Is it neat? No it is not.
Is it neat? No it is not.
(OP)
ca·ve·at
Someone applied this word in a thread on an eng-tips forum. At the time it made me feel a bit ignorant not knowing what it really meant but the context seemed to help a lot and I thought, "oh -- that's a cute word but don't know if I would ever use it because it sounds just a little too cutesy for me." Or more likely just too lazy to look it up (sorry for the "up" jimbo just could'na help myself).
When I read it, my feeble mind pronounced it to ryme with neet (as in neat). Today at work, we had a presentation from some bank people about direct deposit and during the presentation, the word caveat was used but pronounced correctly. The last syllable rymed with "not" (as in ca-ve-ott). I thought, oh -- that sounds much more robust and meaty than caveet. It just kind of rolls off the tongue --eh?
so anyhow get prepared to become deluged with overuse of this word by politicians, newfolks, ad-infinitum, ad-naseaueum. Not knocking the person who used it on 'tips. It actually seemed quite fitting and intellectual at the time. Now don't you dare overuse hereabouts!
Someone applied this word in a thread on an eng-tips forum. At the time it made me feel a bit ignorant not knowing what it really meant but the context seemed to help a lot and I thought, "oh -- that's a cute word but don't know if I would ever use it because it sounds just a little too cutesy for me." Or more likely just too lazy to look it up (sorry for the "up" jimbo just could'na help myself).
When I read it, my feeble mind pronounced it to ryme with neet (as in neat). Today at work, we had a presentation from some bank people about direct deposit and during the presentation, the word caveat was used but pronounced correctly. The last syllable rymed with "not" (as in ca-ve-ott). I thought, oh -- that sounds much more robust and meaty than caveet. It just kind of rolls off the tongue --eh?
so anyhow get prepared to become deluged with overuse of this word by politicians, newfolks, ad-infinitum, ad-naseaueum. Not knocking the person who used it on 'tips. It actually seemed quite fitting and intellectual at the time. Now don't you dare overuse hereabouts!





RE: Is it neat? No it is not.
I believe the correct pronunciation is "kav-ee-at", rather than "kav-ee-ot".
(I won't get into an argument about whether it is "kav-ee-at", "ka-vee-at", or "kay-vee-at". However, I am 100% confident that it is NOT pronounced "ka-vee-are", which is a different bowl of fish eggs altogether!)
RE: Is it neat? No it is not.
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RE: Is it neat? No it is not.
Chris
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RE: Is it neat? No it is not.
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RE: Is it neat? No it is not.
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RE: Is it neat? No it is not.
I hear "kav-ee-art" (or Caviar with a t). I have not included the written accents as it is too much trouble to rummage through the Process TGML plus I do not understand them anyway.
My sons name is David, but when I (& especially my wife) speak his name, others around us (Canadian or American) hear it as Dye-vid. Similarly when Canadians or Americans say the name Craig, we hear, Kreg.
So I guess the Caveat here is, it depends on what the listeners ear is attuned to, which dictates the interpretation of what is actually heard.
RE: Is it neat? No it is not.
RE: Is it neat? No it is not.
When I was a kid, I heard my dad refer to the colour "karky". I was puzzled when I finally learned it was spelled "khaki", and I heard people pronounce it "kakky".
My dad was in the Canadian army in the late forties and early fifties. I finally realized that he must have heard all sorts of expatriate Brits pronounce it "kokky", and he just assumed they were dropping that "r".
JHG
RE: Is it neat? No it is not.
RE: Is it neat? No it is not.
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Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
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