Things you wish you could say

[sourland]

The tooth my dentist said would most likely need a root canal is not acting up.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Okay, it's spelled legHORNS, but I say, I say it's pronounced Leggerns.

Never, never going to leave my mouth!
There needs to be a reasonable justification for words pronounced differently than the spelling or I speak the spelling, so there!

I'm a little late to the conversation, but...

They're named after the Italian port city, Livorno. The older English form of the city's name was 'Legorno,' from which we eventually dropped the -o ending, likely because 'Legorn' was deemed easier for English-speakers to pronounce than Livorno. I cannot tell you why we decided to add the h to the English spelling, but it's as silent as the h in spaghetti. In modern times, Livorno is back to being referred to as Livorno even in English and the Leghorn spelling is only used for the chicken breed, but the proper pronunciation of it really is 'Legorn' (or 'Leggern'), not 'leg-horn'.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I'm a little late to the conversation, but...

They're named after the Italian port city, Livorno. The older English form of the city's name was 'Legorno,' from which we eventually dropped the -o ending, likely because 'Legorn' was deemed easier for English-speakers to pronounce than Livorno. I cannot tell you why we decided to add the h to the English spelling, but it's as silent as the h in spaghetti. In modern times, Livorno is back to being referred to as Livorno even in English and the Leghorn spelling is only used for the chicken breed, but the proper pronunciation of it really is 'Legorn' (or 'Leggern'), not 'leg-horn'.

where are my emojis??? You deerve a medal or a trophy. Did you know this as a history buff, or googlle it?

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Honestly, I just really like chickens. I actually learned that years ago when I saw another conversation about chicken breed pronunciations (including Leghorn) and started doing research.

Another fun one is d'Uccle. A lot of people think it should be pronounced like 'dew-clay', but they are named after the Belgian city Uccle which is pronounced 'OO-kla' with a sort of short 'breath' of an 'a' sound at the end. The actual pronunciation of the d'Uccle breed, thus, is 'd-OO-kla'.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Honestly, I just really like chickens. I actually learned that years ago when I saw another conversation about chicken breed pronunciations (including Leghorn) and started doing research.

Another fun one is d'Uccle. A lot of people think it should be pronounced like 'dew-clay', but they are named after the Belgian city Uccle which is pronounced 'OO-kla' with a sort of short 'breath' of an 'a' sound at the end. The actual pronunciation of the d'Uccle breed, thus, is 'd-OO-kla'.

Thank you. Sort of like the extra toe on a dog? Dewclaw?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I want to say: please read your post for clarity before hitting the Post button. Just read this in an old post about a hunchback rooster: "although he was do dog sometimes."

'Scuse me, what?

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Thank you. Sort of like the extra toe on a dog? Dewclaw?

There's a tiny bit of a pause between the 'd' and the 'ew' sounds, and the -aw ending is very shortened, more like a little 'uh' than a full 'aw', but more or less it would be pronounced like that, yes.

 

[notabitail]

I want to say: please read your post for clarity before hitting the Post button. Just read this in an old post about a hunchback rooster: "although he was do dog sometimes."

'Scuse me, what?

It means he barks, bites, and buries bones, along with all other dog behaviors.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Honestly, I just really like chickens. I actually learned that years ago when I saw another conversation about chicken breed pronunciations (including Leghorn) and started doing research.

Another fun one is d'Uccle. A lot of people think it should be pronounced like 'dew-clay', but they are named after the Belgian city Uccle which is pronounced 'OO-kla' with a sort of short 'breath' of an 'a' sound at the end. The actual pronunciation of the d'Uccle breed, thus, is 'd-OO-kla'.

Here I thought it was Dee Uckle

 

[tripletfeb]

Here I thought it was Dee Uckle

I always say Dee Uncle in my head. Don't know where the "n" comes from