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lynch03 (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:10 PM Original message |
Some moron on MSNBC keeps on referring to *Sean* as *Seen* |
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SimpleMan (238 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. If you're talking about the weather guy... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Hmmmm |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. He could pronounce it as 'fred' and it'd be the legal pronunciation. |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:26 PM Original message |
Judy! Judy! Judy! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
42. wow. Here I thought TahitiNut was pronounced |
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smartvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Yes. He used to work here in Phoenix. Drove me to distraction. nt |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Then he's an idiot |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. LOL |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. His name IS pronounced "seen" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That's right. |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. It is not |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Nope. n/t |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. My Irish/Scottish Mama must've been pronouncing it wrong all these years |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. It's called a "slender S" |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
59. I spent 18 months in Dublin and knew plenty of Seans |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Probably. |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Right |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Exactly. |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
49. and Sinead & Siobhan |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. That's the way his name is pronounced. He is often on the Today Show, |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Kind of like "Colin" being pronounced "Colon" (Powell) |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Right. I have a nephew named Colin |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. My son is a Colin too |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. actually Colon is probably closer to the original Irish pronunciation |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Eh? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Obviously his mother got his name from a novel |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. lol! Good guess! nt |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. You're saying "seen" is the CORRECT way to pronouce "sean" |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
57. No, it's not |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sean McGlochlin? |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ditto what everyone else said, plus here's a funny tidbit. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. You have to be kidding!!! |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Boy, somebody's parents did a number on these TWO men! |
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lynch03 (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. What kinda f'n name is seen |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. O.K. lynch, I know you probably didn't mean to have this effect |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. A simple knowledge of Irish Gaelic |
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lynch03 (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes that's where it comes from |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. hahahah. SEAN calls himself SEEN |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. His parents probably pronounced it that way |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I know, I know...let me have my fun. :) |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Oh, please do |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. I heard an interview with Wolf on NPR a few weeks ago, he swore Wolf |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. Franken started the whole "leslie" thing |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
54. Definitely a moran |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'm a bit disappointed that "LIBERALS" don't recognize a person's right .. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. I recognize his authority to pronounce it in 'his' way as long as he |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. Lighten up Francis |
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Gruenemann (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. Sean Bean must give him real problems. eom |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
35. My brother's name is spelled "Sean" and he was plagued throughout |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. I've done that...when I was ten years old |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. "My name is spelt 'Raymond Luxury Yacht' |
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lynch03 (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. hahahah? what??... |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Please!! Stop!! You're killing me!! n/t |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. And I am Mr. Smoketoomuch |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
45. And look at all the attention he got! n/t |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. ah HA! He's just an attention whore! |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
51. Thank God the post came up |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
53. yep like the was they pronounce Biloxi! |
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corksean (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. His parents may have called him that after the actor Seen Canary |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
58. I knew a family who had a daughter named Theresa |
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