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Brint Hannay
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Maryland, USA
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 9:12 am |
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I was reading an old thread about the pronunciation of "copedent" (I think I may need a life), and came across this:
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| OK, but what about knee-levers? Should "lever" be pronounced lever with a short "e" rhyming with "ever", or a long e rhyming with "beaver", or "cleaver", or "Beaver Cleaver", or "neither"? Wait, "neither" can be with an "e" sound or an "i" sound....I give up! |
This might help resolve that issue:
A friend of mine once suggested an instruction manual for steel guitar devoted to the use of knee lever(s) could be titled "Fifty Ways To Love Your Lever".
Just thought I'd pass that along.
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 10:03 am
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"lever" is just the word "ever" with an "L" in front. Therefore, it's a short "e". 
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 10:04 am
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And "LKL" stands for "Left Knee Left", not "Left Kick Left". 
[This message was edited by Donny Hinson on 10 June 2006 at 11:08 AM.] |
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Paul Norman
From:
Washington, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 10:41 am
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This is why the English language is so hard to learn.
Red,Read,Read, to,too,two.
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 10:47 am
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| I dunno, Donny, that spoils a good joke. Anyway, the dictionary has both. And Paul, that is just To, too, two much! |
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Jim Gorrie
From:
Edinburgh ~ road works congestion capital of The World.
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 10:49 am
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. . . you say toe-may-toe,
and I say toe-mah-toe . . .
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Jim Gorrie
From:
Edinburgh ~ road works congestion capital of The World.
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 11:01 am
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While we're at it ~ what about "...ough" ?
cough;(koff) rough;(ruff) dough;(doe) bough;(bow - sounds like "now") through;(thru) thorough;(thurowe) hiccough;(hiccup). . .
. . . and there are more, which I can't remember . . .
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 1:01 pm
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I read on the forum that the accepted pronounciation is a long 'e', but I dispute that because the root word is 'ped' with a short e.
But if the usage started in Nashville....[This message was edited by Charlie McDonald on 10 June 2006 at 02:01 PM.] |
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Pat Kelly
From:
Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 1:08 pm
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| THRU? (rhymes with Uh) |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Curt Langston
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 2:19 pm
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| And "LKL" stands for "Left Knee Left", not "Left Kick Left". |
I agree with you Donny. But, Carters website says "Left Kick Left"..............I never got the "kick" part...........
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Bo Borland
From:
South Jersey -
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 2:36 pm
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| There are 3 (to's , two's , too's ) in the english language .. which one is the correct one to use in the sentence? |
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 4:09 pm
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So if "lever" is just "ever" with an l in front of it, what about fever????
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 4:12 pm
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| This topic isn't about steel guitar so I'm closing it. |
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