whore /hɔr, hoʊr or, often, hʊr/ Pronunciation Key -
Show Spelled Pronunciation[hawr, hohr or, often, hoor
hor‧ri‧ble /ˈhɔrəbəl, ˈhɒr-/ Pronunciation Key -
Show Spelled Pronunciation[hawr-uh-buhl, hor-]
― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Calico (calico), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:48 (seventeen years ago) link
[aw] all, or, talk, lost, saw
― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh and here is a horrible story, in case the justifications weren't enough:
I used to pony up to get a good haircut at a nice salon in Atlanta but then I lost my job so I went to a cheaper place and got a haircut for free by the shampoo guy who was going to hair school and he gave me a TERRIBLE haircut that sent me down the road to haircut ruin that lasted for TWO YEARS. Now you can have my beloved Valerie B when you pry her off my cold, dead hair.
― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:52 (seventeen years ago) link
I believe we've been over this, actually.
HORRIBLE: h[O with a dot over it]r-[schwa]-b[schwa]lWHORE: h[O with a dot over it]r
where [O with a dot over it] = like the AW in LAW
There are alternate pronunciations for each word:
HORRIBLE: h[A with a diaresis]r-[schwa]-b[schwa]lWHORE: h[U with a dot over it]r
where [A with a diaresis] = like the O in MOP or the A in MARand [U with a dot over it]r = like the OO in FOOT
But these are both listed second in Webster's, which leads me to stand firm in my belief that HORRIBLE and WHORE have the same vowel sound.
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Calico (calico), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Calico (calico), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:04 (seventeen years ago) link
horrible = [hawr-uh-buhl, hor-]
[aw] = all, or, talk, lost, saw
So unless "all" or "talk" can be pronounced with the same "o" sound as "whore," then I and the East-Coasters stand validated by dictionary.com.
― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:07 (seventeen years ago) link
(XP)
― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:11 (seventeen years ago) link
They are indeed pronounced the same. People get confused by the R, which changes the way you vocalize the sound, but the vowels in HORRIBLE and WHORE and OR are closest to an \AW\ sound than anything else.
The way East Coasters say HORRIBLE and ORANGE is closer to an \AH\ sound.
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:11 (seventeen years ago) link
I bought my grandparents a page-a-day "Bushisms" calendar for Christmas.
― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:13 (seventeen years ago) link
whatever the opposite of lol is @ horrible/hawribble
― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:19 (seventeen years ago) link
We did establish that this is the same person, right?
― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:23 (seventeen years ago) link
haha
― JuliaA (JuliaA), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Neat! I want to drink with Val B one of these days.
― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:30 (seventeen years ago) link
also: should i join weight watchers? everyone seems to have a WW opinion. could it be a good thing or do i need to merely exercise more & exercise discipline more?
― sweet tater (sweet tater), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Calico (calico), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― sweet tater (sweet tater), Monday, 27 November 2006 21:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― sweet tater (sweet tater), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link
I like WW as a program. I do not like WW as a company as they tend to really nickle and dime you the fuck to death. And the last six or eight meetings I've been to ended up nothing more than hour-long sales pitches for more WW products.
Getting all that shiny new WW stuff tends to motivate me, though, and there is a benefit to the camaraderie of the meetings.
― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:10 (seventeen years ago) link
HOWEVER, just because I am paranoid of becoming overly obsessed with food, does not mean it is a dangerous program for anyone else.
For example, what Jenny said.
― Calico (calico), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:10 (seventeen years ago) link
i'm with you, amanda. i promise i won't. there's no danger of it ever happening, really.
― sweet tater (sweet tater), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Calico (calico), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Calico (calico), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link
Gonna be some sweet sounds [sweeeeet soooounds], comin' down onthenight shift
ooooh on the night shift
― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link
At first I thought this was about Otto's local.
― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― sweet tater (sweet tater), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:19 (seventeen years ago) link
Points are calculated based on some complicated algorithm that looks at fat, fiber, and calories and while you do have to look things up at first, it starts to become second nature after awhile. For example, while I am technically not "on program" right now, I happen to know that I've eaten 14 points so far today, including the apple I'm going to eat during class tonight, leaving me 8 for dinner.
I have successfully done WW on line and using meetings, so it really depends on what fits into your schedule. I find meetings to be more palatable when I go with someone I like, but that can backfire, too (see Courtney and I enabling some v. bad food practices for each other) so, yeah.
I think that the potential for exacerbating food obsession is pretty accurate, but if you've got a handle on that kind of thing going into it, you should be okay. Sometimes, like now, I can't handle life stress plus keeping track of everything I eat, especially when I don't have a lot of time for cooking/packing lunch, but I have generally been pleased with WW.
― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 22:22 (seventeen years ago) link