skej21 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Epiphone (Ep-ih-fone) NOT Epiphone (Epiphany)! Gibson (Gib-sun) NOT Gibson (Jib-sun) Squier (Sk-wire) NOT Squier (Swk-ear) The list of mispronounced brand names is endless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 [quote name='skej21' timestamp='1385671916' post='2291072'] The list of mispronounced brand names is endless! [/quote] Yes, and on BassChat, it is what annoys me most by far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goingdownslow Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 [quote name='superclive' timestamp='1385659300' post='2290835'] The meaning of cheap has changed. Cheap used to mean shoddy. It basically means it would still be crap at half the price not that it would be inexpensive at half the price. People use the saying wrongly. [/quote] Ahh, I've always wondered about that one, now at last I understand. People who say/write "brought" when they mean bought cracks me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 [quote name='superclive' timestamp='1385659300' post='2290835'] The meaning of cheap has changed. Cheap used to mean shoddy. It basically means it would still be crap at half the price not that it would be inexpensive at half the price. People use the saying wrongly. [/quote] Ahhhh, that makes sense now, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 [quote name='skej21' timestamp='1385671916' post='2291072'] Epiphone (Ep-ih-fone) NOT Epiphone (Epiphany)! Gibson (Gib-sun) NOT Gibson (Jib-sun) Squier (Sk-wire) NOT Squier (Swk-ear) The list of mispronounced brand names is endless! [/quote] It's just a matter of emfass-iss. (Not bass-related, but my all-time favourite is Kawass-aki ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I fitted a George Foreman Grille to my amp and lost all the fatness from it's tone. BTW - The word cheap is also an old English noun meaning a market place. This survives in place names such as "Cheapside" or even "Chipping Sodbury". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 In USA - 'bridge' and in UK - 'middle eight'. So how do you get on when a tune has a middle eight [i]and [/i]a bridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 [quote name='bassace' timestamp='1385741769' post='2291765'] In USA - 'bridge' and in UK - 'middle eight'. So how do you get on when a tune has a middle eight [i]and [/i]a bridge? [/quote] I prefer bridge... Couldn't imagine James Brown proclaiming 'take 'em to the middle eight!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Oh dear, is this how it gets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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