Softening The A

Is it Pakistan or Pakistahhhhn. Sopranos or Soprahhhhnos. Jack's family isn't an "either" family and we're not outfit people. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Keeping an eye on Pakistan, not to put the weight
to the world un here.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
How do you say Pakistan, Pakistan, pakist Pakistan, Pakistan, pak Pakistan, Pakistan, Pakistan, Pekystan, Pakistan.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
All right, the the twin conceits of the would be
intellectual softening every a Copenhagen that it's Coconag soprano. That's right,
tony soprano.

Speaker 3 (00:26):
Have you ever watched the damn show that used to
make me insane? That made me insane? Have you ever
gone to an opera? You know what they call the
chick who sings real high not a soprano. I'll give
you a hint, it's a soprano.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
So why is softening the a scene as sophisticated? Just
it makes you look more like European, I guess, or
global or something. That's funny. My aunt, one of my
one of my kids, said either the other day, and
I said, look, we're not in either family. I grew
up in either person. Grandpa's and either person were either people.

(01:00):
We're not either people. All right?

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Yeah, Yeah, there's Jason Isbel has a brilliant song called Outfit.
Isn't that the name of it?

Speaker 2 (01:10):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (01:10):
And it includes the it's advice from his dad, which
includes the line don't call what you're wearing an outfit.