PSA-Get to know PUH-RA-MUS
As one of our most important high school pipelines, it might be worthwhile to learn a bit about Paramus, NJ.
Paramus NJ, is a favorite shopping spot for NY residents as there is no sales tax for clothing. The town is full of malls including one of the largest in NE. However, better shop on Fridays/Saturdays as the local Blue Law mandates that all malls close on Sundays (appreciated by locals as traffic is horrific outside of Sunday).
But most important of all... I beg you, ACE, to correct Brian's pronunciation of the town.
It is pronouced PUH-ra-mus, not para-mus. I beg you, please show some love to the town which has graced us with so much bounty.
Sincerely,
A Paramus High Graduate
February 3rd, 2017 at 12:38 PM ^
ok? Glad I know about shopping malls in Paramus...How is this relevant again?
February 3rd, 2017 at 1:39 PM ^
So irrelevant haha
February 3rd, 2017 at 3:09 PM ^
Having grown up five minutes from Paramus I can confidently tell you there is nothing else there except shopping malls. There are like three or four of them right next to each other off a major highway that hooks up with New York City to try to lure in the weekend shopping traffic.
February 3rd, 2017 at 3:54 PM ^
Paramus, dude.
February 3rd, 2017 at 12:39 PM ^
I always said puh-ram-us.
February 3rd, 2017 at 12:42 PM ^
Always thought it was puh-RAM-us... oh well.
February 3rd, 2017 at 12:55 PM ^
February 3rd, 2017 at 1:16 PM ^
Puh-RAH-mus? Ra, as in the sun god?
It's not clear in the OP whether "ra" is RAH or RAY (as in, ignoramus).
I, personally, was saying para-mus. So correction is apparently necessary.
February 3rd, 2017 at 1:58 PM ^
Sure, it could be puh-RAH-mus, though I've only heard it the two ways I listed. Who knows?
But you saying "para-mus" doesn't help me, either. There's way too much room for me to guess at your pronunciation. What is "para-"? I assume you mean that like in "parachute" or "paramedic", but that's an assumption on my part. You don't want me assuming. You're trying to convey correct pronunciation. You want to remove all doubt.
If you're trying to spell phonetically, "par" to me rhymes with car. And if you know Spanish, that's how "para" is pronounced. So I read "para" and I could think you're intending to rhyme with car: "KAR-uh". Maybe you were falling back on your Spanish. Is that what you meant? I have no idea.
If not, "PAIR-uh" is pretty hard for me to misinterpret.
Anyway, not picking on you. I see these types of things all the time all over everywhere (often in media guides attempting to clarify player names). People write it and read it in their head and it makes sense. But others trying to determine pronunciation can interpret it a hundred different ways. Maybe "para-" is like in "parade" in your head. Did you mean "puh-RAY-mus"? I doubt it. Just pointing out the possibilities.
Wow. How did I get here? I don't know where I am.
February 3rd, 2017 at 4:01 PM ^
February 3rd, 2017 at 1:31 PM ^
It's a Latin word.
If it's paramus (a fallow field), the stress is on the antepenult.
If it's parāmus (we prepare), the stress is on the penult.
https://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/gramma…
February 3rd, 2017 at 2:51 PM ^
That would still be different than the way I've been saying it, though.
I've spoken it as puh-RAM-us... but on reflection I suspect that you're probably right about the puh-RAH-mus. It's a Catholic school, so the Latin for "we prepare" seems a reasonable assumption.
But then again, Americans mispronounce a wide variety of place-names, so who knows?
February 3rd, 2017 at 3:46 PM ^
As long as we're being pedantic about the place, Paramus is a public school. Paramus Catholic (aka University of Michigan Prep) is a separate entity entirely.
February 3rd, 2017 at 5:41 PM ^
Paramus is a borough in Bergen county. Don't think the town was named after either school, likely the other way around.
February 3rd, 2017 at 7:43 PM ^
Pair 'a Moose
Makes a helluva lot more sense in the Great White North, eh?
February 3rd, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^
But which exit is it?
-Signed, snarky tri-state native
February 3rd, 2017 at 2:24 PM ^
everyone knows it 163
February 3rd, 2017 at 4:03 PM ^
February 3rd, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^
I read this after I read about bacon tots, so... sorry but dont care.
February 3rd, 2017 at 12:54 PM ^
bacon tots, where can I read more about them, and where can I find a place to eat said tots?
February 3rd, 2017 at 1:16 PM ^
February 3rd, 2017 at 1:38 PM ^
something like this?
https://video-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t43.1792-2/11983631_182822963398457…
Sorry, I don't know how to embed this video.
February 3rd, 2017 at 2:46 PM ^
Guys, it's the MgoBBQ post on the front page
February 3rd, 2017 at 12:58 PM ^
It's very grating to here Brian pronounce it wrong, but I think it's a reach to say it's a shopping destination for NYers. Was way more likely to head upstate to Woodberry Commons or out to LI for Roosevelt Field Mall.
Signed, a NYer
February 3rd, 2017 at 3:21 PM ^
It's vary grating to sea UMGoRoss spell things incorrect, but I think it's a reach to say that it effects my enjoyment of this sight in any significant way.
February 3rd, 2017 at 4:05 PM ^
February 3rd, 2017 at 12:59 PM ^
I first heard about Paramus while watching one of those professional bowling shows on early 50s television. Seem to remember that "Wrong Foot" Lou Campi bowled out of Paramus. He was a right-hander who delivered the ball after stopping on his right foot.
February 3rd, 2017 at 1:03 PM ^
February 3rd, 2017 at 1:07 PM ^
It's Levi-OH-sa....
not Levi-oh-SAR....
February 3rd, 2017 at 1:11 PM ^
New Jerseyan here. You guys up in Bergen County realize the traffic is so bad outside of Sunday because everyone has to get all of their shit done on one weekend day (or in the few hours after work during the week), right?
February 3rd, 2017 at 4:06 PM ^
February 3rd, 2017 at 1:15 PM ^
Wow - you went there? What was it like?
February 3rd, 2017 at 1:28 PM ^
The way you wrote "NE" made it seem like a reference to New England. If you had written "the NE" it would read as a reference to the Northeast. New Joisey is NOT part of New England, but is part of the Northeast.
Source: Crushed Social Studies as a kid.
February 3rd, 2017 at 1:41 PM ^
I read NE as New England as well, and was more than a bit confused.
Fun fact: old Jersey isn't in old England, either. (It's a crown dependency of the UK.)
February 3rd, 2017 at 3:31 PM ^
Properly speaking, Jersey is part of France, although it isn't ruled by the Paris government. It's a weird holdover from the days when the King of England was also a French nobleman (Duke of Normandy). To this day, Elizabeth II reigns over the Channel Islands as Duke, not as Queen.
February 3rd, 2017 at 1:45 PM ^
February 3rd, 2017 at 2:02 PM ^
I find it hard to believe with Brian's vast knowledge that his pronounciation game is so poor. Taylor Lewan says hi.
February 3rd, 2017 at 2:05 PM ^
Story bro
February 3rd, 2017 at 2:47 PM ^
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February 3rd, 2017 at 4:53 PM ^
Roger Roger.
February 3rd, 2017 at 5:33 PM ^
February 3rd, 2017 at 7:49 PM ^
This thread has gone much better and interesting than I was expecting...
February 3rd, 2017 at 8:21 PM ^