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Pairks is the incorrect pronunciation they are using in the spots. It's hard to listen to.
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Posted 17 August 2017 - 08:00 PM
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 17 August 2017 - 08:31 PM
Pairks is the incorrect pronunciation they are using in the spots. It's hard to listen to.
Incorrect by whose authority?
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Posted 17 August 2017 - 08:54 PM
I suppose the way I've heard it said for 38 years until today could be wrong.
Edited by VicHockeyFan, 17 August 2017 - 08:54 PM.
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<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 17 August 2017 - 09:10 PM
It's not wrong, but neither are the other ways of pronouncing it. :-)I suppose the way I've heard it said for 38 years until today could be wrong.
Then there's Boise, Idaho. People from there typically say "Boy-see", and that took me a while to get used to.
Edited by Benezet, 17 August 2017 - 09:11 PM.
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Posted 17 August 2017 - 09:51 PM
Pairks is the incorrect pronunciation they are using in the spots. It's hard to listen to.
https://m.youtube.co...h?v=afI8kQkcu8M
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Posted 17 August 2017 - 09:53 PM
Pairks is the incorrect pronunciation they are using in the spots. It's hard to listen to.
Perks is the way it sounds.
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Posted 17 August 2017 - 11:06 PM
If it's your name...
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Posted 18 August 2017 - 08:10 AM
It's not wrong, but neither are the other ways of pronouncing it. :-)
Then there's Boise, Idaho. People from there typically say "Boy-see", and that took me a while to get used to.
I like calling it Bwa-zey! The folks in Idaho don't appreciate that.
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Posted 18 August 2017 - 08:15 AM
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 18 August 2017 - 09:24 AM
Need a break from this. I've gone for a scone.
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Posted 18 August 2017 - 12:10 PM
Need a break from this. I've gone for a scone.
Okay. There are two possible pronunciations of the word scone: the first rhymes with gone and the second rhymes with tone.
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Posted 18 August 2017 - 12:32 PM
Need a break from this. I've gone for a scone.
You need to visualize your happy place. Somewhere in the Caribbean or maybe the Himalayas.
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Posted 18 August 2017 - 03:35 PM
New Orleans, Louisville, Notre Dame, Worcester...
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Posted 18 August 2017 - 03:44 PM
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Posted 15 September 2017 - 08:47 AM
Mike K. will be on CFAX from 10 to 11am today.
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<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 16 September 2017 - 09:08 AM
Alan Perry's Tech Talk will become a podcast too, available on iTunes etc. soon.
Edited by VicHockeyFan, 16 September 2017 - 09:08 AM.
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<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 27 September 2017 - 06:37 PM
Can we all agree that the pillow ads are getting a little irritating now?
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Posted 27 September 2017 - 06:54 PM
Haven't heard one yet.
Of course, i'd have to listen to radio to do that...
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