Things you were shockingly old when you learned

Bloody contact makes for more mingling than no contact at all. But the phonemes!

Same reason I’m likelier to pronounce csárdás and kürtőskalács correctly.

Reminds me, there's a Scottish guy who comes into the Library who always exaggeratedly pronounces his name as McCulloCCCCCHHHHHH. I'm like, "Yeah, we get the message, mate".

sure it could be a local thing, theres five ways to say gallagher on the island and by chrisht youd better be clear about which one youre claimin

golloher
gallaher
gallager
galacher
gollocher

seein as u asked

gallacher otoh is scotch afaict

How would you say it in Dublin?

second one seems the norm

how do you say Mahoney tho

I used to know someone called Pádraig and he pronounced it something like Porrick. So when I heard other English people pronounce other Pádraigs as Padraig or Podraig I was like "ha ha you n00bs" but then it turned out some Pádraigs do pronounce it that way. Simliar thing with Catriona/Katrina.

yeah look you have to listen or ask sorry bout that

tho i do think p Harrington is just pauric

The only Padraig I've ever met was a Podrig. I'm not claiming to be much better than your average English but I did once get complimented by a Cathal for a decent effort at getting his name right (something like Cohul iirc).

my general approach to Irish spellings of Irish names, which you don't see v often in GB but still, is to rack my brains for an anglicised name with the same first letter and some of the same consonants in the middle, which is bad

tbh this is my usual approach, which sometimes works but often it's not quite the same (e.g. Padraig) and more often I just guess the wrong Anglicised name - e.g. Aoileann is not the Irish spelling of Eileen, they are 2 different names.

and tbf an awful lot of them are just made up, like that last one

all names are made up deems, the only issue -- and not much of one until you meet the wrong person -- is when

díms

tÿmß

every pronunciation is a pose, or an assertion of inclusion, exclusion, or of ~knowing~. because that's the information behind, and above, mere fact.

My given name is Padraic. I got tired of explaining it and had it changed.

Will still answer to Paddy, particularly among family, but generally it was just a hassle.

for some reason I was under the impression that Vladimir Nabokov was gay, when in fact he was kind of homophobic and had a gay brother

Yes and it's kind of horrifying if you juxtapose the somewhat glib homophobia in e.g. Pale Fire with the tragic circumstances of Sergei's death in a concentration camp.

The best I can say is, one can add it to a long (and growing) list of instances where one might admire some specific works of art while finding the artists problematic (or worse).

That the plural of “opus” is “opera” wtf

whoa

(it's opuses)

Opera is the Latin plural

wonder how a single unit of works becomes a plural.
So adding an extra s on the end of a group of work by a single composer and going operas is making a plural out of a plural? & therefore somewhat graphemetically tautological? gorlumme

Most names of pasta are in a similar situation: spaghetti is little strings; spaghettis would be little stringses.

"Agenda" is also originally plural.

hippopotamuses s/d hippopotamodes

Double plurals exist in English "the peoples of the world"

Octopuses, octopodes; clitorises, clitorides.

This is partly why I generally favor pluralizing loanwords using the conventions of English, rather than trying to replicate the pluralizing strategy of the source language. I cringe a little when I hear someone saying "these memoranda" or "syllabi: or "matrices."

Or data

Who the fuck says “spaghettis” tho

children and ppl pretending to talk like children

they are the future iirc

Double plurals exist in English "the peoples of the world"

spice up your life

What is plural of 'zigazig ah' plz

zigazag us zigazag ah zigazag um

(Also, can you plz give me heads up when you change your dn so that I make sure I don't spit take my monitor?)

My 'shockingly old' revelation of the day: a lobster roll is not some fancy sushi thing but rather lobster on a hot dog bun, wtf.

Plural of "spaghetti" is "spaghettis-o's"

whats wrong with matrices!

first one was fine but reloaded and revolutions were a disappointment imo

counterpoint: they were all bad not good

That the plural of “opus” is “opera” wtf

Was that from last night's Jeopardy?

Okay so what is the plural of 'Bill the Cat' then?

bill the's cats

I was shockingly old when I realized that Bill and Cathy had the same catchphrase.

You ought've to known by now.

(You ought've to known by now.)

Was that from last night's Jeopardy?
Yes! I'm visiting CA from Australia and was mesmerised.

We have so much to teach the world, it's true.

hung out with two friends. "money for nothing" came up cuz one of us said "that ain't workin'" or something. they both admitted they were adults before realizing that was sting on backing vox. i thought about explaining this thread to them but, in the end, didn't.