proper pronunciation

**sp33dg33k** · 02-16-2002, 02:50 PM

how do u pronouce humalog?

is it humm a log
or is it hume a log

**TNT** · 02-16-2002, 03:24 PM

But seriously, folks . . .

You pronounce it the second way - "Hume'a-log," with the accent on the first syllable. As in "human" insulin .

ptbyjason · 02-16-2002, 03:41 PM

Originally posted by TNT
Depends on whether you're a southerner . . .

That was just wrong, funny (I hate to admit that), but definitely wrong.

**sp33dg33k** · 02-16-2002, 04:54 PM

thx tnt, u answered my question and cracked me up at the same time

cheers bro

**TNT** · 02-16-2002, 05:12 PM

Originally posted by ptbyjason That was just wrong, funny (I hate to admit that), but definitely wrong.

Actually, when I wrote it, in the back of my mind was a scene from Marnie (the Hitchcock flick). Mark (played by Sean Connery) had just told Marnie (played by Tippie Hendren) that he knew she was a southerner. When she asked what gave it away, he replied that she pronounced the word insurance with the emphasis on the first syllable - in'sur-ance, Northerners emphasize the second syllable, in-sur'ance.

Anyway, Jason, I find the whole concept of accents humorous and don't mean to disparage southerners (except in Mississippi and Alabama - I love both states, but I've never been able to find good Chinese food there).

I find it interesting, however, that most broadcast journalists in the south work like hell to lose their southern accents. Really - turn on the TV news in Houston, and it will sound the same as in New York.

On the other hand, I can think of two professions off the top of my head in which many people from the north try to develop a southern accent, even if they have to fake it: preachers and long-haul truck drivers (especially when they use a CB radio). Go figure . . .

**NightOp** · 02-16-2002, 05:54 PM

hey now, there's nothing wrong with the south, i love it

ptbyjason · 02-16-2002, 06:47 PM

Originally posted by NightOp
hey now, there's nothing wrong with the south, i love it

no there is nothing wrong with the south, look at my location

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TNT, you are right about all points. I guess I have always mispronounced "insurance", or maybe I pronounce it right, but everyone else pronounces it wrong.

And in all actuality I have been trying to lose my southern accent for as long as I can remember, unfortunately it is hard to lose the accent when you live in the south. (Ask anyone on the board who has talked to me on the phone, I haven't had much success so far

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The truck driver and preacher comment, I'm not touching that one. LOL

**EXCESS** · 02-16-2002, 07:45 PM

eh?

ptbyjason · 02-16-2002, 08:31 PM

LOL, some of us have used Ya'll so long we aren't sure what it stands for anymore, we just know where it fits in. So I guess you are telling me that Ya'll is not a proper word? LOL