Re: the pronunciation of a certain fruity drink...
Jul 29th, 2003, 04:41 PM
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Re: the pronunciation of a certain fruity drink...
Okay, I've been thinking about this...and I need to know what the consensus is among my fellow Fodorites....in your travels, when you order one, do you order a strawberry DACK-erie, or a strawberry DIKE-erie? My mother says the latter and it drives me batty. Okay, everyone weigh in...
Jul 29th, 2003, 04:55 PM
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I was about to only the former is acceptable, but I decided to check Websters. Officially, both pronunciations are correct, but I have never heard it pronounced as the latter.
And while we're at it, a daiquiri is technically rum, lime juice, and sugar.
And while we're at it, a daiquiri is technically rum, lime juice, and sugar.
Jul 29th, 2003, 04:57 PM
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This guy agrees with your mom:
http://www.bartleby.com/61/80/D0008000.html
Considering that it's named for a town in Cuba, the Spanish pronunciation of the vowels makes sense.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/80/D0008000.html
Considering that it's named for a town in Cuba, the Spanish pronunciation of the vowels makes sense.
Jul 29th, 2003, 04:59 PM
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Puddy, are you serious? DIKE-erie is also correct? God, I hate it when my mother is right. But, I have only heard her plus like one other person in my lifetime pronounce it that way. Hey, thanks for checking Webster's for us. I didn't have one handy...
Jul 29th, 2003, 05:03 PM
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I too live on the East Coast and have never heard it called a DIKE-eri.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=daiquiri
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=daiquiri
Jul 29th, 2003, 05:10 PM
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puddin, if you're online, you have acces to tons of dictionaries, listed helpfully by Yahoo:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Dictionaries/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Dictionaries/
Jul 29th, 2003, 05:33 PM
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Just to be helpful - and because I also could not believe that anyone on any coast says "dike-erie" - I looked it up in the amazing, huge Random House Unabridged Dictionary. Not only is "dike -erie" there, it is the preferred pronunciation! I too had only heard "dack-erie," over many years, in many East coast cities, and with a son who has tended bar. Goes to show, some Mom's (though not this one) are always right!
