eh?

[Jerry Roosevelt]

This is like one of those things where you are driven crazy by not knowing it. Like not knowing a song's title. Anyway...<br><br>DC asks himself...<br><br>>> How do you pronounce ... "Isolde"?<br><br>And answers...<br><br>>> iz-OLD-eh.<br><br>How is the 'eh' pronounced? Is it eh as in...<br><br>"Hey, me and the boys are goin' to the bar and we're gonna watch the hockey game, eh?"<br><br>or is it eh as in the meh in...<br><br>"Meh, it's just the Penguins and Devils."<br><br>And another thing, has anyone ever heard the name "Timulty" before O&M? I haven't.

[Sabre]

My freinds in penn. His name is Timulty.<br><br>Ive always said in my head.. even though its spelled completley different<br>Is-ole-dor<br>when i say it out loud its I-sold-eh

[Dr. Doog]

hey, i've never heard of ozymandias, timulty, or millicent. i thought he made them up to be funny as though the names were always short for them really at first. and i do it iz-owld, and i might slightly say the eh, but VERY VERY JAPANESE SLIGHTLY. <i><b>thats</b></i> slightly.

[Doctor Fred]

I sometimes pronounce it Iz-old-uh.<br><br>And Monarx, I don't really understand the difference in your two options. I get the second one, but is the first one pronounced like "ay?"<br><br>Anyway, I believe it's the second one: eh.

[Zylo]

I say iz-OLD-ee

[norsenerd]

I knwo that Ozzymandias and Millitent were around before Simpson. My right shift key feals worng.

[Jerry Roosevelt]

<!--QuoteBegin-Doctor Fred+Feb 26 2004, 09:01 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Doctor Fred @ Feb 26 2004, 09:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> And Monarx, I don't really understand the difference in your two options. I get the second one, but is the first one pronounced like "ay?"<br><br>Anyway, I believe it's the second one: eh. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> That is how I intended it to be.<br><br>And I always thought it was Ice-old, but FAQs are good. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--><br><br>I usually say iz-OLD-(letter A) as opposed to iz-OLD-(eh as in meh)

[Dr. Dos]

I say them how I want to say them, Isolde is just "I sold" for me. Actually the other's are pretty much right...

[MidnightRealism]

I pronounce it Ihz-old-ehh. Yeah, two h's, to give it the "meh" pronunciation. I'm pretty sure that's accurate.

[norsenerd]

I agree.

[Dr. Doog]

you're all wrong. the answer is... in that tree!<br><br>*leaves*

[spamfish]

According the the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, the last sound is "uh". They have an audio file of the correct pronunciation with the definition at <a href='http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?b ... &x=23&y=16' target='_blank'>http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?b ... ><br><br>I would suppose that David Simpson intends it to be eh as in "heh", or "let". He should probably have audio files of the pronunciations on that site.

[stevemania]

In Britan and Ireland, its pronunced like a "er or the first sound you make as you pronunce a 'a'." <br><br>hdashdah....<br><br>Eh?<br><br>(transaltion- what?)<br><br>So tell me straight- you americans don't use eh?

[Foxchild]

oh, we do. It's not completely commonplace, but we know what it is when we hear it. It's lack of use may be in part to the fact that "Eh?" comes accross as very Canadian to us, and it's sometimes seen as a joke about Canada, if used in a certain context. Now, I know that me and my ciblings use "Eh?" a comparatively good bit when put up against others we know, but it's still not all that often. Actually, now that I think about it, my oldest younger sister does use that expression a lot for confusion, but that is in part because she use to play online in Diablo with Canadians a whole lot. <br><br><br>...as the conspirasy of "Eh?" comes together.......

[Muninn]

Eh?