, 06:41 PM
Like a cat.
Pants
02-02-2005, 06:41 PM
Yeah I'd have to resist the urge to pop somebody in the mouth if I heard pistawwwwchio.

ROFL f'sho.
David.
02-02-2005, 06:41 PM
Yeah I'd have to resist the urge to pop somebody in the mouth if I heard pistawwwwchio.

that's how I've always pronounced it. It DOES sound kind of uk-ish.
Pants
02-02-2005, 06:42 PM
that's how I've always pronounced it. It DOES sound kind of uk-ish.

More redneckish than anything.
David.
02-02-2005, 06:42 PM
More redneckish than anything.

pft, pistAHchio sounds redneck to me.
Spicy McHaggis
02-02-2005, 06:44 PM
yeah pistawchio definately sounds more yuppie to me than pistachio
Pants
02-02-2005, 06:44 PM
pft, pistAHchio sounds redneck to me.

Your mom sounds redneck to me. OHHHHHHH yu0 g0t pwn'dddd, oneoneone1111!!~!~!!!!!1111onetow omfg
Ultra Peanut
02-02-2005, 06:54 PM
Like "mustachio" with "piss" filling in for the "mus."
Ultra Peanut
02-02-2005, 06:55 PM
More redneckish than anything.Southern accents are basically dragged-out versions of British accents.
Branden Albert's Huge Balls
02-02-2005, 07:05 PM
Pissed-A-Chee-O.
David.
02-02-2005, 07:10 PM
well...I got phob on my side
morphius
02-02-2005, 07:15 PM
well...I got phob on my side
I'm pretty sure that really doesn't help your case much.
David.
02-02-2005, 07:34 PM
I'm pretty sure that really doesn't help your case much.

http://www.excalibr.com/odd/ohsnap.jpg
Pants
02-02-2005, 07:39 PM
http://www.excalibr.com/odd/ohsnap.jpg

OMFG ROFL I didn't realize what this picture was at first, then I saw his leg. Wow.
Braincase
02-02-2005, 07:59 PM
Pass 'em red nuts, dude.
Pants
02-02-2005, 08:00 PM
Pass 'em red nuts, dude.

Huh?
go bowe
02-02-2005, 08:14 PM
Like a duck. It's the AH sound, not AW.good lord, i agree with metrolike...

does that make me cool? :shrug:
RedandGold
02-02-2005, 08:47 PM
Yeah I'd have to resist the urge to pop somebody in the mouth if I heard pistawwwwchio.

:thumb:

That just reeks of pretentiousness...
Iowanian
02-02-2005, 08:48 PM
Piss-Tash-EE-Oh
David.
02-02-2005, 08:56 PM
:thumb:

That just reeks of pretentiousness...

I don't mean for it to be. The way I say it is how I've always said it.
RedandGold
02-02-2005, 08:59 PM
I don't mean for it to be. The way I say it is how I've always said it.

I was referring to the dragging out of the "awwwwwww" sound as being pretentious. It's no biggy if you simply mispronounce it! :D
Pants
02-02-2005, 09:01 PM
good lord, i agree with metrolike...

does that make me cool? :shrug:

Congratulations, you now know the meaning of cool. You can thank me later.