Hyperbole isn't pronounced hyperbowl, and fugue isn't pronounced foogoo.
I had a teacher who pronounced epitome as eh-pe-toam. I knew how to pronounce that word correctly before, but ever since then I think of it in my head as eh-pe-toam before I say eh-pi-toe-me. I re-learned it wrong.
my grade 5 teacher pronounced awry as "awe-ree", and having only before seen the word used in books, i just assumed she was saying it correctly
so i pronounced it that way until 9th grade when i used the word when talking to my english teacher and she corrected me
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What do southerners expect when they use it in the generic sense? Whatever you've got in the cooler?
If it's someone else standing in front of the fridge/cooler to get one for you, they might say "Do you want a coke? We have Dr. Pepper, Diet and Sprite."
Also "tea" in the south is sweet tea with lemon. If you want unsweet tea or sweet tea without lemon, you have to carefully identify it to the waitress and be prepared to take the lemon off/out. One of the awesome things about visiting Toronto from Alabama is when I asked for sweet tea, the waitress brought me a glass of unsweetened iced tea and a caddy of assorted sweeteners.
Hyperbole isn't pronounced hyperbowl, and fugue isn't pronounced foogoo.
I had a teacher who pronounced epitome as eh-pe-toam. I knew how to pronounce that word correctly before, but ever since then I think of it in my head as eh-pe-toam before I say eh-pi-toe-me. I re-learned it wrong.
my grade 5 teacher pronounced awry as "awe-ree", and having only before seen the word used in books, i just assumed she was saying it correctly
From my science teacher, Nicolas Coppernickus was a famous science guy and had some disagreements with Potolmee.
BTW, teachers don't like it when you tell them they're saying it wrong.
Hyperbole isn't pronounced hyperbowl, and fugue isn't pronounced foogoo.
I had a teacher who pronounced epitome as eh-pe-toam. I knew how to pronounce that word correctly before, but ever since then I think of it in my head as eh-pe-toam before I say eh-pi-toe-me. I re-learned it wrong.
my grade 5 teacher pronounced awry as "awe-ree", and having only before seen the word used in books, i just assumed she was saying it correctly
From my science teacher, Nicolas Coppernickus was a famous science guy and had some disagreements with Potolmee.
BTW, teachers don't like it when you tell them they're saying it wrong.
In year 8 i had a bible studies teacher who was determined to pronounce talons as tally-ee-ons, but i never got to correct her, because as an athiest student in a 7th day adventist school you learn to pick your battles.
In year 8 i had a bible studies teacher who was determined to pronounce talons as tally-ee-ons, but i never got to correct her, because as an athiest student in a 7th day adventist school you learn to pick your battles.
For a long time I thought Seven Days in Venice was a retarded name for a religion.
Hyperbole isn't pronounced hyperbowl, and fugue isn't pronounced foogoo.
I had a teacher who pronounced epitome as eh-pe-toam. I knew how to pronounce that word correctly before, but ever since then I think of it in my head as eh-pe-toam before I say eh-pi-toe-me. I re-learned it wrong.
my grade 5 teacher pronounced awry as "awe-ree", and having only before seen the word used in books, i just assumed she was saying it correctly
so i pronounced it that way until 9th grade when i used the word when talking to my english teacher and she corrected me
whoooooops
WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
As someone who types "wry" instead of "why" on occasion, just to be silly, I found this far too amusing. Also, I am guilty of the 'awe-ree' pronunciation, despite the fact that I've always known 'uh-rye' meant the same exact thing. I didn't even make the connection when I saw someone say it correctly and spell it. I had to be corrected in conversation. And yet I still say it wrong.
What do southerners expect when they use it in the generic sense? Whatever you've got in the cooler?
If it's someone else standing in front of the fridge/cooler to get one for you, they might say "Do you want a coke? We have Dr. Pepper, Diet and Sprite."
Also "tea" in the south is sweet tea with lemon. If you want unsweet tea or sweet tea without lemon, you have to carefully identify it to the waitress and be prepared to take the lemon off/out. One of the awesome things about visiting Toronto from Alabama is when I asked for sweet tea, the waitress brought me a glass of unsweetened iced tea and a caddy of assorted sweeteners.
Thankfully, this is changing. At least in Georgia.
More and more, "coke" actually gets you Coca-Cola Classic, while asking for "tea" will get you the question, "Sweetened or unsweetened?". I think unsweetened tea is getting more popular.
People still think that hot tea is only for British people and discussing it requires a really bad "British" accent. Uneducated philistines. For some reason, women seem to be more likely to do this then men....
What do southerners expect when they use it in the generic sense? Whatever you've got in the cooler?
If it's someone else standing in front of the fridge/cooler to get one for you, they might say "Do you want a coke? We have Dr. Pepper, Diet and Sprite."
