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WindMouseHanpan 01/18/18 10:45:18 AM #51:	Funkydog posted... WindMouseHanpan posted... ROBANN_88 posted... While we're on the subject of pronounciation, why do Brits say "saw" with an R? They seem to usually pronounce the letter "A" as "er" or "eer", or just an r sound, depending on the word, rather than "ay" like America does. So for instance "Idea" would sound like "Ideer". Which I think is where the "I have no eye deer" joke comes from. I think this usually happens if the letter comes at the end of a sentence, or near the end, though. In a word like "Bake" or "Rake" they pronounce it the same way as in American English. If anyone here's British, could you explain and clarify if I'm wrong on anything? I mean, it depends where in Britain you're from. Some accents can be like that, and others very much aren't at all. But having looked up how Americans supposedly pronounce "Idea" it sounds exactly the same to me >.> Yeah...when I say "Idea", I actually can kind of hear it...weird that I never really noticed. --- Come check out Iido's Gaming Den for let's plays 'n other stuff! Tons 'n tons 'o games! :D https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwqZW13u9eQiTvhqKG1L6Eg <cite>WindMouseHanpan posted [p:894294161] in why do ame... [t:76214552]...</cite> <quote><cite>Funkydog posted...</cite> <quote><cite>WindMouseHanpan posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ROBANN_88 posted...</cite> <quote>While we're on the subject of pronounciation, why do Brits say "saw" with an R?</quote> They seem to usually pronounce the letter "A" as "er" or "eer", or just an r sound, depending on the word, rather than "ay" like America does. So for instance "Idea" would sound like "Ideer". Which I think is where the "I have no eye deer" joke comes from. I think this usually happens if the letter comes at the end of a sentence, or near the end, though. In a word like "Bake" or "Rake" they pronounce it the same way as in American English. If anyone here's British, could you explain and clarify if I'm wrong on anything?</quote> I mean, it depends where in Britain you're from. Some accents can be like that, and others very much aren't at all. But having looked up how Americans supposedly pronounce "Idea" it sounds exactly the same to me >.></quote> Yeah...when I say "Idea", I actually can kind of hear it...weird that I never really noticed.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DuneMan 01/18/18 10:58:53 AM #52:	Aluminum versus Aluminium is probably just as dumb as the colonel versus 'kernel' thing. While some elements maintain the 'um' ending, such a platinum or tantalum, there were competing communities on whether the element Al would have the ending 'um' or 'ium'. IIRC it was Webster's that kept the 'um' ending, which accounts for its spelling in the US today. --- "I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me." -Cao Cao <cite>DuneMan posted [p:894294929] in why do ame... [t:76214552]...</cite> <quote>Aluminum versus Aluminium is probably just as dumb as the colonel versus 'kernel' thing. While some elements maintain the 'um' ending, such a platinum or tantalum, there were competing communities on whether the element Al would have the ending 'um' or 'ium'. IIRC it was Webster's that kept the 'um' ending, which accounts for its spelling in the US today.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 01/18/18 11:01:55 AM #53:	DuneMan posted... Aluminum versus Aluminium is probably just as dumb as the colonel versus 'kernel' thing. While some elements maintain the 'um' ending, such a platinum or tantalum, there were competing communities on whether the element Al would have the ending 'um' or 'ium'. IIRC it was Webster's that kept the 'um' ending, which accounts for its spelling in the US today. Yet, "Lanthanium" doesn't seem to be a thing, anywhere. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:894295083] in why do ame... [t:76214552]...</cite> <quote><cite>DuneMan posted...</cite> <quote>Aluminum versus Aluminium is probably just as dumb as the colonel versus 'kernel' thing. While some elements maintain the 'um' ending, such a platinum or tantalum, there were competing communities on whether the element Al would have the ending 'um' or 'ium'. IIRC it was Webster's that kept the 'um' ending, which accounts for its spelling in the US today.</quote> Yet, "Lanthanium" doesn't seem to be a thing, anywhere.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ModLogic 01/18/18 4:23:00 PM #54:	harry = airy home = ohm chuck = cuck herb = urb --- http://i.imgur.com/hEL2qQYh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/lbSi0U3.png http://i.imgur.com/FA2GxDS.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xaRYKZM.png http://i.imgur.com/ZngbqJn.jpg <cite>ModLogic posted [p:894315284] in why do ame... [t:76214552]...</cite> <quote>harry = airy home = ohm chuck = cuck herb = urb</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
spikethedevil 01/18/18 7:09:49 PM #55:	I could care less is just plain wrong as to be able to care leas you have to care to begin with. --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! <cite>spikethedevil posted [p:894325156] in why do ame... [t:76214552]...</cite> <quote>I could care less is just plain wrong as to be able to care leas you have to care to begin with.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
0AbsoluteZero0 01/18/18 7:12:14 PM #56:	byron posted... Turtlebread posted... nucular What kind of savage pronounces it like that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV6X73bGKD0 --- -The Admirable <cite>0AbsoluteZero0 posted [p:894325322] in why do ame... [t:76214552]...</cite> <quote><cite>byron posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Turtlebread posted...</cite> <quote>nucular</quote> What kind of savage pronounces it like that</quote> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV6X73bGKD0</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Chev427BB 01/19/18 1:53:01 AM #57:	The one I've heard is people pronouncing tzatziki as tah-zee-kee. --- https://i.imgur.com/YKhehBQ.mp4 <cite>Chev427BB posted [p:894346894] in why do ame... [t:76214552]...</cite> <quote>The one I've heard is people pronouncing tzatziki as tah-zee-kee.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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