http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/28/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-homage Comments On: How Do You Pronounce the Word "Homage"? by Dominic Holden en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by pfffter]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:43:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by litlnemo]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:38:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Gloria]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:12:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by GasparFagel]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:22:03 -0800 The Stranger Posted by zobot]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:39:08 -0800 The Stranger That Dictionary pronunciation is real good...if your goal is to speak like Lorraine Bracco.

I say homage like omelet.
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:35:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by pg13]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:46:02 -0800 The Stranger
:D
Posted by JonnoN]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:43:05 -0800 The Stranger Le Boog, I like it. Latte however is an Italian word and hence it is correct to pronounce the final e. The corresponding word in French is lait pronounced lay.
And Fnarf is correct, if you order a "latte" in Italy you will get a quizzical look followed by a glass of milk.
Posted by crone]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:22:20 -0800 The Stranger Posted by persimmon]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:22:14 -0800 The Stranger
Fine, pronounce "Acapulco" as a native of Acapulco would, but go with the native pronunciation of American locales. Or should we all be pronouncing Mt. Rainier as "moh rhenyay?"
Posted by Free Lunch]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:13:02 -0800 The Stranger But, hey, that's the subject of lots of movie and in person jokes.
Posted by gloomy gus]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:05:40 -0800 The Stranger But, hey, that's the subject of lots of movie and in person jokes.
Posted by gloomy gus]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:04:29 -0800 The Stranger But, hey, that's the subject of lots of movie and in person jokes.
Posted by gloomy gus]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:02:47 -0800 The Stranger But, hey, that's the subject of lots of movie and in person jokes.
Posted by gloomy gus]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:02:12 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:55:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Rhett Oracle]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:49:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:35:26 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Knat]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:19:12 -0800 The Stranger
But, hey, that's the subject of lots of movie and in person jokes.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:16:15 -0800 The Stranger
Seriously, who the frack made you the language police.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:13:39 -0800 The Stranger
But you should not linger over the misapprehension that saying "kay sah DEE yah" and "tah MAH lee" in your ordinary American voice is correct Spanish. It'll do, but you're butchering the vowels (and the consonants). That's what having an accent is all about. If you pronounce those words EXACTLY as a Mexican (which one, though?) would, you'll sound affected -- the correct sounds are incorrect, to some extent.

This effect is greatly heightened for words that have not entered English. "Quesadilla" and "tamale" have. If you're saying "huitlacoche" or "cochinita pibil" it's normal to put a little Mexican accent on it without sounding like a dork because there's no English way to say it. Unless your Spanish is completely free of American accent (which is difficult) you'll still be a bit off, though. You'll be understood well enough to enjoy huitlacoche or cochinita pibil, though, so who cares?
Posted by Fnarf]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:12:56 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Stranger'sWorstNightmare]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:02:14 -0800 The Stranger
If I am doing something to honor something else, Im doing an 'oh-majsh'. As in "The concept now often appears in the arts where one author shows respect to a topic by calling it an oh-majsh, such as Homage to Catalonia.'
Posted by Womyn2me]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:47:52 -0800 The Stranger Posted by anon1256]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:40:04 -0800 The Stranger