NWR: How do you pronounce General Tso?

LuvMyAlfonse Posted: Jul 18, 2007 11:26 AM

NWR: How do you pronounce General Tso?

Is it General SO or General DOW or something else?

I pronounce it General So....

Yes, we're ordering chinese food b/c they'll deliver in anything!

angl2001 Posted: Jul 18, 2007 11:28 AM

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general SO

KitWisdom Posted: Jul 18, 2007 11:32 AM

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Yeah, I’ve always pronounced it General SO too.

dancinmyazoff Posted: Jul 18, 2007 11:33 AM

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Posted by LuvMyAlfonse

Is it General SO or General DOW or something else?

I pronounce it General So....

Yes, we're ordering chinese food b/c they'll deliver in anything!

I think it's 'so'...but anyway that's what I'm ordering also, I said to my coworkers the exact same reasoning

AMGBride2008 Posted: Jul 18, 2007 11:38 AM

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I say General Sow (like 'ow' when you hurt yourself, only with an 'S' in front)

rdaw Posted: Jul 18, 2007 11:42 AM

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i love wikipedia:

'It's correctly pronounced 'General SO'. Actually, there's two ways to pronounce it. That is the accepted American pronunciation. In Chinese, the TS are treated as one letter. The T is pronounced before the S but just barely. It comes out sounding kinda like the cymbal noise that you make when you make drum sounds with your mouth, but not quite as accented. So, you more or less pronounce it exactly like it's spelled. All three letters in one syllable.'

p.s. i never knew how to pronounce it either....you learn something new everyday

Espo22 Posted: Jul 18, 2007 11:43 AM

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Posted by AMGBride2008

I say General Sow (like 'ow' when you hurt yourself, only with an 'S' in front)

i say it the same way

ant n tilde Posted: Jul 18, 2007 11:45 AM

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oops i say general ciao.

lol

GinaBambina08 Posted: Jul 18, 2007 11:46 AM

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Posted by angl2001

general SO

agreed

korndoggie Posted: Jul 18, 2007 11:52 AM

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Posted by Espo22

Posted by AMGBride2008

I say General Sow (like 'ow' when you hurt yourself, only with an 'S' in front)

i say it the same way

I say it like that too.

It's funny that you ask this question because we got Chinese last night and that's what FH orders (or what I order for him because he doesn't like to call) and I was wondering if I am offending the man taking the orders!