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SpacePig posted:
Wow, that sure is a name and quite a twist on the Old Dutch. Turns out I was wrong, I couldn't pronounce it without hearing it first. I'd ace it every time afterwards though, but not without laughing heartily. Skoe-kul. Mierenneuker has a new favorite as of 22:50 on Jul 8, 2016 |
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Data Graham posted:I.e "skulk kill" Would that be with a skul gun?
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Jul 8, 2016 22:52
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SpacePig posted:
my dad says it schoolkill but he's from Nazareth and also pronounces "tiger" as "tagger" so I'm not surprised to learn that he says Schuylkill wrong actually
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Jul 8, 2016 22:58
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SpacePig posted:On the other hand, though, there's a bridge out by Valley Forge... I just learned that the American Airlines Space Freighter was named after a real place.
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Jul 8, 2016 23:22
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InediblePenguin posted:actually probably not, it's pronounced Schoolkill Dutch person present. The original Dutch "ui" sound (ui is modern spelling, uy is a leftover from the spelling a few centuries ago) is a sound that does not at all exist in the English language, nor in most other languages. Some people would say it's the vowel of "out". This is not true. Some would say it rhymes with "fly". This is not true. Some would say it's similar to French "eu" or "oeu". This is not true. All of these examples get somewhat close, but none of them are really correct. Here's a short blog by someone who claims it took them 6 months, several teachers, and a lot of determination in order to finally learn how to pronounce it: http://blogs.transparent.com/dutch/the-ui-conundrum/ And it has some links to spoken examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KX_bQ05Ju8 Apparently it's so unusual that for non-Dutch it's even hard to hear the distinction between the ui and similar but different vowels. So if you think it sounds like 'ou' or 'y' or whatever, you are probably wrong. Carbon dioxide has a new favorite as of 23:36 on Jul 8, 2016 |
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Jul 8, 2016 23:33
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Gromit posted:I just learned that the American Airlines Space Freighter was named after a real place. Americans would recognize it as a place where the Continental Army spent a particularly crappy winter.
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http://i.imgur.com/E3K8mym.mp4
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Haha don't gently caress with the blowholes. A lot of people jump down those and die. 
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Nuebot posted:Haha don't gently caress with the blowholes. So what you're saying is that once in a while a corpse will get shot out of the blowhole? Surprise corpse!
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Carbon dioxide posted:Dutch person present. The original Dutch "ui" sound (ui is modern spelling, uy is a leftover from the spelling a few centuries ago) is a sound that does not at all exist in the English language, nor in most other languages. Some people would say it's the vowel of "out". This is not true. Some would say it rhymes with "fly". This is not true. Some would say it's similar to French "eu" or "oeu". This is not true. All of these examples get somewhat close, but none of them are really correct. so basically "Stuyvesant's pronounced wrong too, just wrong in a different way than Schuylkill" (where by "wrong" I mean "pronouncing it differently than the original Dutch" -- obviously all the pronunciations are, in fact, correct since they're how people say the things)? Thanks for the links! (what I was trying to express in my original post was that the person I was replying to wasn't going to be at any advantage in pronouncing the American placename just because they're Dutch -- the American placenames aren't pronounced like the Dutch ones)
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Jesus Rocket posted:So what you're saying is that once in a while a corpse will get shot out of the blowhole? Surprise corpse! More they think they'll get shot out like in a cartoon but once they're down there they can't get back out and the currents smash them against rocks until a pulpy sack of human goo drifts out of the other end of the blow hole. Often someone else will jump in the crazy dangerous water to try and save the first person leading to multiple deaths.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCumH8LRo1A&t=69s It's uncanny.
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While I missed the uncanny relationship, I'm glad I'm not the only old retard left on the forums who still loves Mr. Show.
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Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:While I missed the uncanny relationship, I'm glad I'm not the only old retard left on the forums who still loves Mr. Show. There's at least 3 of us
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Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:While I missed the uncanny relationship, I'm glad I'm not the only old retard left on the forums who still loves Mr. Show. What are you talking about? I think basically everybody likes Mr Show
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Jul 9, 2016 03:49
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I was thinking Keith Apicary. I doubt this guy can dance though.
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Jul 9, 2016 05:49
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SpacePig posted:
So Frank Reynolds was right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W3jl0S67WU&t=84s
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Jul 9, 2016 05:51
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https://gfycat.com/InsistentCarefreeHarborseal.gifv
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Carbon dioxide posted:Dutch person present. The original Dutch "ui" sound (ui is modern spelling, uy is a leftover from the spelling a few centuries ago) is a sound that does not at all exist in the English language, nor in most other languages. Some people would say it's the vowel of "out". This is not true. Some would say it rhymes with "fly". This is not true. Some would say it's similar to French "eu" or "oeu". This is not true. All of these examples get somewhat close, but none of them are really correct. Every time I hear Dutch, it just sounds like an what English must sound like to a non-English speaker. In that video, I just heard someone talking in their sleep in English.
