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Wig of Doom · 09-07-2005, 05:22 PM

Nice column, Steven. It's "Biloxi", not "Buloxi", though (unless that misprint was intentional).

Jeez, another case of Jimmy Carter's prescience. Someday they're going to look back and say, "What did they have against that guy?"

badMike · 09-07-2005, 06:09 PM

I've noticed that most news people have been pronouncing it "Buloxi." I know it's spelled with an "i," but just about everyone I heard has been saying it like it should be a "u."

Is this like when New Yorkers pronounce Houston as "House-ton"?

Inkthinker · 09-08-2005, 05:04 AM

I liked the Step-By-Step as well... well-written, clear and concise description of the real requirements of the job. Design is indeed the most important, and I think often most ignored, element of illustration in general, and sequential storytelling is an exponentially more difficult juggling act than merely illustrating.

Thanks for the Sergio Leone tip as well. I haven't seen that particular film, but I'm a big fan of both his Westerns and Kurosawa's films (I think Kurosawa was also a pretty visual director).

mjm1231 · 09-08-2005, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by badMike

Is this like when New Yorkers pronounce Houston as "House-ton"?

I've lived here all my life and never heard anything other than Yoo-ston.

badMike · 09-08-2005, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by mjm1231

I've lived here all my life and never heard anything other than Yoo-ston.

New Yorkers pronounce "Houston St." as Yoo-ston?

bartl · 09-08-2005, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by mjm1231

I've lived here all my life and never heard anything other than Yoo-ston.

A tourist, walking down Houston Street in New York, is curious as to how the name of the street is pronounced. So he decides to ask somebody. First, he goes up to a black man, and asks, "How do you pronounce the name of this street?"

"How-ston Street", replies the black man.

Deciding to get a consensus, the tourist then goes to an Hispanic man, and asks, "How do you pronounce the name of this street?"

"Yoo-ston Street", replies the Hispanic man.

Figuring that 2 out of 3 will get the right answer, the tourist approaches a Jewish man, and asks, "How do you pronounce the name of this street?", to which the Jewish man replies,

"Where do you want to go?"

badMike · 09-08-2005, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by bartl

"Where do you want to go?"

While I appreciate the joke (really, I smiled), in the three years I lived in NYC, I never heard anyone pronounce it "Yoo-ston St." without being automatically corrected by someone nearby.

**Steven Grant** · 09-08-2005, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by badMike

New Yorkers pronounce "Houston St." as Yoo-ston?

New Yorkers pronounce Houston St. "House-ton." They pronounce Houston TX "Hugh-ston." There's a good reason for this. Houston St. is pronounced "House-ton" because it's named after a man named "House-ton." Houston TX is pronounced "Hugh-ston" because it's named after Sam "Hugh-ston." If Houston St. in NY were named after Sam Houston, you'd have a point, but it isn't.

You can't get on New Yorkers for that one, even though it may not immediately make sense to people unfamiliar with New York.

badMike · 09-08-2005, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Steven Grant

You can't get on New Yorkers for that one, even though it may not immediately make sense to people unfamiliar with New York.

I lived in NYC for a few years. Nobody I ever asked knew why the street was pronounced differently, it was just assumed it was a weird New Yorker thing to do. What someone needs to do is find out why this Mr. "House-ton" thought he was so special he had to pronounce his own name differently than Sam "Hugh-ston." As a graduate of the Sam Houston Institute of Technology, I'm seriously offended by this ingrate New Yorker Mr. "House-ton."

Gingold · 09-08-2005, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by badMike

I lived in NYC for a few years. Nobody I ever asked knew why the street was pronounced differently, it was just assumed it was a weird New Yorker thing to do. What someone needs to do is find out why this Mr. "House-ton" thought he was so special he had to pronounce his own name differently than Sam "Hugh-ston." As a graduate of the Sam Houston Institute of Technology, I'm seriously offended by this ingrate New Yorker Mr. "House-ton."

Well at least his prononciation was phonetic. Whoever got "Hugh" out of
"Hou" anyway? Same darned people who clip "cue-pons" no doubt.

**Steven Grant** · 09-08-2005, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by badMike

I lived in NYC for a few years. Nobody I ever asked knew why the street was pronounced differently, it was just assumed it was a weird New Yorker thing to do. What someone needs to do is find out why this Mr. "House-ton" thought he was so special he had to pronounce his own name differently than Sam "Hugh-ston." As a graduate of the Sam Houston Institute of Technology, I'm seriously offended by this ingrate New Yorker Mr. "House-ton."

I believe he predated Sam by a century or more...

NatGertler · 09-08-2005, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Gingold

Same darned people who clip "cue-pons" no doubt.

...who are preumably the same people who pronounce "you" "yew".

Gingold · 09-09-2005, 05:41 AM

No, no,no. See....It's not "ou" sounding like "oo" that's odd, it's making it sound like "yoo". ("you" has the y in it already) If Houston was pronounced Hooston, I'd be on board. Not that I was particulary serious about it anyway...

dancj · 09-09-2005, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by bartl

"Where do you want to go?"

Do you have to know New York or be American to get this joke? I completely didn't get it :(

mjm1231 · 09-09-2005, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by badMike

New Yorkers pronounce "Houston St." as Yoo-ston?

Forgot about the street. Houston TX and Houston St. are two different things. New Yorkers also pronounce polish (as in furniture) and polish (as in sausage) differently. We're funny that way.

09-07-2005, 05:22 PM	#1
Wig of Doom New Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 47	Today's column Nice column, Steven. It's "Biloxi", not "Buloxi", though (unless that misprint was intentional). Jeez, another case of Jimmy Carter's prescience. Someday they're going to look back and say, "What did they have against that guy?"

09-08-2005, 05:04 AM	#3
Inkthinker Animation & Illustration Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 2,154	I liked the Step-By-Step as well... well-written, clear and concise description of the real requirements of the job. Design is indeed the most important, and I think often most ignored, element of illustration in general, and sequential storytelling is an exponentially more difficult juggling act than merely illustrating. Thanks for the Sergio Leone tip as well. I haven't seen that particular film, but I'm a big fan of both his Westerns and Kurosawa's films (I think Kurosawa was also a pretty visual director). __________________ "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read"- Groucho Marx Inkthinker.DeviantArt Humouring The Fates, Inc.

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09-07-2005, 06:09 PM	#2
badMike Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Hollywood, CA -- Entertainment Capital of the World! Posts: 560	I've noticed that most news people have been pronouncing it "Buloxi." I know it's spelled with an "i," but just about everyone I heard has been saying it like it should be a "u." Is this like when New Yorkers pronounce Houston as "House-ton"?

09-09-2005, 05:41 AM	#13
Gingold Veteran Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 6,469	No, no,no. See....It's not "ou" sounding like "oo" that's odd, it's making it sound like "yoo". ("you" has the y in it already) If Houston was pronounced Hooston, I'd be on board. Not that I was particulary serious about it anyway...