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You all need to just learn proper pronunciation annotation This conversation is harder to follow than a tape worm orgy.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Then why are there two Es? The second set of two Es plays by the rules. Why can't the first? Shibboleths gonna shibboleth
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Oct 24, 2017 06:05
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swordfish duelist posted:I love when people try to pronounce Okeechobee down in South Florida. Anyone not from here trys to say "OH-KEE-CHU-BEE" where it's "OH-KA-CHO-BE" I'm from northwest florida and I've never even considered it to be anything other than the latter though?
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Oct 24, 2017 06:29
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Besesoth posted:I'd known about ballad/common meter, but I keep discovering new pop-culture uses of it; my kid just came in singing the "Pokémon" theme song to the tune of "Amazing Grace". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE6q-e4sICs
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Oct 24, 2017 07:07
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swordfish duelist posted:I love when people try to pronounce Okeechobee down in South Florida. Anyone not from here trys to say "OH-KEE-CHU-BEE" where it's "OH-KA-CHO-BE" Oh man, people from out of state tying to pronounce Florida's Native American place names is amazing. "Alla...chew-a?"
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Oct 24, 2017 10:40
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Randaconda posted:Oh man, people from out of state tying to pronounce Florida's Native American place names is amazing. The best one I’ve heard was “Ankle-o-tay” River
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Oct 24, 2017 11:44
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I’m a little late to the discussion but my favorite US small town pronunciation is Versailles (Ver-SALES), IL.
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Oct 24, 2017 12:19
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Besesoth posted:I'd known about ballad/common meter, but I keep discovering new pop-culture uses of it; my kid just came in singing the "Pokémon" theme song to the tune of "Amazing Grace".
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Oct 24, 2017 12:19
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I was in a place that pronounces something in an intuitive manner. I would like to discuss this at length. Do any of you have any exciting examples?
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Oct 24, 2017 12:43
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Glazier posted:The best one I’ve heard was “Ankle-o-tay” River Even the easy ones they gawk at. "What the gently caress is a Micanopy??"
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Oct 24, 2017 12:45
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I think American's just like pronouncing things weirdly. I once heard an American in the UK pronounce Harrogate (Ha-ro-gat) as Ha-ro-ga-tay.
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Oct 24, 2017 12:58
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Randaconda posted:Even the easy ones they gawk at. Florida shibboleths are the best.
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Oct 24, 2017 13:08
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Milo and POTUS posted:I'm from northwest florida and I've never even considered it to be anything other than the latter though? Every Floridian I know pronounces it correctly no matter what part of the state. Snow birds on the other hand.. Also "kiss-a-me" is another good one.
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Oct 24, 2017 13:15
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The Withlacoochee is good for tripping up people, too.
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Oct 24, 2017 13:19
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That one usually gets a few giggles too.
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Oct 24, 2017 13:29
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Zero One posted:All the French street names around Detroit are pronounced wrong. Maybe they should start pronouncing it the French way "Dee Twaa" to make it sound fancier, might help spruce up the place. Here in Australia there was a brief phase of people pronouncing Target (the big box store full of cheap crap) as "Tar-jay".
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Oct 24, 2017 15:19
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Yeah we did that in America too.
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Oct 24, 2017 15:20
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Sam Neill is from New Zealand
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Oct 24, 2017 15:29
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Henchman of Santa posted:Sam Neill is from New Zealand Really? gently caress. I though he was British, not the Australian version of Canada.
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Oct 24, 2017 15:57
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Randaconda posted:Really? gently caress. I though he was British, not the Australian version of Canada. I kept seeing tweets from him in my timeline and thought they were by some Kiwi guy with the same name, until this one popped up this morning: https://twitter.com/TwoPaddocks/status/922502187325931520 The handle is his vineyard I think.
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Oct 24, 2017 15:59
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Maybe they should start pronouncing it the French way "Dee Twaa" to make it sound fancier, might help spruce up the place. They got legal right or something to use it but the news story is paywalled.
