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
how 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
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
Pompatus
― Instant Carmax (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
That only a river separates New York state from Canada (I thought there were other states in the way).
― Alba, Thursday, 3 October 2019 01:14 (four years ago) link
not even that, south of montréal
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2019 01:19 (four years ago) link
There's also a pretty cool waterfall between the two.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 3 October 2019 02:42 (four years ago) link
grew up near niagara falls, but only recently went on the maid of the mist boat ride, it was great
― Dan S, Thursday, 3 October 2019 02:58 (four years ago) link
Looks like if you reduce NY state to a heavily distorted triangle one whole face borders on Canada separated by a river, lakes and things. & New England is down another face. Think I would have pictured those states as being somehow above it so possibly between it and Canada
― Stevolende, Thursday, 3 October 2019 09:06 (four years ago) link
By "down" you mean east, yes?
Half of the NE states have Canadian borders even with or north of New York's
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 3 October 2019 10:42 (four years ago) link
Maybe the confusion comes because people conflate New York State with NYC, which is m/l in the SE corner of the fairly large state?
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Thursday, 3 October 2019 11:13 (four years ago) link
would have viewed the face as being near vertical so the borders being down the side of it. Wasn't really thinking about up or down in terms of further North in relation to that aspect. But would probably have been thinking new England was generally further North towards the Canadian Border which hung as a curtain on the West to East axis if thinking about things figuratively. Which it doesn't really anyway and I'm not sure of the degree of tilt of the body of the continent of North America anyway.
& I also found out when looking at the map that a picture I had since driving to London Ontario for the UWO centenary was totally wrong. I thought we'd driven North and gone through Massachusetts and then NIagara Falls when going from Mount Vernon. I just found out where Niagara Falls actually lies. So that would be an opposite direction.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 3 October 2019 11:16 (four years ago) link
I don't understand that post but the slice of NY from Buffalo to like Watertown is great.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Thursday, 3 October 2019 11:20 (four years ago) link
sorry should have xp-ed.
Had a picture of how the areas hung together from having been driven there in my pre-teens which I've just seen is contrary to the map. So wondering if I mistook Buffalo for something else.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 3 October 2019 11:23 (four years ago) link
So wondering if I mistook Buffalo for something else.
I mean, you wouldn't be the first.
― pplains, Thursday, 3 October 2019 13:15 (four years ago) link
They were probably bison. It's a common mistake.
― Furter-Bursting Tater Squirter (Old Lunch), Thursday, 3 October 2019 13:18 (four years ago) link
I was thinking "a city that ranks in the Top 20 most populous nationally."
― pplains, Thursday, 3 October 2019 13:28 (four years ago) link
I thought for like 40 years that we drove up through Boston which doesn't geographically make sense.Think I've mainly seen the sliver of New York State around NYC when looking at maps talking about events there and not seen that skips about 4/5s of the State.
Also thinking that a picture of the US based on maps and Atlases and things would have the country squared left to right as if it fit the West to East axis directly when the reality of a naturally formed continent would more probably be considerably to the tilt from those compass point axes. Like.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 3 October 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
as long as you can tell the difference between washington state and washington dc, you're good to go
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2019 14:56 (four years ago) link
Yeah, met somebody from Washington State yesterday. & found out where the Puget Sound was. Not sure where i would have placed it other than thinking it was a good weird post hardcore band from Dublin about 10 years ago. Or at least they borrowed the name.She said there were deserts in Washington State which I wouldn't have thought cos I thought a lot of that area was known for rain.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 3 October 2019 15:09 (four years ago) link
There's a mountain range bisecting the state! The western coastal part is probably better known
I hadn't realized until early this year that there's a Vancouver, Washington.
― mh, Thursday, 3 October 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link
I'm surprised they don't try to pronounce it Van-COH-ver or something.
― pplains, Thursday, 3 October 2019 15:16 (four years ago) link
Let me tell you something that actually is germane to this thread: When I was a kid, I read about, and we studied in school about, the Salem witch trials.
I was aware that Salem was a place in Oregon. I was not aware it is also a place in Massachusetts. I was never really able to work out how women could have been persecuted as witches in a place that wasn't founded until 1842 but also I was an evangelical so I was used to believing in impossible things that didn't make sense, so somehow I just let it ride. ALL MY LIFE UNTIL ADULT-HOOD.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Thursday, 3 October 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
that was their witchery though, actually being also in the other Salem
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 3 October 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
i don't think that's so bad? the oregon one is much larger and is a state capital, and it's not like the witch trials appear everyday discussions. i can totally see thinking 'weird, but whatever'
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2019 15:54 (four years ago) link
I worked at a university archive and special collections in Washington state for years and had at least three conversations with scholars from the UK who were going to be visiting NY/Boston/DC and wanted to casually swing by one day and check out our Virginia Woolf collection. They were all super confused when I explained it would take them several days to get there by train.
The USAF survival training school is in Spokane, supposedly because Washington State has easy access to desert, rain forest, and high altitude snow conditions within a couple of hours.
― joygoat, Thursday, 3 October 2019 16:03 (four years ago) link
truly a land of contrasts
― mh, Thursday, 3 October 2019 16:09 (four years ago) link
i once knew an albertan who thought the white house, etc, was in washington state. it's understandable. i can't tell my rough riders from my roughriders
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2019 16:15 (four years ago) link
xxp My dad had to do that course. He said something about being left in the desert with a potato and an onion and iirc he won't talk about it beyond that.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Thursday, 3 October 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
i only learned last year that the redskins is washington dc. I'm from Virginia so I probably should've realized that even sooner.
― Yerac, Thursday, 3 October 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
On your left, Oregon. The state of Washington is on your right.
https://i.imgur.com/wI1RpP7.png
― pplains, Thursday, 3 October 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
having the potato and onion seems like cheating imo
― Number None, Thursday, 3 October 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
I thought the Washington football team was the Hatcats.
― tokyo rosemary, Thursday, 3 October 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
you were correct
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
My wife learned recently that a certain college (famous for its sports teams) is not "Yukon" but "UConn."
― Instant Carmax (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 3 October 2019 17:07 (four years ago) link
Haha, the Hatcats' location was a longterm point of confusion for me as well
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 3 October 2019 17:31 (four years ago) link
not "Yukon" but "UConn."
this is wonderful
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2019 18:01 (four years ago) link
Ah, the Huskies.
Just like the football team in Washington.
― pplains, Thursday, 3 October 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link