Petition to get one of this forum's venerable users to change their moniker.

[suchmoon]

Replies to this thread, whether for or against the idea, constitutes a yea.

That's ridiculous, nobody is gonna fall for that.

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[o_e_l_e_o]

Here's one pertaining to the uniqueness of the English language. There is ONLY one word in the English language that when it's a proper noun, both have different pronunciations in spite of being spelled exactly the same excepting that the first letter of the proper noun one is capitalized (hence a proper noun).

Looks like nobody figure out the word yet, eh? Here's a hint: 420.

I can think of three, but none of them relate to 420...

Polish/polish
Nice/nice (City in France)
Reading/reading (City in England)

[jackg]

Here's one pertaining to the uniqueness of the English language. There is ONLY one word in the English language that when it's a proper noun, both have different pronunciations in spite of being spelled exactly the same excepting that the first letter of the proper noun one is capitalized (hence a proper noun).

Looks like nobody figure out the word yet, eh? Here's a hint: 420.

I can think of three, but none of them relate to 420...

Polish/polish
Nice/nice (City in France)
Reading/reading (City in England)

It was probably the polish/Polish he was thinking of. I thought there were a few yesterday (there's probably more than those three).

[o_e_l_e_o]

Ahh, I think he must mean Herb (as in short for Herbert) and the American pronunciation of herb.

Still, definitely not the only one.

[Gleb Gamow]

Here's one pertaining to the uniqueness of the English language. There is ONLY one word in the English language that when it's a proper noun, both have different pronunciations in spite of being spelled exactly the same excepting that the first letter of the proper noun one is capitalized (hence a proper noun).

Looks like nobody figure out the word yet, eh? Here's a hint: 420.

I can think of three, but none of them relate to 420...

Polish/polish
Nice/nice (City in France)
Reading/reading (City in England)

It was probably the polish/Polish he was thinking of. I thought there were a few yesterday (there's probably more than those three).

No, not that.

Ahh, I think he must mean Herb (as in short for Herbert) and the American pronunciation of herb.

Still, definitely not the only one.

Bingo! And yes it's the only one.

[o_e_l_e_o]

Bingo! And yes it's the only one.

What about the other 3 examples I gave...?

[Gleb Gamow]

Bingo! And yes it's the only one.

What about the other 3 examples I gave...?

Oops! I'll give you Polish/polish. Are both Reading/reading and Nice/nice really pronounced differently?

[o_e_l_e_o]

Reading the city is pronounced Red-ing, and Nice as in nephew and niece.

[jackg]

Bingo! And yes it's the only one.

What about the other 3 examples I gave...?

Oops! I'll give you Polish/polish. Are both Reading/reading and Nice/nice really pronounced differently?

I'm not entirely sure Nice (with the capital) is a word in English it looks more French or something to me.

And Reading, as above is pronounced redding as o_e_l_e_o states.

[o_e_l_e_o]

I'm not entirely sure Nice (with the capital) is a word in English it looks more French or something to me.

Oh yeah, my bad. It's a French city with a French name, so that one doesn't count.

[jackg]

I'm not entirely sure Nice (with the capital) is a word in English it looks more French or something to me.

Oh yeah, my bad. It's a French city with a French name, so that one doesn't count.

Yes.
@gleb, what's the thing with herb and Herb, how are they each pronounced?

[o_e_l_e_o]

what's the thing with herb and Herb, how are they each pronounced?

Americans don't pronounce the "h", so they say "erb". This is more true to the original French pronunciation.

[Mpamaegbu]

I had assumed everyone knew what a thermos was  

Yeah, it means thermostat. But the BTT admin has a "Y" to his.

Well, it's a common practice here and majority of members also have their names as improper nouns. Its not yet time to crucify them. Perhaps we should wait to see what the Trump-Kim summit gives before making our judgment. 

[ibminer]

I googled... and found some Capitonyms with different pronunciations.

[suchmoon]

Perhaps we should wait to see what the Trump-Kim summit gives before making our judgment.

I doubt this topic was on their agenda unless some White House intern misspelled "theymonuclear weapons".

[o_e_l_e_o]

I googled... and found some Capitonyms with different pronunciations.

There are dozens of them... DOZENS!