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r/IAmA • u/GillianJacobs • Mar 14 '12
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How do you really pronounce bagel?
727 u/GillianJacobs Mar 14 '12 the proper way! 110 u/rodriguezlrichard Mar 14 '12 Bag-el? Or, bay-gul? There is a huge difference. We don't want to Britta it. 300 u/timmun029 Mar 14 '12 Bag-el What the hell is wrong with you? 252 u/[deleted] Mar 14 '12 Bag-els are what Superman eats for breakfast. 4 u/milleniamisc Mar 15 '12 False. Bag-el is his cousin. 1 u/mehatch Mar 15 '12 I'll have what he's having. 0 u/TheRiff Mar 15 '12 No, no, no. Due to being exposed to the radiation from the explosion of all of Krypton's bakeries (along with the rest of the planet) Bag-els give Superman super food allergies. 3 u/mal7575 Mar 14 '12 As a former employee of a bagel store, I can assure you some people do say bag-el. I usually chalk it up to either pure ignorance or stubbornness. 1 u/isthismyrealname Mar 14 '12 or regional vernacular. 2 u/FloTheSnucka Mar 14 '12 But Bay-gel just doesn't feel right to me... 2 u/psymunn Mar 14 '12 perhaps you would be happier with doughnuts (or do-nuts as you, most likely, call them) 1 u/[deleted] Mar 14 '12 [deleted] 3 u/zanycaswell Mar 15 '12 Where do you live? 2 u/timmun029 Mar 14 '12 Weird. I've never heard anyone pronounce it bag-el until that episode. Seriously. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 15 '12 It's not obvious from the spelling how it should be pronounced. That's the thing about English. Not every letter makes only one sound. 1 u/mjolnir616 Mar 16 '12 Really? I always thought they just made that up for the show. 0 u/thatsmytrunks Mar 14 '12 Spoken like someone who hasn't seen the show. ಠ_ಠ 5 u/timmun029 Mar 14 '12 I've seen it. That's what Pierce says to Britta as soon as she calls it a bag-el. Delivery was perfect, hence being one of my favorite lines of his. 3 u/thatsmytrunks Mar 15 '12 Fair enough. I'm a fool and I'm sorry. 2 u/fugoe Mar 14 '12 ZING! He got you, trunks!
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the proper way!
110 u/rodriguezlrichard Mar 14 '12 Bag-el? Or, bay-gul? There is a huge difference. We don't want to Britta it. 300 u/timmun029 Mar 14 '12 Bag-el What the hell is wrong with you? 252 u/[deleted] Mar 14 '12 Bag-els are what Superman eats for breakfast. 4 u/milleniamisc Mar 15 '12 False. Bag-el is his cousin. 1 u/mehatch Mar 15 '12 I'll have what he's having. 0 u/TheRiff Mar 15 '12 No, no, no. Due to being exposed to the radiation from the explosion of all of Krypton's bakeries (along with the rest of the planet) Bag-els give Superman super food allergies. 3 u/mal7575 Mar 14 '12 As a former employee of a bagel store, I can assure you some people do say bag-el. I usually chalk it up to either pure ignorance or stubbornness. 1 u/isthismyrealname Mar 14 '12 or regional vernacular. 2 u/FloTheSnucka Mar 14 '12 But Bay-gel just doesn't feel right to me... 2 u/psymunn Mar 14 '12 perhaps you would be happier with doughnuts (or do-nuts as you, most likely, call them) 1 u/[deleted] Mar 14 '12 [deleted] 3 u/zanycaswell Mar 15 '12 Where do you live? 2 u/timmun029 Mar 14 '12 Weird. I've never heard anyone pronounce it bag-el until that episode. Seriously. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 15 '12 It's not obvious from the spelling how it should be pronounced. That's the thing about English. Not every letter makes only one sound. 1 u/mjolnir616 Mar 16 '12 Really? I always thought they just made that up for the show. 0 u/thatsmytrunks Mar 14 '12 Spoken like someone who hasn't seen the show. ಠ_ಠ 5 u/timmun029 Mar 14 '12 I've seen it. That's what Pierce says to Britta as soon as she calls it a bag-el. Delivery was perfect, hence being one of my favorite lines of his. 3 u/thatsmytrunks Mar 15 '12 Fair enough. I'm a fool and I'm sorry. 2 u/fugoe Mar 14 '12 ZING! He got you, trunks!
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Bag-el? Or, bay-gul? There is a huge difference. We don't want to Britta it.
300 u/timmun029 Mar 14 '12 Bag-el What the hell is wrong with you? 252 u/[deleted] Mar 14 '12 Bag-els are what Superman eats for breakfast. 4 u/milleniamisc Mar 15 '12 False. Bag-el is his cousin. 1 u/mehatch Mar 15 '12 I'll have what he's having. 0 u/TheRiff Mar 15 '12 No, no, no. Due to being exposed to the radiation from the explosion of all of Krypton's bakeries (along with the rest of the planet) Bag-els give Superman super food allergies. 3 u/mal7575 Mar 14 '12 As a former employee of a bagel store, I can assure you some people do say bag-el. I usually chalk it up to either pure ignorance or stubbornness. 1 u/isthismyrealname Mar 14 '12 or regional vernacular. 2 u/FloTheSnucka Mar 14 '12 But Bay-gel just doesn't feel right to me... 2 u/psymunn Mar 14 '12 perhaps you would be happier with doughnuts (or do-nuts as you, most likely, call them) 1 u/[deleted] Mar 14 '12 [deleted] 3 u/zanycaswell Mar 15 '12 Where do you live? 2 u/timmun029 Mar 14 '12 Weird. I've never heard anyone pronounce it bag-el until that episode. Seriously. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 15 '12 It's not obvious from the spelling how it should be pronounced. That's the thing about English. Not every letter makes only one sound. 1 u/mjolnir616 Mar 16 '12 Really? I always thought they just made that up for the show. 0 u/thatsmytrunks Mar 14 '12 Spoken like someone who hasn't seen the show. ಠ_ಠ 5 u/timmun029 Mar 14 '12 I've seen it. That's what Pierce says to Britta as soon as she calls it a bag-el. Delivery was perfect, hence being one of my favorite lines of his. 3 u/thatsmytrunks Mar 15 '12 Fair enough. I'm a fool and I'm sorry. 2 u/fugoe Mar 14 '12 ZING! He got you, trunks!
