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DukeUsul
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by DukeUsul » July 30th, 2009, 12:46 pm
TillyGalore wrote:DukeUsul wrote:So how many different pronunciations are there for DukeUsul?
In my brain, which I have already proven is on a different wavelength, I prounounce your name Duke-you-sul(like hull). Make sense? Am I close?
No, it's actually ooo-sul.
The name is taken from a character in Frank Herbert's Dune. If you want to hear it pronounced, here's a clip from the very horrible David Lynch (1984) film adaptation. The bearded guy says Usul when Kyle MacLachlan walks up to him (about 0:39) and then again later around 3:00.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld2DMsyy0go
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by TillyGalore » July 30th, 2009, 12:57 pm
DukeUsul wrote:TillyGalore wrote:DukeUsul wrote:So how many different pronunciations are there for DukeUsul?
In my brain, which I have already proven is on a different wavelength, I prounounce your name Duke-you-sul(like hull). Make sense? Am I close?
No, it's actually ooo-sul.
The name is taken from a character in Frank Herbert's Dune. If you want to hear it pronounced, here's a clip from the very horrible David Lynch (1984) film adaptation. The bearded guy says Usul when Kyle MacLachlan walks up to him (about 0:39) and then again later around 3:00.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld2DMsyy0go
Now I get it. I've never seen Dune, may have to now.
Does DukeUsul mean you fight the worms at Duke? ;) ;)
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by Lavabe » July 30th, 2009, 12:58 pm
DukeUsul wrote:I was way off on Lavabe. "La-vaybe" - glad you pointed out that it's "La-va-bay"
At least you didn't do La-va-bee. ;)
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by OZZIE4DUKE » July 30th, 2009, 1:01 pm
Lavabe wrote:DukeUsul wrote:I was way off on Lavabe. "La-vaybe" - glad you pointed out that it's "La-va-bay"
At least you didn't do La-va-bee. ;)
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by Lavabe » July 30th, 2009, 1:04 pm
YmoBeThere wrote:I agree...boo Braves.
Figures.
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by devildeac » July 30th, 2009, 2:19 pm
wilson wrote:devildeac wrote:
Claudell "Cocaine" Washington, one of my all-time, least favorite Braves.
How about Oddibe "Young Again" McDowell?
And don't forget Bruce "Eggs" Benedict, who I had little respect for as an MLB player and far less respect for as an NCAA MBB official.
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by devildeac » July 30th, 2009, 2:21 pm
Bostondevil wrote:wilson wrote:devildeac wrote:
Claudell "Cocaine" Washington, one of my all-time, least favorite Braves.
How about Oddibe "Young Again" McDowell?
I thought I was the only one that made that joke. He played for the Texas Rangers during my time in Dallas.
I'd bet it was originally a Chris Berman-ism.
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by CameronBornAndBred » July 30th, 2009, 2:22 pm
colchar wrote:
Actually, it is pronounced Call-in.
Not in Dixie it ain't.
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by devildeac » July 30th, 2009, 2:23 pm
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by Bostondevil » July 30th, 2009, 2:27 pm
I'll take the Bruins in 2010, thank you very much.
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by colchar » July 30th, 2009, 4:41 pm
CameronBornAndBred wrote:colchar wrote:
Actually, it is pronounced Call-in.
Not in Dixie it ain't.
Well everyone in Dixie is wrong then. Considering the fact that the name is Scottish, I'm pretty sure we know how to pronounce it. Damned Yankees can't ever speak proper English can they ;)
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by DukieInKansas » July 30th, 2009, 4:51 pm
colchar wrote:CameronBornAndBred wrote:colchar wrote:
Actually, it is pronounced Call-in.
Not in Dixie it ain't.
Well everyone in Dixie is wrong then. Considering the fact that the name is Scottish, I'm pretty sure we know how to pronounce it. Damned Yankees can't ever speak proper English can they ;)
I have to side with you for 2 reasons. First, and most importantly, it is your name and you know how it should be pronounced. Second, that is the most common way I have heard it pronounced.
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by DukieInKansas » July 30th, 2009, 4:52 pm
Pronounce looks funny as a word to me. Especially when you look at its counterpart - pronunciation.
Discuss.
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by Bostondevil » July 30th, 2009, 5:08 pm
Hey colchar, before you get all in a huff, remember North Carolina has Cape Fear and Albemarle Sound. There's a reason for that. (Mother's maiden name - Galloway)
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by wilson » July 30th, 2009, 7:46 pm
devildeac wrote:Bostondevil wrote:wilson wrote:
How about Oddibe "Young Again" McDowell?
I thought I was the only one that made that joke. He played for the Texas Rangers during my time in Dallas.
I'd bet it was originally a Chris Berman-ism.
Indeed, it was. Terry "The Pit and the" Pendleton is another favorite of mine.
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by wilson » July 30th, 2009, 7:50 pm
DukeUsul wrote:
No, it's actually ooo-sul.
The name is taken from a character in Frank Herbert's Dune. If you want to hear it pronounced, here's a clip from the very horrible David Lynch (1984) film adaptation. The bearded guy says Usul when Kyle MacLachlan walks up to him (about 0:39) and then again later around 3:00.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld2DMsyy0go
Its far older association is with regard to Islamic law. The term
usul ul fiqh refers to the fundamentals or origins of Islamic law (where "usul" refers to fundamentals and "fiqh" is law). I doubled in religion and history at Duke, and my undergrad advisor is a fairly renowned scholar of Islam, so this is what I always think of when I read your handle.
Does the notion of fundamentals or origins have anything to do with the Dune character (I've never read the book or seen the film)?
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by wilson » July 30th, 2009, 7:57 pm
I think I'll be pretty incommunicado for the weekend. I'm staying at Mom's tonight, and there's no wireless. Not sure about the hotel where we're staying for the wedding. Back on the boards Sunday night, though, and more research updates beginning next Wednesday.
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by devildeac » July 30th, 2009, 7:59 pm
devildeac wrote:Bostondevil wrote:wilson wrote:
I thought I was the only one that made that joke. He played for the Texas Rangers during my time in Dallas.
I'd bet it was originally a Chris Berman-ism.
Indeed, it was. Terry "The Pit and the" Pendleton is another favorite of mine.
I saw a 3-4 page list of them a couple years ago. Freakin' hilarious.
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by captmojo » July 30th, 2009, 8:01 pm
wilson wrote:I think I'll be pretty incommunicado for the weekend. I'm staying at Mom's tonight, and there's no wireless. Not sure about the hotel where we're staying for the wedding. Back on the boards Sunday night, though, and more research updates beginning next Wednesday.
I wish your area of study's time frame were just a bit later than the one you selected. A story might could be verified, concerning an ancestor of mine. Time for dinner now,(past time, truthfully) or I'd relate.
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