Also "tea" in the south is sweet tea with lemon. If you want unsweet tea or sweet tea without lemon, you have to carefully identify it to the waitress and be prepared to take the lemon off/out. One of the awesome things about visiting Toronto from Alabama is when I asked for sweet tea, the waitress brought me a glass of unsweetened iced tea and a caddy of assorted sweeteners.
Thankfully, this is changing. At least in Georgia.
More and more, "coke" actually gets you Coca-Cola Classic, while asking for "tea" will get you the question, "Sweetened or unsweetened?". I think unsweetened tea is getting more popular.
People still think that hot tea is only for British people and discussing it requires a really bad "British" accent. Uneducated philistines. For some reason, women seem to be more likely to do this then men....
Women are more likely to know who the British are.
What do southerners expect when they use it in the generic sense? Whatever you've got in the cooler?
If it's someone else standing in front of the fridge/cooler to get one for you, they might say "Do you want a coke? We have Dr. Pepper, Diet and Sprite."
Also "tea" in the south is sweet tea with lemon. If you want unsweet tea or sweet tea without lemon, you have to carefully identify it to the waitress and be prepared to take the lemon off/out. One of the awesome things about visiting Toronto from Alabama is when I asked for sweet tea, the waitress brought me a glass of unsweetened iced tea and a caddy of assorted sweeteners.
Thankfully, this is changing. At least in Georgia.
More and more, "coke" actually gets you Coca-Cola Classic, while asking for "tea" will get you the question, "Sweetened or unsweetened?". I think unsweetened tea is getting more popular.
People still think that hot tea is only for British people and discussing it requires a really bad "British" accent. Uneducated philistines. For some reason, women seem to be more likely to do this then men....
Women are more likely to know who the British are.
Maybe. I think they might also be more likely to want to do the really horrible "accent".
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On that note a misconception that everyone seems to have in the US is that there is such a thing as a single British accent.
I learned English from a woman from Hong Kong. So, to this day, I still pronounce it 'zed', unless I'm consciously thinking about it. But I think Hong Kong English features components from American.
On that note a misconception that everyone seems to have in the US is that there is such a thing as a single British accent.
I was always get tickled about that as well, even as an American. Asking a friend what type of British accent her bf can do (after her bragging about his good British accent) just got me a weird look.
On that note a misconception that everyone seems to have in the US is that there is such a thing as a single British accent.
I was always get tickled about that as well, even as an American. Asking a friend what type of British accent her bf can do (after her bragging about his good British accent) just got me a weird look.
Honestly, I'm pretty ignorant to this.
What, English and Cockney? Maybe Welsh is different? I couldn't tell.
On that note a misconception that everyone seems to have in the US is that there is such a thing as a single British accent.
I was always get tickled about that as well, even as an American. Asking a friend what type of British accent her bf can do (after her bragging about his good British accent) just got me a weird look.
Honestly, I'm pretty ignorant to this.
What, English and Cockney? Maybe Welsh is different? I couldn't tell.
Scottish is its own thing.
A lot more than that even. Imagine all of America compressed down into the size of about one state, with all the accents available. We have a mid-west accent, a west coast accent, a southern accent, cajun accents, north-eastern accents, New Yorkers have an accent all their own, and I'm sure many more I can't even think of. They're all "American" accents. England has the same issue.
On that note a misconception that everyone seems to have in the US is that there is such a thing as a single British accent.
I was always get tickled about that as well, even as an American. Asking a friend what type of British accent her bf can do (after her bragging about his good British accent) just got me a weird look.
Honestly, I'm pretty ignorant to this.
What, English and Cockney? Maybe Welsh is different? I couldn't tell.
Scottish is its own thing.
your missing some of the best ones, like Geordie, Northern, Scouse and West Country. Geordie is particularly funny, except when a tramp is screaming at you in it.
On that note a misconception that everyone seems to have in the US is that there is such a thing as a single British accent.
I was always get tickled about that as well, even as an American. Asking a friend what type of British accent her bf can do (after her bragging about his good British accent) just got me a weird look.
Honestly, I'm pretty ignorant to this.
What, English and Cockney? Maybe Welsh is different? I couldn't tell.
Scottish is its own thing.
your missing some of the best ones, like Geordie, Northern, Scouse and West Country. Geordie is particularly funny, except when a tramp is screaming at you in it.
Pretty much every county and larger city has its own accent, really.
On that note a misconception that everyone seems to have in the US is that there is such a thing as a single British accent.
I was always get tickled about that as well, even as an American. Asking a friend what type of British accent her bf can do (after her bragging about his good British accent) just got me a weird look.
Honestly, I'm pretty ignorant to this.
What, English and Cockney? Maybe Welsh is different? I couldn't tell.
Scottish is its own thing.
your missing some of the best ones, like Geordie, Northern, Scouse and West Country. Geordie is particularly funny, except when a tramp is screaming at you in it.
