FP: Should 31 be the new 51 y/n

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

as is the i

and the middle e like the e in "the"

I think fratherrack comes closer

i'm afræd of Danes

dønt bæ

(who hæte the Intercept)

Yeah, it's just a bit darker.

Whan that aprille with his shoures soote

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.

nice overview of AmE vowels with an ESL perspective http://ocw.uci.edu/upload/files/vowels.pdf

'well-organized languages'

Yeah, this isn't Danish, lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stød

wow, morphological vocal fry

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

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

I think the Danes had quite a bit of influence on the development of English.

these vowels all got imported from somewhere that's for sure

Will M., raised by wolves

xp

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

gosh he looked so young 12 months ago

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

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!

if denmark is so great, why does Dane (almost) rhyme with LAME

https://data.whicdn.com/images/253994130/original.gif

Had no idea 'croonchy' was a real word. ILX teaches me new things every day!

if denmark is so great, why does Dane (almost) rhyme with LAME

― Trϵϵship, 17. august 2018 21:09 (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Because those who invented English were racist.

(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

pretty good comeback fred xp

https://media.giphy.com/media/xT0GqdzIPUeojOf9Yc/giphy.gif

after being called out for calling Ireland part of the 'British Isles'

heh, was this what prompted that poll

― 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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQyuKHiPMdI

what is our consensus on the worst nationality?

Because those who invented English were racist.

Isn't Jutland in Denmark anyway?

frankly i thought we should never have left europe, i was agin it

xp american

american on the internet

Sorry, Denmark is in Jutland rather.

'the wet and foggy isles west of glorious Jutland'

def voting for this poll option, just rolls right off the tongue

Or Denmark is Jutland? Expect some of it's in Germany. I think.

jutland is part of denmark

Is Denmark part of Germany

i lived in copenhagen for a few months so i think i know more about denmark than anyone else on ilx. ask me anything.

denmark is in fact part of germany

denmark is the northern six counties of germany

jeez fuckin yanks

what is our consensus on the worst nationality?

― 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.

I suppose it's called Jutland because it juts out. Has to be. Frætheræk?

excuse me while I ruin æverything

fair, although america has produced a whole lot of globally beloved music over the past century xp

That's what they used to say about Germany.

There’s no way Americans are worse than British Islanders

obama era will be known in time as weimarica iml

lads lads take it to the disgusting savages thræd

Isn't a Denmark a kind of money?