Random Thoughts V

[stormchaser2014]

Hey 00, my mom made 8 lbs of barbecue for the party, and everyone called it barbecue

 

[00clone]

???

I've never heard it pronounced any other way when talking about the town...

Yes, the town is pretty clear (ne-vay-da), but it's different from the state, and the state I've heard it with a hard A (like the a in catch) and a soft A (like caught).

I guess what I'm saying is I can expect a non-local to look at that word and 'know how to pronounce it', but would expect them to look at Ankeny and not be sure.

 

[00clone]

Hey 00, my mom made 8 lbs of barbecue for the party, and everyone called it barbecue

Just because the entire state of Wisconsin is wrong, that doesn't make it right.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Yes, the town is pretty clear (ne-vay-da), but it's different from the state, and the state I've heard it with a hard A (like the a in catch) and a soft A (like caught).

I guess what I'm saying is I can expect a non-local to look at that word and 'know how to pronounce it', but would expect them to look at Ankeny and not be sure.

Okay...I'm following you now.

 

[wxman1]

I would also say a significant number of people here on the east side have no clue Iowa has towns like Nevada and Madrid. Thus they pronounce it like the state and Spain city.

 

[00clone]

Okay...I'm following you now.

Yeah, it was kind of a clunker of an explanation at first...splitting my attention before.

:wink:

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I would also say a significant number of people here on the east side have no clue Iowa has towns like Nevada and Madrid. Thus they pronounce it like the state and Spain city.

Ahhhhh...but my FAVORITE has to be Peru...pronounced PEErooo

 

[BoxsterCy]

I think I have proof that I have totally lost interest in ISU football. Just got in from watering my reseeded lawn.

:smile:

 

[stormchaser2014]

In before fire Rhoads

 

[BoxsterCy]

**** sports, I'm going to Home Depot and buy some stuff.

 

[cowgirl836]

I think I have proof that I have totally lost interest in ISU football. Just got in from watering my reseeded lawn.

:smile:

I spent time at HD today too! And we worked on reseeding. I came in at the end to start dinner but I wouldn't have been watching had the race been on network. Lol us.


Volleyball got a solid win today, so that's great.

 

[cstrunk]

In KC. Couldn't watch any of the game on TV. We lost. Now I have to suffer through a Nebraska gamewatch.

 

[isulive2train]

Meltdown happening.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

GO STATE! She actually had to leave at half because she needed to go do reading before the ND game. And she's attractive, but right now I just hope we become really good friends because she's really cool.

Know what's even better than being good friends with a hot and really cool chick? DATING a hot and really cool chick.

 

[cstrunk]

There are 25 tv screens here. 24 are playing the Nebraska game. And it's not like they are spread out either. For **** sake, put a couple others on other games.

 

[isulive2train]

There are 25 tv screens here. 24 are playing the Nebraska game. And it's not like they are spread out either. For **** sake, put a couple others on other games.

That would make the day even worse.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

PapaLew & I were talking about it. It's not so much that we LOST. It's that the score was tied at 17 with four minutes left in the game. 31-17 just BITES!

 

[00clone]

PapaLew & I were talking about it. It's not so much that we LOST. It's that the score was tied at 17 with four minutes left in the game. 31-17 just BITES!

Shouldn't have been that close. fuggin anemic offense again. Like a flip-flop of last week's game. Apparently we can get one decent half out of this offense, the other half will suck balls.

*edit: Shouldn't have been that close at 4 mins left. I think the final score is pretty close to how the game played.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

PapaLew & I were talking about it. It's not so much that we LOST. It's that the score was tied at 17 with four minutes left in the game. 31-17 just BITES!

It was 24-17. That last touchdown was a tack on at the end. And I was actually ok giving up the touchdown to make it 24-17. I'd much rather have two and a half minutes to tie it up than have Iowa run the clock down to 4 seconds and then kick a 22 yard field goal to end it.

It is what it is. And what it is is zero run game from Iowa State.

 

[00clone]

It was 24-17. That last touchdown was a tack on at the end. And I was actually ok giving up the touchdown to make it 24-17. I'd much rather have two and a half minutes to tie it up than have Iowa run the clock down to 4 seconds and then kick a 22 yard field goal to end it.

It is what it is. And what it is is zero run game from Iowa State.

And where the hell were the rest of the receivers in the second half? It was like it was all Lazard, all the time.