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John Cage Bubblegum

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31^st Jan 2008 at 11:27 am

Quote: girlpants

If I hear anyone say Lacy for LaCie (Its intercapped for a reason you f*ckwits!) linskys for linksys (It says it in front of you f*cking face, READ IT OUT LOUD.) or any other aberrant pronunciation of a word that, should for the most part be pretty self explanatory I'll go on a killing spree!

On a vaguely related note, people who say 'asterix' instead of 'asterisk' need shooting as well. For f*ck's sake.

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Freshly Squeezed Cynic

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31^st Jan 2008 at 11:46 am

apparently the big pink bastard is me

Quote: thelostdude

Stoke is also terrible in how a lot of people pronounce the vowel 'i' as 'ee', which sounds horrible, high-pitched and piercing. Having my name can be very annoying around here.

So in your native tongue, you're Coleen?

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Colin

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31^st Jan 2008 at 1:46 pm

Quote: fsc

Quote: thelostdude

Stoke is also terrible in how a lot of people pronounce the vowel 'i' as 'ee', which sounds horrible, high-pitched and piercing. Having my name can be very annoying around here.

So in your native tongue, you're Coleen?

I guess so. It's not really as bad as I'm implying here - the average Stokie CAN pronounce 'i', but it still happens.

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When people use 'of' instead of 'have'; as in 'he would of liked it'.

WRAH.

I don't like 'tar' and 't'rar', which seem to mean 'thanks' and 'goodbye', respectively. I assosciate both with 'duck'. 'Tar duck' sounds like a pettier version of those seals that get covered in oil.

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Insane Jam Sow

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31^st Jan 2008 at 1:47 pm

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Quote: girlpants
If I hear anyone say Lacy for LaCie (Its intercapped for a reason you f*ckwits!) linskys for linksys (It says it in front of you f*cking face, READ IT OUT LOUD.) or any other aberrant pronunciation of a word that, should for the most part be pretty self explanatory I'll go on a killing spree!

On a vaguely related note, people who say 'asterix' instead of 'asterisk' need shooting as well. For f*ck's sake.

This is very true, and in a related gripe - the little electric cars that go round the track are SCA-LEX-TRIC not SCA-LEC-TRIX.

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Colin

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31^st Jan 2008 at 1:57 pm

Quote: Insane_Jam_Sow

Quote: samurai_hedgehog
Quote: girlpants
If I hear anyone say Lacy for LaCie (Its intercapped for a reason you f*ckwits!) linskys for linksys (It says it in front of you f*cking face, READ IT OUT LOUD.) or any other aberrant pronunciation of a word that, should for the most part be pretty self explanatory I'll go on a killing spree!

On a vaguely related note, people who say 'asterix' instead of 'asterisk' need shooting as well. For f*ck's sake.

This is very true, and in a related gripe - the little electric cars that go round the track are SCA-LEX-TRIC not SCA-LEC-TRIX.

I'm on your side here, but it's very difficult to say!

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Rainbow

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31^st Jan 2008 at 4:45 pm

Is the avatar upload thing broken?

One that annoys me, a ride we used to have at work was called Beelzee Bob's Trail. Which is, of course, simple and easy to say.

Not so. It was ALWAYS referred to by guests (I think most people leave their brain at the gate when they enter a theme park, but that's another rant) Beezlee Bob's or Beezul Bob's. Why can't people see the L is before the Z?

Colin

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31^st Jan 2008 at 6:35 pm

"I could care less"

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Colin

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31^st Jan 2008 at 7:34 pm

'well' as in the Nathan Barley context? ("That's well good") In a non-ironic context, very ew.
I guess 'proper' is used in the same way. Very very ew.

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Snazzberry

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31^st Jan 2008 at 8:24 pm

i r lion. i r bite you.

"i know, right?!"

i dont know, do you?

there are so many others i agree with in this thread. particularly the asterix/asterisk thing. rawrgh.

