Monday Morning Quiz
How do you pronounce:
– Root Beer? Is the accent on “root” or “beer?”
– Hong Kong? Is the accent on “Hong” or “Kong?”
– Coupon? Is it “que-pon” on “coo-pon?”
– Crayon? Is it “cran” or “cray-on?”
BONUS: That thing you put on your pillow to keep it from getting dirty. . .is it a pillowcase or a pillow sheet?
EXTRA DOUBLE BONUS: That kitchen/cooking supply store, is it Williams-Sonoma or Williams and Sonoma?
Depends, and I’m not really sure why.
Hong KONG
que-pon
cray-on
pillowcase
Williams-Sonoma (well, actually, WilliamSonoma)
oh man I HATE COO PON. uuugh.
ROOT beer
Hong Kong – equal emphasis
que-pon
cray-on – people call it a cran?
pillowcase
“That kitchen/cooking supply store, is it Williams-Sonoma or Williams and Sonoma?”
NO IDEA. It doesn’t exist in Canada 😉
Root
Hong
Cue-pon
Crayon (and I find cren and cran MUCH more detestable than crown)
pillowcase- Who the heck says pillow sheet? That’s absurd.
Williams-Sonoma
I generally hate discussion like these. Why am I participating?
ROOT beer
HONG Kong
que-pon
cray-on
pillow case
williams-sonoma
Sorry, that was my deleted comment. I posted a correction to my original comment – only to add a couple more errors. (Blame it on a lousy summer cold.)
Nevada – Neh vad (rhymes with cad, short a) duh
root
hong
que-pon
cray-on
Williams-Sonoma
pillowcase
I have never heard of a pillow sheet!
ha..Philip and I walked past a Williams-Sonoma in Phoenix on Friday and I said, “Man, it bugs me when people call it Williams and Sonoma.”
I may as well give everyone the right answers, since I’m here:
ROOT beer,
HONG Kong
Coo-pon
Cray-on
Pillowcase
Williams AND Sonoma.
I’m suprised how many people got it wrong.
Soda, that of which I can not have
HONG Kong
coo-pon
Cran
pillowcase (what’s a pillow sheet?_
And, Williams-Sonoma. Also called the place where my paycheck goes to live.
Just discovered your blog. Fantastic.
ROOT beer
Hong KONG
COO-pon
CRAY-on
pillowcase
William (no S) Sonoma
Take my answers with a pich of salt though – I’m South African and my pronunciation is much closer to British English than Americanese
Well, I’m from Texas, so most of my answers were not given as options.
Ahem.
Ruit beer.
Hawng Kawng.
cue-pawn.
pilla-case.
and last, but not least,
cray-an.
Ok, so it’s Tuesday afternoon.
ROOT beer
HONG Kong
que-pon
Cray-on
pillowcase (but also Lizzy’s pilla case)
and
Williams-Sonoma