OT to the motherfucking M!!!!!
― schwantz, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 23:53 (ten years ago) link
word
those people are jerks and need to cut it the fuck out
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 November 2013 00:12 (ten years ago) link
lol nevada is pronounced the canadian way?
i'm sure this is mentioned somewhere in the previous 2100 posts, but i hate when machines use the first person, eg the atm that says 'i'm getting your money now!'
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 November 2013 00:16 (ten years ago) link
sorry i only eat table leavins!
― single white hairball (harbl), Thursday, 14 November 2013 00:23 (ten years ago) link
We say "ne-vah-da" up here iirc, I would transcribe video pronunciation as "Neva(h)-da"
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:23 (ten years ago) link
how do you say 'pasta' and 'mazda'
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:26 (ten years ago) link
The way they're spelled :)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:27 (ten years ago) link
I don't know enough about describing language to do so accurately but pasta/Mazda do have similarities to Nevada imo
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:32 (ten years ago) link
exactly!
i think most americans say (not quite, but more or less) posta and mozda and nevoda
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:39 (ten years ago) link
I bet people in the countries of England or Scotland or Manchester couldn't even tell you how you're supposed to pronounce Nevada.
― pplains, Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:43 (ten years ago) link
darragh how do you englishes pronounce things
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:46 (ten years ago) link
What? "nevoda" (or "ne-vah-da") is rare, IME. I think most Americans pronounce it the right way: with the a in "va" pronounced as it is in "apple."
Also, it's Colora(as in "apple")do, not GD "Colorahdo."
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:51 (ten years ago) link
I say ne-vah-da.
― Jeff, Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:53 (ten years ago) link
never contradict me in front of the canadians, je55e
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:53 (ten years ago) link
at least not until darragh kicks my ass
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:54 (ten years ago) link
And Oh-re-gun, not gone. And Missouro and Ioway.
xp lol
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:54 (ten years ago) link
Oh, I'm slow, but was "posta" and "nevoda" a joke?
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:57 (ten years ago) link
nehada
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 November 2013 05:03 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPoGI3J3_Qc
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Thursday, 14 November 2013 05:06 (ten years ago) link
knee vay der
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 November 2013 05:13 (ten years ago) link
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 14 November 2013 06:08 (ten years ago) link
It makes me a little IA that the "correct" pronunciation of Spanish-named states is the non-Spanish pronunciation
― i wish i had a skateboard i could skate away on (Hurting 2), Thursday, 14 November 2013 06:47 (ten years ago) link
In British Columbia, Canada, the first a in Nevada is a short a: http://www.abcfastphonics.com/vowel-letters/vowel-e.html
Living in Los Angeles, I've noticed a lot of people pronounce it like Ne-VAW-daw. Can't be bothered to write in IPA.
― c21m50nh3x460n, Thursday, 14 November 2013 07:13 (ten years ago) link
Oh, oops: http://www.abcfastphonics.com/vowel-letters/vowel-a.html
― c21m50nh3x460n, Thursday, 14 November 2013 07:14 (ten years ago) link
I do not know a single person that pronounces it this way!
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Thursday, 14 November 2013 12:27 (ten years ago) link
colorado
― single white hairball (harbl), Thursday, 14 November 2013 13:12 (ten years ago) link
In a country that has towns named Ver-SAILS, KAY-row, and Buh-GO-duh, "Nuh-VAD-uh" is not our worst offense.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 14 November 2013 13:20 (ten years ago) link
I think the Ne-vahhh-da/Ne-vad-uh divide is regional. I knew no one who said it like the latter until I lived out west.
I used to live in Colorado and IME most people pronounced it with the -ahhh sound. I lived in Boulder, though, which is all transplanted Californians and east coasters anyway so grain of salt. Sahhhhhlt.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 14 November 2013 14:31 (ten years ago) link
I don't know if I could live in a nation of Peggy Hills talking about seeing the skies in Nuevo Meh Hee Ko.
― pplains, Thursday, 14 November 2013 14:44 (ten years ago) link
Shocking myself every time I hang my coat up at work.
― Jeff, Thursday, 14 November 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
The Spanish pronunciation of Nevada and Colorado isn't the same as either American pronunciation.
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link
Anyway I think we can all agree that people who say O-re-gone are disgusting savages. Much worse than people who pronounce the "s" in Illinois.
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
I suppose this one is rational, but is it bad when your dad forgets your birthday, but does manage to call/text you twice to ask for money during said day?
(w/e, it's not going to ruin my day, he's grown more and more disappointing as he's gotten older, and I'm sure in two hours the apologies will start flooding in which he'll somehow turn into his own self-deprecation).
― Lesbian has fucking riffs for days (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:31 (ten years ago) link
maybe one for rationally angry thread
― frogbs, Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
Broke my fp button on mookie, currently awaiting repair guy
― golfdinger (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:37 (ten years ago) link
I got all my pronounciations from Perry Como's "Delaware"
― Mark G, Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
Much worse than people who pronounce the "s" in Illinois.
who in the hell does this.
― pplains, Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:01 (ten years ago) link
People from rural parts of NC, definitely.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:05 (ten years ago) link
Sufjan
― Jeff, Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:06 (ten years ago) link
Sufjan Stevens.
XP!!!!!
― carl agatha, Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:06 (ten years ago) link
That's like pronouncing it Lake Mitchagain.
― pplains, Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:07 (ten years ago) link
We states with silent s's on the end gotta stick together.
I know an elderly person who pronounces "Chicago" as "Chicargo." I find that charming, though.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
I hear a few people do it, but these are the same people who pronounce 'aluminum' as "al-yoo-minn-ee-um"
― Lesbian has fucking riffs for days (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
one of the old NBA broadcasters (can't remember who) used to say it "Chi-coe-go"
also love how Mark Jackson says 'point guard' like it's "point GOD"
I can't pronounce aluminum either. Just spelled it right on the first try though, yay me.
― pplains, Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:10 (ten years ago) link
the weirdest mispronunciation I ever heard was during PMLP training certification course. One of the lead facilitators kept saying the word "characteristics" as 'char-iss-tiks', leaving half of the word out.
― Lesbian has fucking riffs for days (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
Andrew Jackson apparently used to pronounce development devil opp mint.
― pplains, Thursday, 14 November 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
ppl mispronounce georgia alot
― balls, Thursday, 14 November 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link