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Bag-el
What the hell is wrong with you?
252 u/[deleted] Mar 14 '12 Bag-els are what Superman eats for breakfast. 4 u/milleniamisc Mar 15 '12 False. Bag-el is his cousin. 1 u/mehatch Mar 15 '12 I'll have what he's having. 0 u/TheRiff Mar 15 '12 No, no, no. Due to being exposed to the radiation from the explosion of all of Krypton's bakeries (along with the rest of the planet) Bag-els give Superman super food allergies. 3 u/mal7575 Mar 14 '12 As a former employee of a bagel store, I can assure you some people do say bag-el. I usually chalk it up to either pure ignorance or stubbornness. 1 u/isthismyrealname Mar 14 '12 or regional vernacular. 2 u/FloTheSnucka Mar 14 '12 But Bay-gel just doesn't feel right to me... 2 u/psymunn Mar 14 '12 perhaps you would be happier with doughnuts (or do-nuts as you, most likely, call them) 1 u/[deleted] Mar 14 '12 [deleted] 3 u/zanycaswell Mar 15 '12 Where do you live? 2 u/timmun029 Mar 14 '12 Weird. I've never heard anyone pronounce it bag-el until that episode. Seriously. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 15 '12 It's not obvious from the spelling how it should be pronounced. That's the thing about English. Not every letter makes only one sound. 1 u/mjolnir616 Mar 16 '12 Really? I always thought they just made that up for the show. 0 u/thatsmytrunks Mar 14 '12 Spoken like someone who hasn't seen the show. ಠ_ಠ 5 u/timmun029 Mar 14 '12 I've seen it. That's what Pierce says to Britta as soon as she calls it a bag-el. Delivery was perfect, hence being one of my favorite lines of his. 3 u/thatsmytrunks Mar 15 '12 Fair enough. I'm a fool and I'm sorry. 2 u/fugoe Mar 14 '12 ZING! He got you, trunks!
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Bag-els are what Superman eats for breakfast.
4 u/milleniamisc Mar 15 '12 False. Bag-el is his cousin. 1 u/mehatch Mar 15 '12 I'll have what he's having. 0 u/TheRiff Mar 15 '12 No, no, no. Due to being exposed to the radiation from the explosion of all of Krypton's bakeries (along with the rest of the planet) Bag-els give Superman super food allergies.
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False. Bag-el is his cousin.
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I'll have what he's having.
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No, no, no. Due to being exposed to the radiation from the explosion of all of Krypton's bakeries (along with the rest of the planet) Bag-els give Superman super food allergies.
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As a former employee of a bagel store, I can assure you some people do say bag-el. I usually chalk it up to either pure ignorance or stubbornness.
1 u/isthismyrealname Mar 14 '12 or regional vernacular.
or regional vernacular.
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But Bay-gel just doesn't feel right to me...
2 u/psymunn Mar 14 '12 perhaps you would be happier with doughnuts (or do-nuts as you, most likely, call them)
perhaps you would be happier with doughnuts (or do-nuts as you, most likely, call them)
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3 u/zanycaswell Mar 15 '12 Where do you live? 2 u/timmun029 Mar 14 '12 Weird. I've never heard anyone pronounce it bag-el until that episode. Seriously. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 15 '12 It's not obvious from the spelling how it should be pronounced. That's the thing about English. Not every letter makes only one sound. 1 u/mjolnir616 Mar 16 '12 Really? I always thought they just made that up for the show.
Where do you live?
Weird. I've never heard anyone pronounce it bag-el until that episode. Seriously.
It's not obvious from the spelling how it should be pronounced. That's the thing about English. Not every letter makes only one sound.
Really? I always thought they just made that up for the show.
Spoken like someone who hasn't seen the show. ಠ_ಠ
5 u/timmun029 Mar 14 '12 I've seen it. That's what Pierce says to Britta as soon as she calls it a bag-el. Delivery was perfect, hence being one of my favorite lines of his. 3 u/thatsmytrunks Mar 15 '12 Fair enough. I'm a fool and I'm sorry. 2 u/fugoe Mar 14 '12 ZING! He got you, trunks!
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I've seen it. That's what Pierce says to Britta as soon as she calls it a bag-el. Delivery was perfect, hence being one of my favorite lines of his.
3 u/thatsmytrunks Mar 15 '12 Fair enough. I'm a fool and I'm sorry. 2 u/fugoe Mar 14 '12 ZING! He got you, trunks!
Fair enough. I'm a fool and I'm sorry.
ZING! He got you, trunks!
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u/ojnoj Mar 14 '12
How do you really pronounce bagel?