My new seltzter co must somehow then be named “Conga”
― Hunt3r, Monday, 30 September 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
So Sanka rhymes with Tonka.
Also just noticed that I say Sank-uh, but also San-tuh.
― pplains, Monday, 30 September 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
The combover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqhvJrcMV9c
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 30 September 2019 22:06 (four years ago) link
new fella at my barbers seems to be tryin to push me in this or a similar direction i dunno how to break it to him that i had a bald patch before he was born ill be ok like
― all over bar the shouting (im here for the shouting) (darraghmac), Monday, 30 September 2019 22:29 (four years ago) link
So apparently disgusting Americans pronounce "flaccid" with a hard C
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 05:41 (four years ago) link
I've never heard anyone pronounce it like that.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 06:44 (four years ago) link
Wtf
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 07:10 (four years ago) link
Both pronunciations exist on both sides of the pond, it seems. I agree that the hard C is gross.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 08:10 (four years ago) link
oh right, looks like the trendy haircut is spelt as 2 words.. Still sounds the same when said though. Foun dit odd when it was said in a class I was in last week as a haircut the teacher was giving people.
https://haircutinspiration.com/comb-over-haircut/
https://media.haircutinspiration.com/photos/20181204005531/comb-over-blackfishbry-500x649.jpg
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 08:17 (four years ago) link
we were talking coffee and wondering if Sanka was still around. it is. and for the first time i wondered about the name and realized it was a portmanteau for sans caffeine. the (american) pronunciation of sank-uh threw me all these many years.
I never know how to say "sans" as in "sans serif" out loud, like in Comic Sans or whatever. If I (try to) pronounce it in a French manner it sounds kind of like... just a weird meaningless sound in an English sentence. If I say "sanz" I feel like an uncultured barbarian. Help!
Are we counting the x (-ks-, hard then soft) pronunciation of flaccid as hard? It always sounds weird to me because I usually hear it to rhyme with "placid" but iirc it's technically correct and I can't think of any other -cci-/-cce- words which don't use that sound. Well, not since I finally realised how to pronounce e.g. Occitan and occidental a few years ago at an embarrassingly old age.
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 08:33 (four years ago) link
All the letterpress people I hang about with say sanz, and I just copy them.
Thinking about it, though, comic sans pronounced to rhyme with Fonz would be excellent.
― Tim, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 08:56 (four years ago) link
I know one letterpress person and they're the opposite of an uncultured barbarian so I'll go with that, then. Hooray.
Rhymes-with-Fonz seems theoretically more comprehensible than a nasal sound with a silent final s, but I think that's the compromise I've ended up with after chickening out of the silent s at the last moment, and can confirm that nobody has ever known what the hell I've been talking about.
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 09:31 (four years ago) link
https://forvo.com/word/sans_serif/#en
TopQuark otm
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 09:33 (four years ago) link
GraB otm
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 09:37 (four years ago) link
Shit, I pronounce it sonn suh-reef, I am a pretentious twat. Not sure I've ever had cause to say it loud though so I've probably got away with it.
― Stockhausen Serves Empirical Jism (Matt #2), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 09:43 (four years ago) link
how else would anyone say it? that's literally the way to say it
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 09:48 (four years ago) link
mind you, i say 'Comic SANZ' so... bully for me
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 09:49 (four years ago) link
In French, “sonn”. In typography, “sanz”, even if you are a French typographer. No exceptions.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 10:14 (four years ago) link
Hmm…
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 10:17 (four years ago) link
son exception
― all over bar the shouting (im here for the shouting) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 10:19 (four years ago) link
yo is it true frogs got sonned by a typo kid after a sans sebeef??????
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 10:20 (four years ago) link
Pretty sure Shakespeare pronounced it "sanz"
― honk hunk blue (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 10:44 (four years ago) link
Those alternative forms are delicious:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/saunz
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 10:52 (four years ago) link
sanz kant danz
― L'assie (Euler), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 12:02 (four years ago) link
Saying Comic SANZ ... actually sorta fits the zany, anything-goes vibe of that font.
