Rufo posted:

the most interesting thing about this is how scholars know about the pronunciation of a dead language. wasnt there some latin pun at the time that relied on v being pronounced as w (or so im reliably informed???

catullus posted:

Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo,

LP97S posted:

Getting this back to the thread.

quote:

In an early scene, the computer has trouble understanding his mispronunciations of the letter V--his efforts to pronounce "Victor" coming out "Wicktor" and "Vulcan" as "Wulcan." This can also be seen, however, as a direct reference to the character having these same problems in the original series, as well as the movies (notably his requests for "nuclear wessels" in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home). Yelchin is Russian-born himself, but does not have a Russian accent.

Lutha Mahtin posted:

once when i was proctoring a test in college i had to reread a question for a blind gal and she was all "oh i see now" and i kinda "heh'd" a lil

Detroit Q. Spider posted:

now i know how all my girlfriends have felt

The Whole Internet posted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_City,_Nevada

Someone edited the list of capital cities at the end so they're mostly wrong.

Rufo posted:

rindswurst w/ mustard ftw



nghhhhhhhhhh omg

duTrieux. posted:

yes, although i only remember that it is and not what it was.

we know a lot about how poo poo is pronounced because we have tons of poetry and graffiti and can do reconstructive analysis but this is really just an excuse to post this:


the above five words are so filthy that they weren't published in english until the twentieth century.

duTrieux. posted:

yes, although i only remember that it is and not what it was.

we know a lot about how poo poo is pronounced because we have tons of poetry and graffiti and can do reconstructive analysis but this is really just an excuse to post this:


the above five words are so filthy that they weren't published in english until the twentieth century.

duTrieux. posted:

we know a lot about how poo poo is pronounced because we have tons of poetry and graffiti

Hammerite posted:

I thought I would never be the guy to go tell the quizmaster they were wrong at a pub quiz, but then one time the question was "what is the three-dimensional analogue of a triangle" and the "correct" answer was "a cone"

duTrieux. posted:

it's interesting that "w" is pronounced with a "v" in germanic languages because it's literally the exact opposite in latin.

veni vidi vicci? yeah, that should be a "w" in there boyo.

theflyingexecutive posted:

I pulled "what's the smallest element?" at pub trivia and I over thought and said helium

quote:

His other suggestions include wearing old clothes, as they tend to shed less lint than newer garments, which can lose up to one thousandth of their weight to the belly button over the course of a year.

newreply.php posted:

this is true if you narrow down "germanic languages" to "german" hth. dutch, danish, swedish, all have actual v-sounds

also i visited the canton speaker factory in germany once and almost lost it every time the guide said "woice coil" but not all germans pronounce v's as w's SO

gooby on rails posted:

what did that question mean? shortest name? lowest atomic number?

newreply.php posted:

QI

(a Good Thing)

Wilhelm_Scream.wav posted:

newreply.php posted:

homophobe

Shaggar posted:

lmao art is the worst

Rufo posted:

alan davies isnt gay

gooby on rails posted:

what did that question mean? shortest name? lowest atomic number?

Sweevo posted:

latin graffiti is great because nearly all of it is "MY GIRLFRIEND..." and "hey guys i just had sex!"

Sagebrush posted:

"to whoever is making GBS threads on my wall: stop making GBS threads on my wall"

Sagebrush posted:

http://www.pompeiana.org/Resources/Ancient/Graffiti%20from%20Pompeii.htm

i think my favorites are "this inn had bad service so me and my bro beat up the innkeeper and then went out and spent the money on whores instead" and "to whoever is making GBS threads on my wall: stop making GBS threads on my wall"

Rufo posted:

qi is fuckin terrible + i hope stephen fry + alan davies kill themselves out of shame