sure it could be a local thing, theres five ways to say gallagher on the island and by chrisht youd better be clear about which one youre claimin
― unproven (darraghmac), Sunday, 11 November 2018 12:48 (five years ago) link
gollohergallahergallagergalachergollocher
seein as u asked
― unproven (darraghmac), Sunday, 11 November 2018 12:49 (five years ago) link
gallacher otoh is scotch afaict
― unproven (darraghmac), Sunday, 11 November 2018 12:50 (five years ago) link
How would you say it in Dublin?
― pomenitul, Sunday, 11 November 2018 12:57 (five years ago) link
second one seems the norm
― unproven (darraghmac), Sunday, 11 November 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
how do you say Mahoney tho
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 11 November 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
I used to know someone called Pádraig and he pronounced it something like Porrick. So when I heard other English people pronounce other Pádraigs as Padraig or Podraig I was like "ha ha you n00bs" but then it turned out some Pádraigs do pronounce it that way. Simliar thing with Catriona/Katrina.
― Alba, Sunday, 11 November 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
yeah look you have to listen or ask sorry bout that
― unproven (darraghmac), Sunday, 11 November 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
tho i do think p Harrington is just pauric
― unproven (darraghmac), Sunday, 11 November 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
The only Padraig I've ever met was a Podrig. I'm not claiming to be much better than your average English but I did once get complimented by a Cathal for a decent effort at getting his name right (something like Cohul iirc).
my general approach to Irish spellings of Irish names, which you don't see v often in GB but still, is to rack my brains for an anglicised name with the same first letter and some of the same consonants in the middle, which is bad
tbh this is my usual approach, which sometimes works but often it's not quite the same (e.g. Padraig) and more often I just guess the wrong Anglicised name - e.g. Aoileann is not the Irish spelling of Eileen, they are 2 different names.
― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 11 November 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
and tbf an awful lot of them are just made up, like that last one
― unproven (darraghmac), Sunday, 11 November 2018 15:10 (five years ago) link
all names are made up deems, the only issue -- and not much of one until you meet the wrong person -- is when
― mark s, Sunday, 11 November 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
díms
― unproven (darraghmac), Sunday, 11 November 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
tÿmß
― pomenitul, Sunday, 11 November 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
every pronunciation is a pose, or an assertion of inclusion, exclusion, or of ~knowing~. because that's the information behind, and above, mere fact.
― Hunt3r, Sunday, 11 November 2018 16:07 (five years ago) link
My given name is Padraic. I got tired of explaining it and had it changed.
Will still answer to Paddy, particularly among family, but generally it was just a hassle.
― Quantum of shoelace (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 12 November 2018 10:54 (five years ago) link
for some reason I was under the impression that Vladimir Nabokov was gay, when in fact he was kind of homophobic and had a gay brother
― mh, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 04:07 (five years ago) link
Yes and it's kind of horrifying if you juxtapose the somewhat glib homophobia in e.g. Pale Fire with the tragic circumstances of Sergei's death in a concentration camp.
The best I can say is, one can add it to a long (and growing) list of instances where one might admire some specific works of art while finding the artists problematic (or worse).
― Quantum of shoelace (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 04:21 (five years ago) link
That the plural of “opus” is “opera” wtf
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 06:36 (five years ago) link
whoa
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 06:40 (five years ago) link
(it's opuses)
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 08:09 (five years ago) link
Opera is the Latin plural
― Number None, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 08:16 (five years ago) link
wonder how a single unit of works becomes a plural.So adding an extra s on the end of a group of work by a single composer and going operas is making a plural out of a plural? & therefore somewhat graphemetically tautological? gorlumme
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 08:54 (five years ago) link
Most names of pasta are in a similar situation: spaghetti is little strings; spaghettis would be little stringses.
"Agenda" is also originally plural.
― Quantum of shoelace (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:14 (five years ago) link
hippopotamuses s/d hippopotamodes
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:17 (five years ago) link
Double plurals exist in English "the peoples of the world"
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:23 (five years ago) link
Octopuses, octopodes; clitorises, clitorides.
This is partly why I generally favor pluralizing loanwords using the conventions of English, rather than trying to replicate the pluralizing strategy of the source language. I cringe a little when I hear someone saying "these memoranda" or "syllabi: or "matrices."
― Frank Lloyd RONG (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
Or dataWho the fuck says “spaghettis” tho
― coetzee.cx (wins), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:29 (five years ago) link
children and ppl pretending to talk like children
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:31 (five years ago) link
they are the future iirc
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
spice up your life
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:33 (five years ago) link
What is plural of 'zigazig ah' plz
― Carl Perkins and the Gherkin Merkins (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:52 (five years ago) link
zigazag us zigazag ah zigazag um
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
(Also, can you plz give me heads up when you change your dn so that I make sure I don't spit take my monitor?)
My 'shockingly old' revelation of the day: a lobster roll is not some fancy sushi thing but rather lobster on a hot dog bun, wtf.
― Carl Perkins and the Gherkin Merkins (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:54 (five years ago) link
Plural of "spaghetti" is "spaghettis-o's"
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
whats wrong with matrices!
― unproven (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
first one was fine but reloaded and revolutions were a disappointment imo
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:32 (five years ago) link
counterpoint: they were all bad not good
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:41 (five years ago) link
Was that from last night's Jeopardy?
― jmm, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:43 (five years ago) link
Okay so what is the plural of 'Bill the Cat' then?
― Carl Perkins and the Gherkin Merkins (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:47 (five years ago) link
bill the's cats
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
I was shockingly old when I realized that Bill and Cathy had the same catchphrase.
― Carl Perkins and the Gherkin Merkins (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link
You ought've to known by now.
― pplains, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:03 (five years ago) link
(You ought've to known by now.)
Was that from last night's Jeopardy?Yes! I'm visiting CA from Australia and was mesmerised.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
We have so much to teach the world, it's true.
― Carl Perkins and the Gherkin Merkins (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
hung out with two friends. "money for nothing" came up cuz one of us said "that ain't workin'" or something. they both admitted they were adults before realizing that was sting on backing vox. i thought about explaining this thread to them but, in the end, didn't.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
/me wonders if they are talking about billy the cat and katie
― koogs, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
Famous + recognizable voices doing backup vocals (eg Jagger on 'You're So Vain', Kate Bush on 'Games Without Frontiers') seems to be perennial 'shocking late-stage revelation' fodder for me.
― Carl Perkins and the Gherkin Merkins (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:47 (five years ago) link
speaking of I always thought the line in "Games" was "she's so funky, yeah" and for a long time I thought "Big Time" was called "Pig Time" because my Dad is a funny, funny man
― frogbs, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link