Made me think of the closing credits song. Lets call the whole thing off! Related to that song, I know British, South African, and Australian people, all of whom pronounce the word tomato with a short A sound as in car (henceforth written as tomahto), whereas Americans pronounce it with the long A sound as in bay (henceforth written as tomayto.) So that fits with the lines in that song, You say tomayto, and I say tomahto. But the next line in the song always confused me. You say potayto, and I say potahto. None of the other-than-American English speakers I know pronounce the name of the pictured root vegetable with an ah sound. So for a South African friend of mine, tomato and potato dont rhyme. Why is that? Are there any English speakers who DO say potahto? I know the (Castilian) Spanish pronunciation is similar to that - patata, pronounced pah-tah-tah (whereas the Latin American Spanish word for the vegetable is papa). And I guess the Spanish were the first Europeans to eat this vegetable, having brought it from their colonies in Peru. Can anybody help? Finally, a wise man once said, Whats the difference between knowledge and wisdom? Knowledge is knowing the tomato is a fruit, while wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 03:25:29 +0000
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