On the pronunciation of UAH.
I tried to leave this in a reply to the previous post’s comments, but the audio plugin doesn’t seem to like to be in a reply, so let’s try ’em in a post. (Sorry, Livejournal folks – plug-ins don’t translate, so you’ll have to click the link to come to the blog on my site for this to work. Trust me, it’s worth it if you’ve never heard a fiddygibber before. And I’m not sure how many among us can truly say they have.)
On pronouncing “Uah”: that’s only a very rough phonetic approximation, since it’s not even a human vocalization (!!). Here is an audio track with some amusing examples:
Fiddygibbers In The Swamp
[audio:https://www.thelogbook.com/earl/jcc/jcc/music/tunes/fiddyswamp.mp3]
(That’s not even really representative of what he sounded like on the show either – that tended to be much more rapid-fire – though it’s very amusing to hear the “redneck fiddygibber” and the “pathetic old fiddygibber” in there. 😆 This was recorded around 1993 or so and I don’t remember if we ever used it in anything or not. Play it over the closing shot of the monolith in the swamp in 2010: The Year We Make Contact – it puts a whole different spin on things!)
I’ll see about getting some more samples posted soon. Since you asked. (For the record, I can’t even believe I’m posting this!)… Read more
