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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:39 AM Original message |
Should "BBQ" be pronounced "bee-bee-cue" or "bar-bee-cue"? |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. BBQ comes from the word barbacoa |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. That's interesting ... I'd always assumed it was from a ranch name |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. BUBB-ick: |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. But Xmas is pronounced "ex-mas" |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I was about to post that I say ex-mas... |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I don't think BBQ is actually an acronym. You may be right on the other stuff. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. If not an acronym, then what? |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. My understanding is an acronym contains the first letters of a series of words. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. OK then, how about Bar Be Que? n/t |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Hey, are you an old girlfriend of mine? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. LOL, could be n/t |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think in most cases it should be pronounced "grilling" |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. it's a noun - NOT a verb! |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I think we fixate on different points of 'controversy' |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I think we should start |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. Who cares? Let's eat some! |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
9. wth says "B-B-Que"?? n/t |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. See the OP. |
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Tom_Foolery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. I pronounce it... |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
16. It's B-B-B-Q. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
20. bahbecue |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. Maybe bubba que? Oh, I love bubba que! nt |
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