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Pronounce Nhill
How does the locals pronounce
Nhill? Nothing appears to be on-wiki. The one place I found a recording,
[1], has autogenerated recordings that contradict each other; one says "nil" and the other two "enhill".
Nyttend (
talk)
03:56, 9 September 2019 (UTC)reply
Isn't it possible to pronounce it as written ? That is, an "n" sound followed directly by the word "hill", giving a breathy version of "nil". Not that this means the locals pronounce it this way.
SinisterLefty (
talk)
04:18, 9 September 2019 (UTC)reply
I thought it was the latter, until I chased up the link above. It's just
Road to Nhill. No "The" there. Wikipedia says that's the name. So does IMDb. And the posters. And yes, great movie, with a terrific cast of "mature" Australian stars, including the ironic use of public atheist
Phillip Adams for the voice of God.
HiLo48 (
talk)
03:16, 10 September 2019 (UTC)reply
many years ago i heard a news story about a prince in Saudi Arabia that would purchase a very expensive sport/super car, drive it around, and when the vehicle ran out of gasoline/fuel he would purchase a brand new automobile. He allegedly purchased a new vehicle every time the prior car ran out of fuel. And that he is so rich he can be so incredibly wasteful without fear of running out of money. im trying to find evidence of this/figure out which prince this is/when but im having a hard time with my research. any help would be appreciated.
207.183.249.162 (
talk)
20:41, 9 September 2019 (UTC)reply
The only mention I can find is in
this article (in the comments section at the bottom): "I am reminded of the no doubt apocryphal story of newly rich Saudis driving expensive new cars at high speed into the desert until they run out of fuel, at which point they abandon their Ferraris as useless". So my money is on it being an
urban legend.
Then again, there are an awful lot of Saudi princes with an awful lot of money: "...members of the Al Saud family receive stipends ranging from $270,000 a month for more senior princes to $8000 ‘for the lowliest member of the most remote branch of the family’. The system is calibrated by generation, with surviving sons and daughters of
Ibn Saud receiving between $200,000 and $270,000, grandchildren around $27,000, great-grandchildren around $13,000 and great-great-grandchildren the minimum $8000 per month. According to the US embassy’s calculations, in 1996 the budget for around sixty surviving sons and daughters, 420 grandchildren, 2900 great-grandchildren and ‘probably only about 2000 great-great-grandchildren at this point’."
Alansplodge (
talk)
21:09, 9 September 2019 (UTC)reply
A new suit every day, probably not, but Lewis famously said he wore a new pair of socks each day in a Rolling Stone interview back in 1982
[3] --
Xuxl (
talk)
23:12, 9 September 2019 (UTC)reply
Really? Here in the UK there are female TV presenters and newsreaders and weather forecasters who regularly wear the same dress, that is to say they have a number of dresses which they wear in an irregular pattern. I have never heard any comments about such things. But being a septuagenarian I mix in circles that don't bother about such trivialities.
Richard Avery (
talk)
17:14, 12 September 2019 (UTC)reply
For those people, looking good is secondary to their other job, while for models, etc., it is primary, and this includes their wardrobe. The event also matters, with award shows being one example of an event where celebs are judged on their wardrobe.
SinisterLefty (
talk)
08:30, 13 September 2019 (UTC)reply
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September 9 Information
Pronounce Nhill
How does the locals pronounce
Nhill? Nothing appears to be on-wiki. The one place I found a recording,
[1], has autogenerated recordings that contradict each other; one says "nil" and the other two "enhill".
Nyttend (
talk)
03:56, 9 September 2019 (UTC)reply
Isn't it possible to pronounce it as written ? That is, an "n" sound followed directly by the word "hill", giving a breathy version of "nil". Not that this means the locals pronounce it this way.
SinisterLefty (
talk)
04:18, 9 September 2019 (UTC)reply
I thought it was the latter, until I chased up the link above. It's just
Road to Nhill. No "The" there. Wikipedia says that's the name. So does IMDb. And the posters. And yes, great movie, with a terrific cast of "mature" Australian stars, including the ironic use of public atheist
Phillip Adams for the voice of God.
HiLo48 (
talk)
03:16, 10 September 2019 (UTC)reply
many years ago i heard a news story about a prince in Saudi Arabia that would purchase a very expensive sport/super car, drive it around, and when the vehicle ran out of gasoline/fuel he would purchase a brand new automobile. He allegedly purchased a new vehicle every time the prior car ran out of fuel. And that he is so rich he can be so incredibly wasteful without fear of running out of money. im trying to find evidence of this/figure out which prince this is/when but im having a hard time with my research. any help would be appreciated.
207.183.249.162 (
talk)
20:41, 9 September 2019 (UTC)reply
The only mention I can find is in
this article (in the comments section at the bottom): "I am reminded of the no doubt apocryphal story of newly rich Saudis driving expensive new cars at high speed into the desert until they run out of fuel, at which point they abandon their Ferraris as useless". So my money is on it being an
urban legend.
Then again, there are an awful lot of Saudi princes with an awful lot of money: "...members of the Al Saud family receive stipends ranging from $270,000 a month for more senior princes to $8000 ‘for the lowliest member of the most remote branch of the family’. The system is calibrated by generation, with surviving sons and daughters of
Ibn Saud receiving between $200,000 and $270,000, grandchildren around $27,000, great-grandchildren around $13,000 and great-great-grandchildren the minimum $8000 per month. According to the US embassy’s calculations, in 1996 the budget for around sixty surviving sons and daughters, 420 grandchildren, 2900 great-grandchildren and ‘probably only about 2000 great-great-grandchildren at this point’."
Alansplodge (
talk)
21:09, 9 September 2019 (UTC)reply
A new suit every day, probably not, but Lewis famously said he wore a new pair of socks each day in a Rolling Stone interview back in 1982
[3] --
Xuxl (
talk)
23:12, 9 September 2019 (UTC)reply
Really? Here in the UK there are female TV presenters and newsreaders and weather forecasters who regularly wear the same dress, that is to say they have a number of dresses which they wear in an irregular pattern. I have never heard any comments about such things. But being a septuagenarian I mix in circles that don't bother about such trivialities.
Richard Avery (
talk)
17:14, 12 September 2019 (UTC)reply
For those people, looking good is secondary to their other job, while for models, etc., it is primary, and this includes their wardrobe. The event also matters, with award shows being one example of an event where celebs are judged on their wardrobe.
SinisterLefty (
talk)
08:30, 13 September 2019 (UTC)reply