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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 1

Ray K (8/11/2010)
Okay, now it's my turn to vent about this Celko person.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic967585-392-2.aspx#bm967672
What part of "I figured out my problem" does he NOT understand?!?!?!? :angry:
Granted, I don't know as much as a lot of people on these forums (and I don't pretend to), but nothing pisses me off more than someone insulting my intelligence.

Many just disregard what he says. It's a persona he employs in the forums. I don't agree with the soapbox and so I just skip past it.

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CirquedeSQLeil (8/11/2010)
Ray K (8/11/2010)
Okay, now it's my turn to vent about this Celko person.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic967585-392-2.aspx#bm967672
What part of "I figured out my problem" does he NOT understand?!?!?!? :angry:
Granted, I don't know as much as a lot of people on these forums (and I don't pretend to), but nothing pisses me off more than someone insulting my intelligence.
Many just disregard what he says. It's a persona he employs in the forums. I don't agree with the soapbox and so I just skip past it.

Sorry, but that is my number one pet peeve. Anyone who knows me pretty much knows that insulting my intelligence is equivalent to a kiss of death.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 3

CirquedeSQLeil (8/11/2010)
One I like from South Africa is Hluhluwe. And yes I had no clue the first time I saw it.

Yeah, that one is hilarious. I'll give people a hint, in Zulu (where that word comes from) h is often pronounced 'sh'

How about "Umhlanga" (a very nice beach)

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Grant Fritchey (8/11/2010)
How about Worcester?
If you read German & English the correct pronunciation is, of course:
Vorchester
If you're from Massachusetts though, you'd say:
Woostah
Figure that one out.

Hmm, there's a Wooster Ohio, you don't suppose that was supposed to be Worcester and devolved into Wooster?

Either way, excellent sauce they make.

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 5

Ray K (8/11/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (8/11/2010)
Ray K (8/11/2010)
Okay, now it's my turn to vent about this Celko person.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic967585-392-2.aspx#bm967672
What part of "I figured out my problem" does he NOT understand?!?!?!? :angry:
Granted, I don't know as much as a lot of people on these forums (and I don't pretend to), but nothing pisses me off more than someone insulting my intelligence.
Many just disregard what he says. It's a persona he employs in the forums. I don't agree with the soapbox and so I just skip past it.
Sorry, but that is my number one pet peeve. Anyone who knows me pretty much knows that insulting my intelligence is equivalent to a kiss of death.

Ray, you don't like your intelligence insulted? So what are you doing on this planet then? 😀

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 6

Ray K (8/11/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (8/11/2010)
Ray K (8/11/2010)
Okay, now it's my turn to vent about this Celko person.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic967585-392-2.aspx#bm967672
What part of "I figured out my problem" does he NOT understand?!?!?!? :angry:
Granted, I don't know as much as a lot of people on these forums (and I don't pretend to), but nothing pisses me off more than someone insulting my intelligence.
Many just disregard what he says. It's a persona he employs in the forums. I don't agree with the soapbox and so I just skip past it.
Sorry, but that is my number one pet peeve. Anyone who knows me pretty much knows that insulting my intelligence is equivalent to a kiss of death.

I know the feeling - just understand he pulls the same bit with a lot of very intelligent people.

Many just read his name now and move on without reading the post.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 7

GilaMonster (8/11/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (8/11/2010)
One I like from South Africa is Hluhluwe. And yes I had no clue the first time I saw it.
Yeah, that one is hilarious. I'll give people a hint, in Zulu (where that word comes from) h is often pronounced 'sh'
How about "Umhlanga" (a very nice beach)

Don't know that one for sure but assume it was pronounced similarly to Hluhluwe. I breezed through Kwazulu-Natal on the way back to the states from La Reunion, La Mauritius, and Madagascar in the mid 90's.

