I was convinced that a flammable was something that you used to put out a fire until a year ago.
In a similar vein, I used to think inflammable was something that was fire retardant, as I knew what flammable meant and it didn't make any sense to me that inflammable would mean the same thing.
re the earlier debate on the two big survial shows, I would like to just mention that Les Stroud ALSO sucks
ALso, I hate people that say "Mute point" and "for all intensive purposes"
Loose as lose has become really common. And unlike the other ones that's actually a reasonably common word that you learn in like nursery, how can you seriously fuck that up?
re the earlier debate on the two big survial shows, I would like to just mention that Les Stroud ALSO sucks
ALso, I hate people that say "Mute point" and "for all intensive purposes"
Loose as lose has become really common. And unlike the other ones that's actually a reasonably common word that you learn in like nursery, how can you seriously fuck that up?
Are you serious? In speech?
Because if people are starting to say loose instead of lose.... dear lord.
Which one's the one that sounds like a drunken slur and makes you want to scream "use your lips" at the TV?
Could also be Glaswegian, or maybe Dundonian. My uncle has a Dundonian accent so strong that each sentence sounds like a single noise with inflections. I understand it fine but I imagine other people being baffled.
re the earlier debate on the two big survial shows, I would like to just mention that Les Stroud ALSO sucks
ALso, I hate people that say "Mute point" and "for all intensive purposes"
Loose as lose has become really common. And unlike the other ones that's actually a reasonably common word that you learn in like nursery, how can you seriously fuck that up?
Are you serious? In speech?
Because if people are starting to say loose instead of lose.... dear lord.
Nah text, not quite that bad. Just a tangently related annoyance.
re the earlier debate on the two big survial shows, I would like to just mention that Les Stroud ALSO sucks
ALso, I hate people that say "Mute point" and "for all intensive purposes"
But what if they actually mean that the point has changed, or that something is applicable for every purpose of small-scale agriculture?
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they'd ... ah...still be wrong? Are you trying to fuck my brain? Because if I wanted my brain fucked, I'd use my PIN number to get cash money from the ATM machine and pay a slutty whore to do it.
they'd ... ah...still be wrong? Are you trying to fuck my brain? Because if I wanted my brain fucked, I'd use my PIN number to get cash money from the ATM machine and pay a slutty whore to do it.
How would they be wrong? Those are perfectly valid ways of expressing those ideas.
Did anyone else try to get their Moms to buy sugary cereals with the 'it's good for you!' angle? The commercials usually ended with a jingle about how the cereals were part of a balanced breakfast and shown with orange juice and wheat toast. It's nutritious Mom, really, and it turns the milk brown from all the vitamins! Complete breakfast!
Yeah, with British accents...I always hear about these British actors "affecting" a different regional dialect for their roles (Giles had a different accent than Anthony Stewart Head, the 10th doctor is really scottish but puts on a different accent, etc.)
And then there's the upper class British people with posh accents who decide they want to affect an urban accent. Mockney, I believe it's called. People like The Streets and Damon Albarn.
And somehow, all your British actors are pretty good at having "American" accents that don't sound forced, when vice versa always sounds fake.
Yeah, with British accents...I always hear about these British actors "affecting" a different regional dialect for their roles (Giles had a different accent than Anthony Stewart Head, the 10th doctor is really scottish but puts on a different accent, etc.)
And then there's the upper class British people with posh accents who decide they want to affect an urban accent. Mockney, I believe it's called. People like The Streets and Damon Albarn.
And somehow, all your British actors are pretty good at having "American" accents that don't sound forced, when vice versa always sounds fake.
House's sounds fake. He just hides it under a growl.
What about James Masters? Does he sound any good? Him and Alexis Denisof(Wesley) speaking in their normal voice always sounds weird to me.
Back on topic: For the longest time I thought a month had 5 weeks. It stems from somebody telling me as a kid: "In five weeks or about a month."
yeah, they both sound pretty good, though in most places in the UK you'll be hard pressed to find anyone with Denisof's affected accent, since it's posh as fuck.
We do have just a ridiculous amount of accents in this country though, if you go basically 50 miles in any direction there'll be at least one new accent
House's sounds fake. He just hides it under a growl.
It was convincing enough (allegedly) that Bryan Singer mistook him for an American on his audition tape.
And now, to be on topic, a misconception. Not mine, but my mother's.
She grew up in a city having never seen a squirrel except for on TV. She laboured under the impression for many years that squirrels were approximately the size of rabbits, and just had a tail stuck on the end.
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Yeah, with British accents...I always hear about these British actors "affecting" a different regional dialect for their roles (Giles had a different accent than Anthony Stewart Head, the 10th doctor is really scottish but puts on a different accent, etc.)
And then there's the upper class British people with posh accents who decide they want to affect an urban accent. Mockney, I believe it's called. People like The Streets and Damon Albarn.
