overseed or rototill

[dr-solo]

forgot to say. start rototilling and there will just be bocu weed seeds that will sprout. dont disturb the top layer of the soil. Ingrid

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[Persephone]

"Bocu" -- fascinating spelling-by-ear for "beaucoup".

[Janet Baraclough]

The message from Persephone contains these words:

:-)

P, why do many Americans spell/pronounce voila as walla? Was the mispronounciation a catchphrase used in cartoons, perhaps?

Janet

[Ann]

Janet Baraclough expounded:

I heve never heard anyone use that pronunciation.

[dr-solo]

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[FragileWarrior]

Janet Baraclough wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Do you mean as in a magician saying, "Abacadabbra... VOILA!"? It's supposed to be "vwalla" but the v is so gutteral it's almost not there. Listen to the pronounciations here. You can barely catch the V.

[William Rose]

In article , FragileWarrior

[FragileWarrior]

William Rose wrote in news:rosefam- [e-mail]:

Well, excuseeeee moi!

:)

[mleblanca]

I have often seen it spelled 'viola' Always wondered whether they thought it referred to the plant or the musical instrument?? And what did either one have to do with anything? Or did they even think........ Emilie

[William Rose]

By George, you've got it;-)

- Bill St. Cloud, ball de match (It's French for "mercy buttercup";-)

[Persephone]

"Walla" can be explained as follows.

If we (Americans) were to approximate the real word "voila", we could write "v-walla", so they're just leaving off the "v".

Vive la difference!

Persephone

[Jim Elbrecht]

-snip-

Its always made me think that they thought they were writing it the way it would sound if it was a latin word. [at least the way I was taught to speak latin] I've never heard anyone pronounce it that way. [lived in Northeast US most of life]

Jim [who was taught by the Vietnamese kids that the correct pronunciation of beaucoup is 'boo-coo'.]

[William Rose]

Cute kids but they were wrong. It's pronounced "bow-coo" with the same em-pha-sis on each syl-a-bleh, Saint Cloud, ball-de match;>)

French minor,

- Bill Cloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)