That's so funny, because I used to work this terribly arrogant, fat bitch that would always harp on me for talking about my rock climbing adventures- but she'd always use the widest phrases...like "boulder-jumping" "cliff-hanging" and my personal favorite "rock hiking." To top it off, she would always pronounce it "hyyyken."  She was always telling me, "i USED to hyyykuh, but that was back when I was a little kid. I mean, what kind of chicken still plays in the dirt?"  I never realized that she probably pronounced it strange because it's an alien concept to her....funny!