lol, that looks like a hashtag from that season of Game of Thrones where Theon got castrated.
― Frederik B, Friday, 17 August 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
Like the 'ea' in 'thread' or 'dead'
― Frederik B, Friday, 17 August 2018 17:34 (five years ago) link
... or like the "e" in "Fred"
― Doctor Casϵϵno (Doctor Casino), Friday, 17 August 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
surely if you pronounce it in Danish the vowel sound of the first e is more like the a in "pat"
― niels, Friday, 17 August 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
wait... so it sounds exactly like an english E
or do other english accents pronounce the E in "med" different from the ea in "dead"? i am perplexed
xp lol
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 17 August 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
as is the i
― niels, Friday, 17 August 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
and the middle e like the e in "the"
I think fratherrack comes closer
― niels, Friday, 17 August 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
i'm afræd of Danes
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 August 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
dønt bæ
― niels, Friday, 17 August 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
(who hæte the Intercept)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 August 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it's just a bit darker.
― Frederik B, Friday, 17 August 2018 17:40 (five years ago) link
Whan that aprille with his shoures soote
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 17 August 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
googles a suitable reference worth noting that English has around 15 vowel sounds, whereas well-organized languages tend to get by with 5 or 6. The choice of vowel sound to use in many words also tends to vary by region.
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, 17 August 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
nice overview of AmE vowels with an ESL perspective http://ocw.uci.edu/upload/files/vowels.pdf
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, 17 August 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
'well-organized languages'
Yeah, this isn't Danish, lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stød
― Frederik B, Friday, 17 August 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
wow, morphological vocal fry
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, 17 August 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
googles a suitable reference worth noting that English has around 15 vowel sounds, whereas well-organized languages tend to get by with 5 or 6. The choice of vowel sound to use in many words also tends to vary by region.― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, August 17, 2018 1:56 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, August 17, 2018 1:56 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
where i grew up you were lucky if you heard two different vowel sounds, mostly it was just a growl and then kind of another louder growl
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 17 August 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
I think the Danes had quite a bit of influence on the development of English.
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Friday, 17 August 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
these vowels all got imported from somewhere that's for sure
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, 17 August 2018 18:12 (five years ago) link
Will M., raised by wolves
xp
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 August 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
No that's Noodle Vague you're thinking of there.
https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article10543439.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Wolverhampton-Wanderers-Unveil-New-Manager-Nuno-Espirito-Santo.jpg
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Friday, 17 August 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
gosh he looked so young 12 months ago
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 17 August 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
Let me see if I have the pronunciation of Frederik down now, is it this
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91uvLOmmyxL._SY550_.jpg
― Melted Belts, Priced To Move (Old Lunch), Friday, 17 August 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
That's Swedish, and after being called out for calling Ireland part of the 'British Isles' I'm really not in a mood to be confused with those ässhöles. Jüst stöp it!
― Frederik B, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
if denmark is so great, why does Dane (almost) rhyme with LAME
https://data.whicdn.com/images/253994130/original.gif
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
Had no idea 'croonchy' was a real word. ILX teaches me new things every day!
― Melted Belts, Priced To Move (Old Lunch), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
― Trϵϵship, 17. august 2018 21:09 (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Because those who invented English were racist.
― Frederik B, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
(cue deej: 'Danish is not a race!')
after being called out for calling Ireland part of the 'British Isles'
heh, was this what prompted that poll
― flaneur brayin (darraghmac), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
pretty good comeback fred xp
https://media.giphy.com/media/xT0GqdzIPUeojOf9Yc/giphy.gif
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
― flaneur brayin (darraghmac), 17. august 2018 21:18 (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Lol, didn't you know that? Yeah, it's on the 'British literature is shit' thread, which again was prompted by a remark of mine on the 'British cinema is shit' thread, and at that point I'd probably shat enough on, um, 'the wet and foggy isles west of glorious Jutland', was that what we ended up agreeing to?
― Frederik B, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:22 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQyuKHiPMdI
― Melted Belts, Priced To Move (Old Lunch), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
what is our consensus on the worst nationality?
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
Isn't Jutland in Denmark anyway?
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
frankly i thought we should never have left europe, i was agin it
xp american
― flaneur brayin (darraghmac), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
american on the internet
Sorry, Denmark is in Jutland rather.
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
'the wet and foggy isles west of glorious Jutland'
def voting for this poll option, just rolls right off the tongue
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
Or Denmark is Jutland? Expect some of it's in Germany. I think.
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link
jutland is part of denmark
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:27 (five years ago) link
Is Denmark part of Germany
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
i lived in copenhagen for a few months so i think i know more about denmark than anyone else on ilx. ask me anything.
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
denmark is in fact part of germany
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
denmark is the northern six counties of germany
jeez fuckin yanks
― flaneur brayin (darraghmac), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
― Trϵϵship, 17. august 2018 21:23 (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, sorry but it's definitely American. And we could make a poll about it, but it would be ruined by the Americans.
Because they ruin everything.
― Frederik B, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:30 (five years ago) link
I suppose it's called Jutland because it juts out. Has to be. Frætheræk?
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:30 (five years ago) link
excuse me while I ruin æverything
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
fair, although america has produced a whole lot of globally beloved music over the past century xp
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
That's what they used to say about Germany.
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:32 (five years ago) link