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zakharov posted:A similar issue came up in a recent contestant test where a question relied on scary and sherry rhyming. If you're in the northeast US they absolutely do not. Sk-air-e and Sh-air-e don’t rhyme? Wtf I’m in the northeast. How the hell do northeasterners supposedly pronounce these? Something ridiculous like shir-e (like shirt without the t)?
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Sherry is pronounced sheh-ree by most of us. We also pronounce Mary, merry, and marry in three different ways. Accents are fun.
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Yeah rhyme time games are the worst to play with my (Australian) husband because they invariably end in a rant at the TV about how North Americans pronounce everything wrong and horse and sauce are supposed to rhyme.
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zakharov posted:Sherry is pronounced sheh-ree by most of us. Are we talking like more northeast than NY? That’s where I am and never hear this with any of those words.
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latinotwink1997 posted:Are we talking like more northeast than NY? That’s where I am and never hear this with any of those words. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_vowel_changes_before_historic_/r/ It's documented.
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zakharov posted:Sherry is pronounced sheh-ree by most of us. If you love Christmas so much then why don’t you merry it?
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latinotwink1997 posted:Are we talking like more northeast than NY? That’s where I am and never hear this with any of those words. NYer as well, and zakharov’s pronunciations (pretty sure he’s a NYer too) are more familiar to me. Scary and sherry def do not rhyme to me, I’ve never heard the latter pronounced like you wrote it out there. Mary and marry are pronounced similarly to me (the latter with a longer “a” sound), but not merry. Also, how can you not hear the difference between baggel and bay-gull? GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Jun 22, 2019 |
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Jun 21, 2019 21:53
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Past-a makes me nuts
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Goober Peas posted:Past-a makes me nuts isn't that how the brits say it.
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I think I got one right in the first two categories of tonight's TEEN TOURNAMENT. Total teen nonsense
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Goober Peas posted:Past-a makes me nuts Wait, you favour the “possta” pronunciation? Unacceptable. Also, has it ever happened that all the contestants in a preliminary game make it to the semi-finals in a tournament?
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PT6A posted:Wait, you favour the “possta” pronunciation? Unacceptable. Vulture Culture fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Jun 22, 2019 |
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Jun 22, 2019 04:06
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They were all totally solid glad that worked out for them.
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zakharov posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_vowel_changes_before_historic_/r/ I’m not saying it’s wrong, I’m just saying I’m in NY and never hear that. Edit: then again I rarely meet people named Sherry or know anyone that would drink/use sherry, so I guess it’s not very common latinotwink1997 fucked around with this message at 04:53 on Jun 23, 2019 |
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I'm down with that teen going all-in on that late Daily Double. Too bad he didn't get it, it was a total baller move.
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yeah I hope he doesn't beat himself up for that, that was the correct move
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Yeah it was good to see him take that risk. Too bad as a freshman he probably didn’t get to exponents in math yet.
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Zero One posted:Yeah it was good to see him take that risk. Too bad as a freshman he probably didn’t get to exponents in math yet. That question did not register with me at all, I was focused too much on the '3' rather than it just being an exponent. my college newspaper was The Exponent, too. Poque fucked around with this message at 17:16 on Oct 17, 2022 |
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Zero One posted:Yeah it was good to see him take that risk. Too bad as a freshman he probably didn’t get to exponents in math yet. When I was in the NYS Regents curriculum in the '90s, most kids took Sequential I in 9th grade but you were ahead and took it in 8th grade if you were on the honors track.
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My read from his demeanor is that he knew the answer, but the lights and the pressure of that stage got to him.
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Poque posted:I'm down with that teen going all-in on that late Daily Double. Too bad he didn't get it, it was a total baller move. Fuckin right. That was the absolutely correct move, he deserves a second chance for wagering well and taking risks. Let's talk about FJ last night. It was a bit of a tricky question, so I'm not surprised that no one got it, but I am really disappointed with the awful guesses. Canada and Mexico? Really? Philippines was still incorrect, but given the US colonial involvement it was at least a reasonable guess in comparison even if the timeframe was pretty far off.
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PT6A posted:Fuckin right. That was the absolutely correct move, he deserves a second chance for wagering well and taking risks.
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Vulture Culture posted:If he was an honors math student—I'd presume this for teen tournament contestants—he would have dealt with that at least a year prior in most states. He probably just blanked interpreting the question or remembering the word (which is also fine, you don't use the word much until you get to precalc). This checks out to me, as I took Sequential 1 (Algebra to people unfamiliar) in 7th and 8th grades and we started on Sequential 2 (Geometry) the latter half of 8th, which is normally taught in 10th grade. I think they were transitioning to Math A and B around that time, but the curriculum was similar. And yeah, I remember learning about exponents (especially for the mnemonic PEMDAS that was drilled into us during that class in 7th grade) back then.
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Vulture Culture posted:Ah, yes, the well-known government position, President of Canada Hmm, even as a Canadian I didn't notice that part, I just took offence to the idea that we'd let ourselves be ruled by no less than 8 Yankee bastards 
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Poque posted:Oh fuuuuuuck
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Got the call, excited to join the legions of J! goons — any advice? (besides study, practice wagering, etc) I’ve read most of the books and been to a couple tapings
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Spokes posted:Got the call, excited to join the legions of J! goons — any advice? (besides study, practice wagering, etc) I’ve read most of the books and been to a couple tapings Nice, congrats! Yeah, my best advice is to brush up on stuff you don't know, stuff that you 90% know but mix up with other things/mispronounce a lot, and really study old games and get good at figuring out what categories you know well enough so you can bet confidently if you hit a daily double or for final. It was so much less stressful when I'd hit daily doubles not having to worry about "poo poo, do I know enough about this category? What should I bet?" because I basically knew straight away from having practiced it so much.
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Spokes posted:Got the call, excited to join the legions of J! goons — any advice? (besides study, practice wagering, etc) I’ve read most of the books and been to a couple tapings Poison the breakfast at the double tree the morning of.
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Duckman2008 posted:Poison the breakfast at the double tree the morning of. I mean, i AM an alternate my first time around...
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I know it's the teen tournament but that final was a real gimmie.
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The finals felt all over the place. A few super easy ones and then the Liberia one, which I doubted myself on because I didn't expect them to think teens would know it.
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There's some new collections up on Netflix, including almost all the season premieres of Trebek's run. They're in pretty decent quality too. Marvel at how young he looks!   Look at the high tech boards!  Get to see Roger Craig's first episode!   There's also an episode in the middle of Ken and David Madden's run.
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Agreed. I hate the new board fill sound; it reminds me of a jingly cell phone ringtone.
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That was some strategic betting tonight.
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MorgaineDax posted:Get to see Roger Craig's first episode! I just watched this and Alex's reaction is priceless. Weird how just ten years ago it was unheard of to bet that much on a DD. He was only up 12k to 10k 
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