Teen, Tyne or Tinian???

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DavidJames

11-12-2009

Originally Posted by Strictly_Irish:
“It's TEEN. I always thought it was an English thing to say TINE.”

Everyone in the AT world says "Tyne"

Originally Posted by RichmondBlue:
“Play safe and impress people..call it a"Tango Argentino". ”

No, that'll just make you sound pretentious

DavidJames

11-12-2009

Originally Posted by SeasideLady:
“Argentina = Argenteen Tango. Vincent and Flavia always pronounce it like that.”

A/ No, they don't.
B/ They'd be wrong if they did.

Lorelei Lee

11-12-2009

Vincent always says 'ArgenTIN' because of his accent anyway

woo1

11-12-2009

I have always said argentine as in tyne - before I had even heard of the dance - when just using it to describe something from Argentina. Someone from Argentina is argentinian - Ossy Ardiles springs to mind? I think in olden times the country/area was referred to as the Argentine (as in tyne)?

zankoku87

11-12-2009

Originally Posted by woo1:
“I have always said argentine as in tyne - before I had even heard of the dance - when just using it to describe something from Argentina. Someone from Argentina is argentinian - Ossy Ardiles springs to mind? I think in olden times the country/area was referred to as the Argentine (as in tyne)?”

You're right - it was.

SheShe

11-12-2009

Yes, Agatha Christie's character Hercule Poirot always says his friend Hastings has returned from 'the Argentine' (tyne!)

woo1

11-12-2009

Originally Posted by zankoku87:
“You're right - it was. ”

Originally Posted by SheShe:
“Yes, Agatha Christie's character Hercule Poirot always says his friend Hastings has returned from 'the Argentine' (tyne!)”

Ah ha - memory good for some things then.. I also remember that my dad persisted in calling the country Argentinia and the people Argentynians - words that came up a lot in the early 80s!

looby383x

11-12-2009

Originally Posted by RichmondBlue:
“Play safe and impress people..call it a"Tango Argentino". ”

Ah yes, but then you would have to pronounce the g as a kind of h, which then just adds to the confusion !

soapgirlhere

11-12-2009

I've always wondered the same thing. I call it all 3.

SheShe

11-12-2009

All three pronunciations again on ITT tonight!

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