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Oct 24, 2017 16:08
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Henchman of Santa posted:I kept seeing tweets from him in my timeline and thought they were by some Kiwi guy with the same name, until this one popped up this morning: What would the Event Horizon experience be like? (shut up, I like that movie)
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Oct 24, 2017 16:08
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Here in Australia there was a brief phase of people pronouncing Target (the big box store full of cheap crap) as "Tar-jay".
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Oct 24, 2017 16:32
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Praseodymi posted:I think American's just like pronouncing things weirdly. I once heard an American in the UK pronounce Harrogate (Ha-ro-gat) as Ha-ro-ga-tay. That would be the Japanese pronounciation!   weaboo spotted I am also the weaboo for knowing that.
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Oct 24, 2017 18:05
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Praseodymi posted:I think American's just like pronouncing things weirdly. I once heard an American in the UK pronounce Harrogate (Ha-ro-gat) as Ha-ro-ga-tay. Maybe they were just thinking about Mariska Hargitay.
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Oct 24, 2017 18:22
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Randaconda posted:What would the Event Horizon experience be like? Very dark sunglasses.
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Oct 24, 2017 18:58
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silence_kit posted:I’m a little late to the discussion but my favorite US small town pronunciation is Versailles (Ver-SALES), IL. My home town has a street like that. It's kind of ridiculous, but it's our ridiculous. Someone had a good explanation for those who think it's 'wrong' to pronounce it the local way: 'Ver-sigh' is a place in France; Ver-sales is a street here.
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Oct 24, 2017 19:14
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Glazier posted:Florida shibboleths are the best. A florida shibboleth sounds like some lovecraftian horror.
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Oct 25, 2017 01:37
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Croccers posted:Ah yes, when someone (Viral marketing? Bored mums?) tried to make it sound ~*fancy*~ It's just a dad joke
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Oct 25, 2017 04:14
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Tiggum posted:Brief phase? I've heard it my entire life. Target had commercials pronouncing it that way. I remember one that was underwater and the narrator spoke in a French accent.
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Oct 25, 2017 04:26
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AKA Pseudonym posted:It's just a dad joke Dad joke, so what
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Oct 25, 2017 05:17
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Croccers posted:Ah yes, when someone (Viral marketing? Bored mums?) tried to make it sound ~*fancy*~ It's a joke. An old joke.
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Oct 25, 2017 06:30
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhW7rpFhr2k I knew a dude with the last name Boisvert. He pronounced it pretty un-Frenchly, but then again who am I to say how you should pronounce your own name. Perrier, though
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Oct 25, 2017 06:50
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when golf was originally invented it was created as a way for men to get away from their nagging wives that's why golf is an acronym for "gentlemen only, no ladies" Ein cooler Typ has a new favorite as of 08:27 on Oct 25, 2017 |
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Oct 25, 2017 08:21
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Ahh yes I always enjoy leaving the wife alone to take in a relaxing round of gonl
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Oct 25, 2017 08:27
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Memento posted:Ahh yes I always enjoy leaving the wife alone to take in a relaxing round of gonl I played that once. I caught a ball in my gonlads and never tried again.
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Oct 25, 2017 08:47
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The_White_Crane posted:I played that once. I caught a ball in my gonlads and never tried again. That's why they say "it's gon, lads!" when they hit the your caught ball.
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Oct 25, 2017 09:00
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Saying tar-zhay is like saying gar-bahge sale instead of garage sale: MOMS. ONLY.
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Oct 25, 2017 17:15
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In the SNES game Zombies Ate My Neighbors you have to survive each level and save your clueless neighbors. What I didn't know until recently is that the neighbors are not a set amount per level. You have only so many that carry over from level to level and if they die, that's it. I've never had them all die but I assume that's the second fail state.
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Inzombiac posted:In the SNES game Zombies Ate My Neighbors you have to survive each level and save your clueless neighbors. It is. A friend and I kept getting wrecked after a sandworm level because those fuckers ate too many people
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