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Entire Refrigerator Rearranged To Accommodate Leftover KFC Bucket

I assume you know that The Onion is a satirical website and not a real source of news. That is not made clear in your post.

lawandmusic at 5:12PM on 08/12/08

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Somewhat off-topic, but I get annoyed at the frequent restaurant server mispronunciations of such things as the three syllable word vinaigrette, which almost always comes out as the four syllable "vinegarette," penne paste, which is usually rendered "puh-NAY," and the ubiquitous "broo-shedda" for bruschetta (it's "broo-SKET-ta" please). BTW, @AliceBlue, "le" in French is always pronounced like the "le" in "teller," and "Creuset" is tough to render in English, but the first syllable comes close to having the same vowel sound as "foot" and the second syllable starts with a "z" sound. Sort of "luh croo ZEY." Hope that doesn't make it any worse.

lawandmusic at 1:46PM on 08/12/08

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Photo of the Day: Kids Playing with Giant Zucchini

So, she planted a cucumber seed and got a giant zucchini? How does that work?

lawandmusic at 8:47AM on 07/31/08

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America's Regional Hot Dog Styles

I know this was a US survey, but I recently had my first Japadog in Vancouver. This modest hot dog stand downtown serves a variety of dogs with unique, Japanese toppings including Japanese mayo, nori, teriyaki sauce, fried onions, soy sauce, green onions, daikon, miso sauce, and Kaiware (daikon seeds). Yum!

lawandmusic at 1:56PM on 07/11/08

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Entire Refrigerator Rearranged To Accommodate Leftover KFC Bucket

and to add; while The Onion actually has some pretty good retouching, those KFC containers in the fridge is some serious photoshop or a serious photoshoot.

avisualperson at 10:56PM on 08/14/08

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Entire Refrigerator Rearranged To Accommodate Leftover KFC Bucket

if you read the actual article in The Onion (I just read it in the newspaper tonight, you'll see that it is indeed an entire plug from KFC. just read the language: "…tried to eat all 15 pieces…" and advertising copy like "you don't eat chicken off a plate…chicken tastes better out of the bucket," the copy is also speaking to the deepest urges of a KFC indulgence, in reference to eating the little fried bits. well done, yum foods; I hope some sales guy at The Onion made a nice commission off that

avisualperson at 10:23PM on 08/14/08

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I once had a party. I cooked for a week and the spread was sumptuous. My dear friend (non-drinker) discovered chocolate mint liqueur and asked for a water glass, rather than my puny little liqueur glasses. She got majorly drunk. On her way out the door, she hugged me and said, "Thanks for the baloney." No idea where that came from, but we still say that when leaving each other's homes, all these 40 years later.

My daughter, named Kristin, used to ask for Rice Kwispies for beckfust. You can imagine how she pronounced her own name. I felt guilty there for a few years. :-D

PerkyMac at 10:21PM on 08/14/08

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A person that I was related to for a short period of time used to say bre-fuss istead of breakfast. That wasn't bad enough, though. If there was a reason to use the plural, it became brefussusses.

It drove me absolutely mad.

dbcurrie at 9:56PM on 08/14/08

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Oh wellred, that reminds me, my sister used to say "fireflies" for "french fries." "Fireflies" was also how she pronounced "McDonalds."

renzata at 7:48PM on 08/14/08

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I remember my son @ four months waking up in the middle of the night and screaming, "IN-GEE, INN-GEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!" He wanted to express that he was hungry. Tears, snot and drool everywhere. He was teething already, but didn't break a tooth through for another six months.

The first two years was hell, after that it got better.

By the time he was three he had outgrown that slight speech impediment in which he exchanged Ls for Ws. When he was four his pre-school had a speech therapist come and evaluate all the kids. When I picked him up that day she told me that the only thing she could do with him was use him as a good example for the other kids.

Ah, being the English major mother who took the time to teach him how to pronounce new words correctly paid off!

Calichef at 7:39PM on 08/14/08

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In my parents' house pronunciation was paramount, so all of ours are jokes. Including Mashed Steven, which would be mashed potatoes. And Turkus Maximus. Thanksgiving tends to include hilarity.

Of course there's also "Frawnch fries, Frawnch bread, Frawnch dressing...and to drink, Peru!"

wellred at 6:18PM on 08/14/08

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Some friends of mine call 'asparagus' 'parrot guts'. This is intentional, not a misspronunciation. I occasionally do it too, now.

Lilla at 11:53AM on 08/14/08

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Entire Refrigerator Rearranged To Accommodate Leftover KFC Bucket

I love it when people miss obvious jokes and killjoy the whole post.

fascfoo at 11:40AM on 08/14/08

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Funny food word pronunciations expanded

This may be a regionalism (I live in Chicago), but I often find myself pronouncing cottage cheese as "cottaz cheese."

P.S. I'm with lawandmusic on the mispronunciation of bruschetta....it makes me nuts. And by the way, I have never, ever heard a waiter pronounce it correctly.

CheesePlease at 11:36AM on 08/14/08