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Originally Posted by toejam
I bet you can't make yourself say "tomahto", just as I can't say "tomayto" (except to dumb waiters/waitresses).  |
Bet you say "Pa-tah-to" too. Might as well just call the whole thing off.
Christopher Walken during one of his SNL hosting stints sang that song. However, he pronounced potato and tomato the same way both times, ie "You say ta-MAY-to, I say ta-MAY-to....". One of the cast came up and explained he was doing it wrong, he needed to pronounce it "ta-MAH-to" and "pa-TAH-to".
He was mad, but relented, and then sang "you say ta-MAH-to, I say ta-MAH-to......:
-Richard