And somehow, all your British actors are pretty good at having "American" accents that don't sound forced, when vice versa always sounds fake.
House's sounds fake. He just hides it under a growl.
Hugh Laurie sounds like an American to me when he plays House.
I never feel right hearing his real voice.
Same with Jamie Bamber.
In conclusion, you're wrong because my opinion is right.
re the earlier debate on the two big survial shows, I would like to just mention that Les Stroud ALSO sucks
ALso, I hate people that say "Mute point" and "for all intensive purposes"
But what if they actually mean that the point has changed, or that something is applicable for every purpose of small-scale agriculture?
I get the play on words you are making with intensive, but not with mute.
What definition of mute are you working with?
Looks like we have found another long-held misconception! Since grade school I have thought that mute meant "to change," and that it then came to mean "to silence" because the volume was being changed. Turns out not.
Yeah, with British accents...I always hear about these British actors "affecting" a different regional dialect for their roles (Giles had a different accent than Anthony Stewart Head, the 10th doctor is really scottish but puts on a different accent, etc.)
And then there's the upper class British people with posh accents who decide they want to affect an urban accent. Mockney, I believe it's called. People like The Streets and Damon Albarn.
And somehow, all your British actors are pretty good at having "American" accents that don't sound forced, when vice versa always sounds fake.
House's sounds fake. He just hides it under a growl.
Sounds genuine to me. I was honestly suprised when I found out he's British.
Yeah, with British accents...I always hear about these British actors "affecting" a different regional dialect for their roles (Giles had a different accent than Anthony Stewart Head, the 10th doctor is really scottish but puts on a different accent, etc.)
And then there's the upper class British people with posh accents who decide they want to affect an urban accent. Mockney, I believe it's called. People like The Streets and Damon Albarn.
And somehow, all your British actors are pretty good at having "American" accents that don't sound forced, when vice versa always sounds fake.
House's sounds fake. He just hides it under a growl.
Sounds genuine to me. I was honestly suprised when I found out he's a British comedian.
And then I discovered Jeeves & Wooster on Youtube. Hugh Laurie + Stephen Fry + P. G. Wodehouse? Yes please.
When I was a kid, PBS on Saturday was always boring tv unless they were showing Mr. Bean. But I learned to sort of appreciate British tv as I got older.
There was some show I saw when I was in London where they had a character who was "American", but non-subtly. He wore like, a Yankees jacket and a Yankees hat and talked with a thick Brooklyn accent. Can't recall the show.
I read something by a linguistics professor who said that when she was in her home city (somewhere in Scotland I think) she could ride the bus and tell what bus stops people were going to get off at from their accent.
I read something by a linguistics professor who said that when she was in her home city (somewhere in Scotland I think) she could ride the bus and tell what bus stops people were going to get off at from their accent.
You can do this in Glasgow if you've lived there a while. It's quite often exaggerated by the fact that there's still a fairly strong divide between Catholic and Protestant communities, especially because their respective children will often attend different schools.
they'd ... ah...still be wrong? Are you trying to fuck my brain? Because if I wanted my brain fucked, I'd use my PIN number to get cash money from the ATM machine and pay a slutty whore to do it.
On the subject of minor things that annoy the hell out of us.
People who say "PIN number" or "SIN number" instead of just PIN or SIN.
It is not your Personal Identification Number number. Goddamn.
they'd ... ah...still be wrong? Are you trying to fuck my brain? Because if I wanted my brain fucked, I'd use my PIN number to get cash money from the ATM machine and pay a slutty whore to do it.
On the subject of minor things that annoy the hell out of us.
People who say "PIN number" or "SIN number" instead of just PIN or SIN.
It is not your Personal Identification Number number. Goddamn.
they'd ... ah...still be wrong? Are you trying to fuck my brain? Because if I wanted my brain fucked, I'd use my PIN number to get cash money from the ATM machine and pay a slutty whore to do it.
On the subject of minor things that annoy the hell out of us.
People who say "PIN number" or "SIN number" instead of just PIN or SIN.
It is not your Personal Identification Number number. Goddamn.
Same for "ATM Machines"?
Eh, it helps for clarrification so they know what you are talking about and just saying PI number would sound stupid.
re the earlier debate on the two big survial shows, I would like to just mention that Les Stroud ALSO sucks
ALso, I hate people that say "Mute point" and "for all intensive purposes"
But what if they actually mean that the point has changed, or that something is applicable for every purpose of small-scale agriculture?
I get the play on words you are making with intensive, but not with mute.
What definition of mute are you working with?
Looks like we have found another long-held misconception! Since grade school I have thought that mute meant "to change," and that it then came to mean "to silence" because the volume was being changed. Turns out not.