[quote author=the doc link=1161728632/360#370 date=1193262367]If i wanna scratch me balls i use a hedgehog like everyone else.[/quote]

Albi The Racist Dragon

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1^st Feb 2008 at 2:04 am

Quote: TheUnitedTruth

I will say things like "that is well good" or "well harsh" "proper tight" (meaning bad) or "proper rough" etc etc.

Just something I do. I never thought about it much 'til my Mum started being bothered by it.

Back up, tight means bad round here? I thought it meant good...

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Colin

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1^st Feb 2008 at 2:35 am

When people pronounce things with an 'a' in as 'ar' (the only one I can think of that's alright is 'carn't', and I'm not so sure I'm keen on that) - grarss, darnce, parth.
'Buzz' instead of 'bus'. What the hell?
One I do myself - 'I mean' as nervous punctuation. I must stop that!

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Snazzberry

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1^st Feb 2008 at 3:36 am

i r lion. i r bite you.

it's still weird to me that english people think the r sound is synonymous with the h sound. years ago martin wrote the word "tomartos" in an email before i had really caught onto the r=h thing, and to this day i still like to say tomarrrtos in a piratey sort of way

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Freshly Squeezed Cynic

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1^st Feb 2008 at 2:32 pm

apparently the big pink bastard is me

Quote: scarlet

Quote: thelostdude
When people pronounce things with an 'a' in as 'ar' (the only one I can think of that's alright is 'carn't', and I'm not so sure I'm keen on that) - grarss, darnce, parth.

you're annoyed by correct pronounciation?

It's only correct up against a wall.

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Colin

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1^st Feb 2008 at 2:34 pm

Quote: scarlet

Quote: thelostdude
When people pronounce things with an 'a' in as 'ar' (the only one I can think of that's alright is 'carn't', and I'm not so sure I'm keen on that) - grarss, darnce, parth.

you're annoyed by correct pronounciation?

'Correct' is all a matter of opinion.
'Wrong', on the other hand, is you.

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JM

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1^st Feb 2008 at 3:40 pm

I hate people saying things like 'we done well today.'

Also, seeing people spell 'surprise' wrong winds me up.

Why do people insist on saying 'like' 50 times in the middle of a sentence too!

Colin

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1^st Feb 2008 at 4:41 pm

It's graceful to make every second word rhyme with 'a*se'?
I wonder if anyone smokes 'grars'.

Disclaimer: I know that, technically, neither are incorrect, but the added 'r' sound has a kind of pretentious manner to it which p*sses me off.

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Colin

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1^st Feb 2008 at 4:46 pm

Quote: girlpants

The pretentious thing was what I meant by the airs and graces comment.

Heh, I know, I know.

I just needed to post again. My rage in such a matter is forever.

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Colin

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1^st Feb 2008 at 6:42 pm

Quote: the_doc

It's an Americanism really, but it's started creeping in over here somewhat, to my eternal chagrin: when people say/write this band is touring or whatever e.g. Led Zeppelin is one of the most overrated rock bands in the history of the known universe........" Gragh, gragh and thrice gragh, it's enough to give me f*cking apoplexy!

Yep, though "a band" is a singular so I do understand... Still horrible.

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Snazzberry

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1^st Feb 2008 at 6:56 pm

i r lion. i r bite you.

Quote: thelostdude

Quote: the_doc
It's an Americanism really, but it's started creeping in over here somewhat, to my eternal chagrin: when people say/write this band is touring or whatever e.g. Led Zeppelin is one of the most overrated rock bands in the history of the known universe........" Gragh, gragh and thrice gragh, it's enough to give me f*cking apoplexy!

Yep, though "a band" is a singular so I do understand... Still horrible.

thank you colin!! i used to say "<band/company/collective noun> is" and martin would always "correct" me and we would argue about who was right, but i think now i say 'are' instead. i might actually do it both ways.

and it's not horrible

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