Pretty much every county and larger city has its own accent, really.
Scouse is pretty funny as well.
Which one's the one that sounds like a drunken slur and makes you want to scream "use your lips" at the TV?
On that note a misconception that everyone seems to have in the US is that there is such a thing as a single British accent.
I was always get tickled about that as well, even as an American. Asking a friend what type of British accent her bf can do (after her bragging about his good British accent) just got me a weird look.
Honestly, I'm pretty ignorant to this.
What, English and Cockney? Maybe Welsh is different? I couldn't tell.
Scottish is its own thing.
your missing some of the best ones, like Geordie, Northern, Scouse and West Country. Geordie is particularly funny, except when a tramp is screaming at you in it.
Pretty much every county and larger city has its own accent, really.
Scouse is pretty funny as well.
Which one's the one that sounds like a drunken slur and makes you want to scream "use your lips" at the TV?
Of course, the twist is that if some form of English is not your first language, a good 80% of these accents blend together as 'roughly the same thing'. The notion of a British accent (instead of an English one or whatever) is literally true for the rest of the non-English speaking world.
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I can confirm.
For Atlanta, at least. I'm not sure about the intestines of the deep south.
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Living in the south I can confirm that that is true.
At least in TN it is.
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I always thought that was some American dialect word!
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Yeah, I'm afraid the Segway has ruined the word segue for our country.
If it's someone else standing in front of the fridge/cooler to get one for you, they might say "Do you want a coke? We have Dr. Pepper, Diet and Sprite."
Also "tea" in the south is sweet tea with lemon. If you want unsweet tea or sweet tea without lemon, you have to carefully identify it to the waitress and be prepared to take the lemon off/out. One of the awesome things about visiting Toronto from Alabama is when I asked for sweet tea, the waitress brought me a glass of unsweetened iced tea and a caddy of assorted sweeteners.
They're both a way to get from one place to another...
BTW, teachers don't like it when you tell them they're saying it wrong.
I probably enjoyed this way more than I should have. Well done, chap.
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In year 8 i had a bible studies teacher who was determined to pronounce talons as tally-ee-ons, but i never got to correct her, because as an athiest student in a 7th day adventist school you learn to pick your battles.
For a long time I thought Seven Days in Venice was a retarded name for a religion.
Sadly, it wasn't my original idea. It was a post way back in another forum, and it always stuck with me because the reactions were so hilarious.
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I, for one, was never fooled.
As someone who types "wry" instead of "why" on occasion, just to be silly, I found this far too amusing. Also, I am guilty of the 'awe-ree' pronunciation, despite the fact that I've always known 'uh-rye' meant the same exact thing. I didn't even make the connection when I saw someone say it correctly and spell it. I had to be corrected in conversation. And yet I still say it wrong.
I always thought the word was pronounced "seg."
And that people who confused it with "segway" were retarded.
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Thankfully, this is changing. At least in Georgia.
More and more, "coke" actually gets you Coca-Cola Classic, while asking for "tea" will get you the question, "Sweetened or unsweetened?". I think unsweetened tea is getting more popular.
People still think that hot tea is only for British people and discussing it requires a really bad "British" accent. Uneducated philistines. For some reason, women seem to be more likely to do this then men....
Women are more likely to know who the British are.
Maybe. I think they might also be more likely to want to do the really horrible "accent".
Exactly.
And I am not combining 'm' and the number eight.
I learned English from a woman from Hong Kong. So, to this day, I still pronounce it 'zed', unless I'm consciously thinking about it. But I think Hong Kong English features components from American.
I was always get tickled about that as well, even as an American. Asking a friend what type of British accent her bf can do (after her bragging about his good British accent) just got me a weird look.
Honestly, I'm pretty ignorant to this.
What, English and Cockney? Maybe Welsh is different? I couldn't tell.
Scottish is its own thing.
A lot more than that even. Imagine all of America compressed down into the size of about one state, with all the accents available. We have a mid-west accent, a west coast accent, a southern accent, cajun accents, north-eastern accents, New Yorkers have an accent all their own, and I'm sure many more I can't even think of. They're all "American" accents. England has the same issue.
your missing some of the best ones, like Geordie, Northern, Scouse and West Country. Geordie is particularly funny, except when a tramp is screaming at you in it.
Pretty much every county and larger city has its own accent, really.
Scouse is pretty funny as well.
Pretty accurate for the places I've visited.
That's not even all of them.
Which one's the one that sounds like a drunken slur and makes you want to scream "use your lips" at the TV?
Who takes the time to do that? Did some soda company really want to know?
Surely you mean "pop" my good man!
Of course, the twist is that if some form of English is not your first language, a good 80% of these accents blend together as 'roughly the same thing'. The notion of a British accent (instead of an English one or whatever) is literally true for the rest of the non-English speaking world.