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MystiqueMushroom

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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Ballerium]
#18951160 - 10/08/13 07:04 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Ballerium said: Dude look the options in his poll. The first choice is "TOUR-iss".
I stand corrected, but it doesn't matter I just called webster and they said it is 100% pronounced tore-iss.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Patlal]
#18951164 - 10/08/13 07:05 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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A new contender!!
That pronunciation though 
No wonder canadian.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Enjoywho]
#18951179 - 10/08/13 07:07 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Enjoywho said: A new contender!!
That pronunciation though 
No wonder canadian.

French has latin pronouciations.
"au" in french in pronounced "o" and "rus" is pronouced like the rus in the english word "Uterus".
It is what it is...
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Ballerium
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MystiqueMushroom said:
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Ballerium said: Dude look the options in his poll. The first choice is "TOUR-iss".
I stand corrected, but it doesn't matter I just called webster and they said it is 100% pronounced tore-iss.
Well they're wrong.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Patlal]
#18951191 - 10/08/13 07:09 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Patlal said:
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Enjoywho said: A new contender!!
That pronunciation though 
No wonder canadian.

French has latin pronouciations.
"au" in french in pronounced "o" and "rus" is pronouced like the rus in the english word "Uterus".
It is what it is...
EDIT: Or Spaticus
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Ballerium]
#18951200 - 10/08/13 07:10 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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ford torus clit torus
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Patlal]
#18951218 - 10/08/13 07:12 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Tow-russ isn't dissimilar from tore-us IMO  Pardon the double-negative
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pwnasaurus
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MystiqueMushroom said: I say it Ford Tore-Iss(like a snake)
Exactly.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: pwnasaurus]
#18951258 - 10/08/13 07:19 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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i say "rout" not "root"
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: pcplease]
#18951272 - 10/08/13 07:21 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Torus. Never heard either pronunciation from the OP. Some people seriously say it like "tourist" without the final t? What the fuck. Where do you get an "oo" sound from "au"?
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: teamkiller]
#18951286 - 10/08/13 07:24 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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teamkiller said: i say "rout" not "root"
Apparently I switch it up. Never realized I did until someone pointed out I just said "root" and asked if I normally pronounced it that way.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: LoveYourLife]
#18951312 - 10/08/13 07:29 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I bought a 1989 Ford Taurus for 250$ and tripped acid in it twice, (I wasnt driving) therefore I can confidently tell you that it is pronounced Tore-Us
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Ballerium] 2
#18951415 - 10/08/13 07:51 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Gumby said: I am from Georgia
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Ballerium said: I'm from Georgia too and I've always said Tar-us. Tar. And us. What the fuck is a tour iss?
It's definitely pronounced "tar-us" by most folks in GA. The poll asked, "How do you pronounce Ford Taurus?" so I voted tar-iss, but the correct pronunciation would be \ˈtȯr-əs\
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I also say taurii a lot when I am driving my taurus and pull up next to another one. Its a group of taurii!
My Latin is rusty but I'm pretty sure you want tauri, not taurii, as the nominative plural form of taurus. The example you provided wouldn't be nominative case, but it's sort of acceptable to use nominative case for Latin nouns in English sentences most of the time.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: MorphinTime] 1
#18951736 - 10/08/13 08:52 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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i say straight fucking junk..
they aint even worth this conversation.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: MorphinTime]
#18951788 - 10/08/13 09:02 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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MorphinTime said: My Latin is rusty but I'm pretty sure you want tauri, not taurii, as the nominative plural form of taurus. The example you provided wouldn't be nominative case, but it's sort of acceptable to use nominative case for Latin nouns in English sentences most of the time.
You're right, and I'm not exactly sure why I even put two i's. It doesn't make much sense at all now that I think about it, and think about other words that end in -us. Fungus. Fungi. Octopus. Ocotopi. I dunno, I guess my brain thought taurii looked better than tauri.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Ballerium]
#18951866 - 10/08/13 09:19 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Tar us
I think
I don't fucking know
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Everlong]
#18951884 - 10/08/13 09:24 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I always like seeing two i's in a row, like Hawaii Dunno why. Probably my subconscious thinking "nipples -> boobs"
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: pcplease]
#18951894 - 10/08/13 09:26 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Tore-ass, is about correct..
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: teamkiller]
#18951913 - 10/08/13 09:31 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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AWS said: tore us
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VivaLaMushie said: Tore us
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teamkiller said: uh i don't say it either way. i say it tor-us
Fucking seriously. Who the fuck says Tar-is, or Tour-is?
TOUR-is?
How does one even derive that from t-a-u-r-u-s?

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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: CidneyIndole]
#18951938 - 10/08/13 09:37 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I think its kinda funny that you're picking on tour-is, yet you pronounce it tore-us. There's no O in the word at all so how are you guys getting an O sound out of taur, that has an A in it? Shouldn't it be tahr, rather than tohr or tour?
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