― pplains, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 12:21 (four years ago) link
did somebody say "comic sanz"??http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Horatio+Sanz+Celebrity+Guests+Visit+VMA+Style+4Bdj9FbbwB1l.jpg
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 12:26 (four years ago) link
The thing is, it's a word that comes from French, just like many English words do, but if you are speaking English to other English speakers, there's nothing wrong with giving it an English (or American) pronunciation.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 12:46 (four years ago) link
I don't know, most direct loan words from French involve at least an attempt at a French pronunciation. Don't they?
― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 12:53 (four years ago) link
I pronounce it ‘sans serif’ and ‘fucking awful typeface that should never be used’.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 13:01 (four years ago) link
2 more cool options for flaccid:
ch sound. fla-chid. quite the flaccid bocce bowl, my friend.
k-si sound. flak-sid. i'm accidentally flaccid!
― andrew m., Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:21 (four years ago) link
most direct loan words from French involve at least an attempt at a French pronunciation
I would give you carte blanche to think that, meanwhile I will wear lingerie in Baton Rouge, Des Moines, and Coeur d'Alene. I will eat hors d'oeuvres in Paris, Texas, while painting in a trompe l'oeil style, for that is my brusque genre and my nonchalant milieu.
― Instant Carmax (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:23 (four years ago) link
How is Baton Rouge pronounced? I knew Americans would fuck up the pronunciations, that goes without saying.
― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link
like....which of those words aint pronounced frenchlike, save paris which yknow is fairly commonly accepted either way
― all over bar the shouting (im here for the shouting) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:32 (four years ago) link
Bat'n rooj
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:32 (four years ago) link
Des Moines = d'moyn
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:33 (four years ago) link
duh moyn
― mh, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:33 (four years ago) link
I know that one.
― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:34 (four years ago) link
ok imma have to hear ye say it obv
― all over bar the shouting (im here for the shouting) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
Americans do not have a monopoly on pronouncing French proper nouns and loanwords in a different manner from the source language.
Ask a British about Belvoir, Beaulieu, Beauregard, Beaufort, renaissance...
Oh but do let's hear more about American boorishness, that is such a fresh topic that one sees so rarely in the ilxosphere...
― Instant Carmax (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:36 (four years ago) link
As a topic, it is pretty fresh fwiw.
― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:37 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5doRuDeQPM
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:38 (four years ago) link
now in my head i can only hear it over beats and like ‘flaCIEEEED!’
― Hunt3r, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:39 (four years ago) link
but like ymp, i kinda think thats what we're saying?
― all over bar the shouting (im here for the shouting) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link
the british are second only to the french in not pronouncing half the letters in words, imo
― mh, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link
Shit, I pronounce it sonn suh-reef, I am a pretentious twat. Not sure I've ever had cause to say it loud though so I've probably got away with it.― Stockhausen Serves Empirical Jism (Matt #2), mercredi 2 octobre 2019 04:43 (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglinkhow else would anyone say it? that's literally the way to say it― frame casual (dog latin), mercredi 2 octobre 2019 04:48 (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Stockhausen Serves Empirical Jism (Matt #2), mercredi 2 octobre 2019 04:43 (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― frame casual (dog latin), mercredi 2 octobre 2019 04:48 (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
That's how I say it too, maybe without enunciating the "n". I've heard "serif" pronounced the way the guys on Forvo do but it would never occur to me to say "sans" like "sanz" tbh.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link
waitll ye here about what words based on irish should actually sound like
― all over bar the shouting (im here for the shouting) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
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The American pronunciations of names like Maurice, Bernard and Gerard are noticeably less boorish than the UK/Irish ones, for a bit of balance.
― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:43 (four years ago) link
wait how dyou say those then
― all over bar the shouting (im here for the shouting) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:44 (four years ago) link
baurice jeansonne