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Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31164 More actions · Answer 8

Alvin Ramard (8/11/2010)
Ray K (8/11/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (8/11/2010)
Ray K (8/11/2010)
Okay, now it's my turn to vent about this Celko person.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic967585-392-2.aspx#bm967672
What part of "I figured out my problem" does he NOT understand?!?!?!? :angry:
Granted, I don't know as much as a lot of people on these forums (and I don't pretend to), but nothing pisses me off more than someone insulting my intelligence.
Many just disregard what he says. It's a persona he employs in the forums. I don't agree with the soapbox and so I just skip past it.
Sorry, but that is my number one pet peeve. Anyone who knows me pretty much knows that insulting my intelligence is equivalent to a kiss of death.
Ray, you don't like your intelligence insulted? So what are you doing on this planet then? 😀

I have no idea! I've been sitting here with my friend, Ford Prefect, waiting for our ride, and we still haven't been picked up yet!

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 9

jcrawf02 (8/11/2010)
Grant Fritchey (8/11/2010)
How about Worcester?
If you read German & English the correct pronunciation is, of course:
Vorchester
If you're from Massachusetts though, you'd say:
Woostah
Figure that one out.
Hmm, there's a Wooster Ohio, you don't suppose that was supposed to be Worcester and devolved into Wooster?
Either way, excellent sauce they make.

That's a whole nutha topic there.

Pronunciation: \'wu?s-t?(r)-?shir-, -sh?r- also -?shi(-?)r-Function: noun

Etymology: Worcestershire, England, where it was originally made

Date: 1843

: a pungent sauce whose ingredients include soy, vinegar, and garlic

I never thought it to be pungent. I also thought it was pronounced wu?rs-t?(r)-?shir

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Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31164 More actions · Answer 10

Grant Fritchey (8/11/2010)
How about Worcester?
If you read German & English the correct pronunciation is, of course:
Vorchester
If you're from Massachusetts though, you'd say:
Woostah
Figure that one out.

So have you pahked your cah in Hahvahd Yahd lately? 😀

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398886 More actions · Answer 11

Ray K (8/11/2010)
Grant Fritchey (8/11/2010)
How about Worcester?
If you read German & English the correct pronunciation is, of course:
Vorchester
If you're from Massachusetts though, you'd say:
Woostah
Figure that one out.
So have you pahked your cah in Hahvahd Yahd lately? 😀

Not me. I'm not a native. I have a strange accent that is part Okie, part New York. I confuse everyone. We beat our children any time they drop "R's" in words like car.

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Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31164 More actions · Answer 12

Grant Fritchey (8/11/2010)
Ray K (8/11/2010)
Grant Fritchey (8/11/2010)
How about Worcester?
If you read German & English the correct pronunciation is, of course:
Vorchester
If you're from Massachusetts though, you'd say:
Woostah
Figure that one out.
So have you pahked your cah in Hahvahd Yahd lately? 😀
Not me. I'm not a native. I have a strange accent that is part Okie, part New York. I confuse everyone. We beat our children any time they drop "R's" in words like car.

I once went to a game in Fenway Park ("Pahk"?) and struck up a conversation with a girl sitting next to me. After talking for a while, she said to me, "you're from New York, aren't you?" I said, "yeah, how'd you know???" She said, "something you said -- you definitely have a New York accent."

To this day, it's the only time in my life I was ever told I had any kind of accent!

(Or maybe the other giveaway was that, as a Yankee fan, I was rooting against the Red Sox! :hehe:)

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 13

I's just fixin to say, y'all sound funny to me, eh. 😛

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 14

I have no idea! I've been sitting here with my friend, Ford Prefect, waiting for our ride, and we still haven't been picked up yet!

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Have you got your towel?

Some towns in Mississippi:

Gautier: Go-shay ...but people with Gautier for a last name might say their name is Go-tee-ay

Kosciusko: Kozzy-ess-ko

Yocona: Yok-nuh

Biloxi: Bill-luck-see

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Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31164 More actions · Answer 15

The Dixie Flatline (8/11/2010)
I have no idea! I've been sitting here with my friend, Ford Prefect, waiting for our ride, and we still haven't been picked up yet!
Have you got your towel?

Always!

I just hope the Vogon Constructor Fleet doesn't show up!

Kosciusko: Kozzy-ess-ko

That's interesting -- the name Kosciusko is significant around these parts. He was a Revolutionary War hero, and has a local bridge named after him.

And we pronounce it "Kozzy-USE-ko"!

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