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Non Serviam posted:There's at least 3 of us Please
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Wasabi the J posted:Every time I hear Dutch, it just sounds like an what English must sound like to a non-English speaker. It makes me feel like I have a brain injury. I should be able to understand this “English”, but I find myself unable to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeC1yAaWG34
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Jul 9, 2016 08:44
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How about an Englishman inexplicably speaking English like he thinks a Dutch person would? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnoP4sUV90
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Jul 9, 2016 08:50
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Carbon dioxide posted:Dutch person present. The original Dutch "ui" sound (ui is modern spelling, uy is a leftover from the spelling a few centuries ago) is a sound that does not at all exist in the English language, nor in most other languages. Some people would say it's the vowel of "out". This is not true. Some would say it rhymes with "fly". This is not true. Some would say it's similar to French "eu" or "oeu". This is not true. All of these examples get somewhat close, but none of them are really correct. Sounds like äü to me. You guys really need a spelling reform. Osama Dozen-Dongs has a new favorite as of 09:11 on Jul 9, 2016 |
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Jul 9, 2016 08:55
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There's 24 goons who like Mr Show, and that's that.
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InediblePenguin posted:so basically "Stuyvesant's pronounced wrong too, just wrong in a different way than Schuylkill" (where by "wrong" I mean "pronouncing it differently than the original Dutch" -- obviously all the pronunciations are, in fact, correct since they're how people say the things)? The story was written by an American author who's never even been to Holland, everything she wrote is from 2nd hand information. Trying to pronounce the name with a Dutch accent just propagates the falsehood believed by many, that this is some kind of traditional Dutch story. As far as I'm concerned that's a historical lie, and it annoys me. It's gone so far that some people have put statues of the kid at the dike in tourist spots in the Netherlands in order to please the American tourists. And I've even met Dutch people who never looked it up, and believed the Americans who claimed it was a traditional Dutch tale.
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Everyone likes Mr Show. In the Top 3 sketch shows for me, along with the Pythons and Kids In The Hall.
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http://i.imgur.com/efySqkd.mp4 Even the cat thinks it's time for an intervention!
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Where did they get my cat?
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Regalingualius posted:How the gently caress did that even happen? You'd think an underwater tunnel would be a place where you'd want everything to be completely uniform. The original tunnel was built for horses and carts, complete with 45-degree bends at each end to stop them bolting when they saw daylight. The second bore was added in the sixties. Those bends are actually the problem too - while it's big enough to accomodate 4m-high lorries they have to move to the centre of the road to make it through (because it's circular rather than square in cross-section). As to expanding it - lolno. There's a massive amount of services (power and data lines) between north and south London running through it, so there's no way to even start without moving all of those (and the southbound bore is already full), then when you do start you're dealing with a Victorian (well strictly Edwardian) structure, it's brick surrounded by iron with portland cement holding it altogether, it' would be easier to drill through granite. Also you'd need to close the busiest river crossing in central London for 5 years. There's been a proposal to put in a third bore to replace it for years now, and there's a reserved alignment for it, but you're still talking massive amounts of cash just because truckers are too dumb to take the Woolwich Ferry.
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Quality animation from the new Powerpuff Girls. Well done. 
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Wasabi the J posted:Every time I hear Dutch, it just sounds like an what English must sound like to a non-English speaker.
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Celery Face posted:Anyone got that audio of some guy playing an accordion and (sort of) singing in Dutch while drawing out every word and trying to sound as ridiculous as possible? I don't know, but that reminds me of the bit where some Norwegian guy who doesn't know any Dutch takes an audio clip from an ancient bit of Dutch stand-up comedy, and does silly things while attempting to lip-sync it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44yO9QzUzF8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwZNuwAK-dc Carbon dioxide has a new favorite as of 10:51 on Jul 9, 2016 |
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Jul 9, 2016 10:49
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It was a good show david cross is funny sometimes
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Here's Jamie Lannister putting on a dutch accent.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlQM5qzWaT4&t=425s
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Carbon dioxide posted:This is why I argue that "Hans Brinker", as in the name of the book that has the story about the Dutch kid who stopped a dike leak by putting his finger in the hole, should always pronounced in English, preferably with an American accent. Even when speaking in Dutch. Your official Dutch mascot should be Mannekin Pis, then. You can put that little peeing baby dick on all your merchandise. Or Zwarte Piet, for true unfiltered Shadenfreude. 
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^^^the mannequin piss is in Brussels, Belgium DavidAlltheTime posted:There's 24 goons who like Mr Show, and that's that. That's the highest number alright.
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