I suppose that's not completely ridiculous (transmute, mutable, etc., etc.)
re the earlier debate on the two big survial shows, I would like to just mention that Les Stroud ALSO sucks
ALso, I hate people that say "Mute point" and "for all intensive purposes"
But what if they actually mean that the point has changed, or that something is applicable for every purpose of small-scale agriculture?
I get the play on words you are making with intensive, but not with mute.
What definition of mute are you working with?
Looks like we have found another long-held misconception! Since grade school I have thought that mute meant "to change," and that it then came to mean "to silence" because the volume was being changed. Turns out not.
I suppose that's not completely ridiculous (transmute, mutable, etc., etc.)
It is almost certainly because of mutable, thank you.
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I love stuff like that.
How are Canadian and American foreigners treated in the UK in general?
Say in a pub setting.
Normal circumstances, no rudeness or anything particularly negative to set up a situation.
I ask because I keep hearing and reading conflicting reports, and I know we have a large British community here.
In a similar vein, I used to think inflammable was something that was fire retardant, as I knew what flammable meant and it didn't make any sense to me that inflammable would mean the same thing.
Birmingham. Frequently rated the least intelligent accent for people, like below silence.
ALso, I hate people that say "Mute point" and "for all intensive purposes"
I host a podcast about movies.
She was very nice. Well liked by all.
Her last name was Dolphin. Awesome!
That's why I figured Brummie would be the answer to Scalfin's question:
Loose as lose has become really common. And unlike the other ones that's actually a reasonably common word that you learn in like nursery, how can you seriously fuck that up?
Are you serious? In speech?
Because if people are starting to say loose instead of lose.... dear lord.
Could also be Glaswegian, or maybe Dundonian. My uncle has a Dundonian accent so strong that each sentence sounds like a single noise with inflections. I understand it fine but I imagine other people being baffled.
Nah text, not quite that bad. Just a tangently related annoyance.
But what if they actually mean that the point has changed, or that something is applicable for every purpose of small-scale agriculture?
I host a podcast about movies.
How would they be wrong? Those are perfectly valid ways of expressing those ideas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGdNKDC88B4
And then there's the upper class British people with posh accents who decide they want to affect an urban accent. Mockney, I believe it's called. People like The Streets and Damon Albarn.
And somehow, all your British actors are pretty good at having "American" accents that don't sound forced, when vice versa always sounds fake.
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I get the play on words you are making with intensive, but not with mute.
What definition of mute are you working with?
Huh.
House's sounds fake. He just hides it under a growl.
Back on topic: For the longest time I thought a month had 5 weeks. It stems from somebody telling me as a kid: "In five weeks or about a month."
yeah, they both sound pretty good, though in most places in the UK you'll be hard pressed to find anyone with Denisof's affected accent, since it's posh as fuck.
We do have just a ridiculous amount of accents in this country though, if you go basically 50 miles in any direction there'll be at least one new accent
It was convincing enough (allegedly) that Bryan Singer mistook him for an American on his audition tape.
And now, to be on topic, a misconception. Not mine, but my mother's.
She grew up in a city having never seen a squirrel except for on TV. She laboured under the impression for many years that squirrels were approximately the size of rabbits, and just had a tail stuck on the end.
Hugh Laurie sounds like an American to me when he plays House.
I never feel right hearing his real voice.
Same with Jamie Bamber.
In conclusion, you're wrong because my opinion is right.
Looks like we have found another long-held misconception! Since grade school I have thought that mute meant "to change," and that it then came to mean "to silence" because the volume was being changed. Turns out not.
Sounds genuine to me. I was honestly suprised when I found out he's British.
And then I discovered Jeeves & Wooster on Youtube. Hugh Laurie + Stephen Fry + P. G. Wodehouse? Yes please.
because that is like 90% british tv
Why would I want to watch that crap?
When I was a kid, PBS on Saturday was always boring tv unless they were showing Mr. Bean. But I learned to sort of appreciate British tv as I got older.
There was some show I saw when I was in London where they had a character who was "American", but non-subtly. He wore like, a Yankees jacket and a Yankees hat and talked with a thick Brooklyn accent. Can't recall the show.
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The range of British accents is massive.
Gwyneth Paltrow does a good English accent.
You can do this in Glasgow if you've lived there a while. It's quite often exaggerated by the fact that there's still a fairly strong divide between Catholic and Protestant communities, especially because their respective children will often attend different schools.
There's no sectarian like a Paisley sectarian.
On the subject of minor things that annoy the hell out of us.
People who say "PIN number" or "SIN number" instead of just PIN or SIN.
It is not your Personal Identification Number number. Goddamn.
Same for "ATM Machines"?
Eh, it helps for clarrification so they know what you are talking about and just saying PI number would sound stupid.
I suppose that's not completely ridiculous (transmute, mutable, etc., etc.)
It is almost certainly because of mutable, thank you.