once worked with a dude that actually pronounced it with a hard "ex" on the end.
didn't make sense at all, as he was actually fairly well adjusted and an otherwise reasonable person.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 22:49 (four years ago) link
TBH Van Go is equally close to the 'correct' Dutch pronunciation than the standard British Van Goff.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 23:44 (four years ago) link
Uhm, no... Take it from this Dutch person: it's not. Van Goff - however wrong - is way closer than "Van Go".
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 23:46 (four years ago) link
Apparently the BBC actually recommends Van Gokh which I think is even closer to the Dutch pronunciation, at least based on dodgy online pronunciation resources I found.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 23:48 (four years ago) link
"rhymes with Loch Lomond" is how Scottish writer Grant Morrison taught me to pronounce it in a Doctor Who comic in 1987
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 00:00 (four years ago) link
The BBC can't even pronounce the Dutch word 'van' right (which should be easy, but they didn't get it right w/ their most famous 'Van' person, Ruud *van* Nistelrooij (and the got the surname pretty ok! Which is so vexing), let alone Gogh. Make of that what you will.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 00:00 (four years ago) link
xp That's not bad at all. Van Gogh rhymes w/ Loch.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Like a Arab etc
― No language just sound (Sund4r), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 00:06 (four years ago) link
Anyway, I might take issue with the pronunciation of "La Croix" but I have been exposed to francophone pronunciations of "Pachelbel" and "Pinetrail" (by someone from France) over the past week and I'm not sure whether Americans have anything to worry about.
― No language just sound (Sund4r), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 00:11 (four years ago) link
There’s nothing “wrong” with regional pronunciation changes, btw
― dracula et son fils (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 01:32 (four years ago) link
OTM, which I think means that I'd be within my rights to pronounce "La Croix" like "la croix" if I ever have a reason to talk about it.
― No language just sound (Sund4r), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 01:57 (four years ago) link
It’s within your rights to use the source-language pronunciation of a loanword, but you may get funny looks in the borrowing-language community.
― dracula et son fils (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 02:20 (four years ago) link
'O Canada' every morning in school = years of conditioning in how to say 'la croix'.
― jmm, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 02:38 (four years ago) link
i've never heard this song once in my entire life
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 05:52 (four years ago) link
'Tupperware' is my personal favourite:
https://forvo.com/search/Tupperware/fr/
Incidentally (re: 'Pinetrail'), a 'pine' is a dick.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 08:55 (four years ago) link
people who ask for a 'Bom-BAR-dee-ey' beer in the pub
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 10:51 (four years ago) link
This conversation is not a holiday conversation.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 12:18 (four years ago) link
if I could snap my fingers and have everything associated with this song erased from the planet I would
sorry John Legend
― frogbs, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 12:23 (four years ago) link
Sorry straight America, it's not a very charming song.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 12:56 (four years ago) link
from here on out, everytime somebody says they've never heard the song I am posting the Ray Charles/Betty Carter YouTube. Their version is a good song! It is absolutely problematic.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Rbkcxiibw
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 18:26 (four years ago) link
The Times recommends this version with Ms Piggy ad Nureyev which the description calls "Miss Piggy Geting(sic) Lucky in the Steam Room"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EJ1SBAO1HU
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
also via the NYT story, here's a crazy detail about the song's role in the "inspiration of Al Qaeda":https://qz.com/1491525/baby-its-cold-outside-and-the-rise-of-islamic-fundamentalism
“The dance hall convulsed to the tunes on the gramophone and was full of bounding feet and seductive legs,” Qutb wrote later. “Arms circled waists, lips met lips, chests met chests, and the atmosphere was full of passion.”
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 18:43 (four years ago) link
Wow @ "Tupperware"
― No language just sound (Sund4r), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 18:44 (four years ago) link
That Ray Charles/Betty Carter version is actually a good example of the song being performed as a "playful" exchange between two equals, and not at all like she is being coerced or otherwise stuck on the weaker side of a power dynamic.
― dracula et son fils (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
Love the German: Too-pah-Vaw-ray
― jmm, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
that Ray Charles/Betty Carter rendition is wonderful, its a shame to discover that this song did 9/11
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/pi8ssLF.jpg
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
Holiday Song? Killy?
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:08 (four years ago) link
there should be more psychotic Christmas songs
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:09 (four years ago) link
city sidewalks, bloody sidewalks
this is Satan's big day
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
xxxp That meme would also work well with an iconic Duvall/Nicholson still from The Shining.
― quinn morgendorffer stan account (morrisp), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz5kHC0g9HQ
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
Simply... having... a murderous Christmastime
― tempted by the fruit of your mother (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
Last ChristmasI cut out your heart
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:21 (four years ago) link
Jingle Hell
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:26 (four years ago) link
All I want for Christmas is your two front teeth
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
I fell for you last Christmas When I saw you from afarI'd like to cut your boobs offAnd keep them in a jar.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:16 (four years ago) link
https://images.genius.com/3b3335e86b69365e407ffae2370c161d.600x600x1.jpg
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
silent night, deadly night has nothing on that album cover
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
I saw Mommy disemboweling Santa Claus...
― tempted by the fruit of your mother (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 8 November 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
she didn't hear me creep down the stairs to take a peekand now I'm really fucked up and I can't get back to sleep
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 November 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
I fixed #BabyItsColdOutside.In this version she ignores his entreaties to stay and heads on out. Turns out there WERE no cabs to be had out there, it WAS up to her knees out there, and her frozen body is found the next day.Everybody happy now?— Just Bill (@WilliamAder) November 4, 2019
― No language just sound (Sund4r), Saturday, 9 November 2019 05:00 (four years ago) link
Ted Bundy possibly
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Saturday, 9 November 2019 05:02 (four years ago) link
xp No offense, I'm happy now.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Saturday, 9 November 2019 14:44 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVz6TCT5Bjs
It's back, sped up and inverted. Feliz Navidad!
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link
^That's from 2012... but I bet we will get a "clever" COVID-themed rewrite from someone this year.
― bagel in the streets, donut in the sheets (morrisp), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
I really can't stayPlease stay six feet away
― eat my room temperature ass (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 21:39 (three years ago) link
My money is on that family that did the pajama rap. I know the husband did his "hilarious" take a few years ago, but surely this is low hanging fruit for them.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 21:49 (three years ago) link
D'oh! Saw news of candy cane vinyl with a link to this song, so thought it was a new release. Haven't been following them for years (obv).
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 22:28 (three years ago) link