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New or Noo?

SamSam Registered User regular
edited December 2009 in Social Entropy++
Once my English prof asked if anyone knew what the word novel meant.
I said new 3 or 4 times and she seemed like she honestly didn't understand what I was saying. Then a lightbulb flashed. Oh. You mean Noo. Well that's correct, yes.

So who's weird, me or the Ph.D?

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    you

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  • MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I'm an English major and I don't understand the situation as it is described

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  • George Fornby GrillGeorge Fornby Grill ...Like Clockwork Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Cool story, bro.

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  • SamSam Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Monkeyfeet wrote: »
    I'm an English major and I don't understand the situation as it is described


    Once my English prof asked if anyone knew what the word novel meant.

    I said new 3 or 4 times

    she seemed like she honestly didn't understand what I was saying.

    Then a lightbulb flashed.

    "Oh. You mean Noo. Well that's correct, yes."

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Monkeyfeet wrote: »
    I'm an English major and I don't understand the situation as it is described

    I think he means that he was trying to say "no" but pronounced it dumb. Or something like that.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Wait, what does Noo mean?

    Is that what a cow says when it's confused?

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    this is dumb

    it's like, do you mean "nooooooooooooooooooooo" or "new" or "moo" or what?

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  • GenericFanGenericFan Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    He was saying the word new, pronouncing it like knew, then she said it like noo and he's asking how people pronounce it

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  • WimbleWimble Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    sorry, Carey. Your drag is old, our drag is noo

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  • nateknatek unh unh Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    scarlet st. is the better sam

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    noun or adjective

    this is important

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    is this some shit like when people mess up "roll" and "role"

    why do people do that

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Don't spell your version correctly and the other version incorrectly. Spell your version as "nyew." Faggot/jackass.

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  • George Fornby GrillGeorge Fornby Grill ...Like Clockwork Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    natek wrote: »
    scarlet st. is the better sam

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  • Dead LegendDead Legend Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    how about all you fucks go read the devil's dictionary

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  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    GenericFan wrote: »
    He was saying the word new, pronouncing it like knew, then she said it like noo and he's asking how people pronounce it

    But

    But

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  • MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I'm still unsure of this whole thing

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Dead Legend wrote: »
    how about all you fucks go read the devil's dictionary

    noo

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    GenericFan wrote: »
    He was saying the word new, pronouncing it like knew, then she said it like noo and he's asking how people pronounce it

    they're pronounced the same!

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  • celandinecelandine Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    It's called the "yod" and it's a regional variation.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_consonant_cluster_reductions#Yod-dropping

    Listen to William F. Buckley to get one of the last examples of an American who used it.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Speed Racer wrote: »
    Monkeyfeet wrote: »
    I'm an English major and I don't understand the situation as it is described

    I think he means that he was trying to say "no" but pronounced it dumb. Or something like that.

    He was trying to say New and he pronounced it neeoo. Since his professors PhD wasn't in "sounding like a douche" it took a while to understand.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    i don't know how you can mess up either version of "new" so bad people would not understand

    were you going NUUUUUU or someshit

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  • Mr. ButtonsMr. Buttons Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    it's not to elevate you to a high platform... but I'll put one in the category of your prof being an idiot, regional variation or not

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Ni.

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  • ZeroFillZeroFill Feeling much better. A nice, green leaf.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    sounds like something A duck! would say

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  • Mr. ButtonsMr. Buttons Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    wait... was it you with the "regional variation" or her? because that could change everything

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    ZeroFill wrote: »
    sounds like something A duck! would say

    i see what you did there

    nice

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  • nateknatek unh unh Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    you all scared off a D&D'er

    shame on you

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    You were right. She and seemingly a lot of other people in this thread, are wrong.

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  • SamSam Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Mr. Buttons wrote: »
    wait... was it you with the "regional variation" or her? because that could change everything

    I don't know. She's from Massachusetts which is far away from here. I'm not from here or Mass.

    I've heard people here say both new and noo.

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  • ZeroFillZeroFill Feeling much better. A nice, green leaf.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    natek wrote: »
    you all scared off a D&D'er

    shame on you

    every year after the holiday forums there's always a tentative venturing into this forum by some of the others

    they don't tend to stay for very long

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  • SkellieSkellie __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2009
    Are you in Canada?

    Noo

    aboot

    get oot

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  • nateknatek unh unh Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    so is it new and noo?

    noo being an extension of no like "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

    cuz these are pronounced the same otherwise

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  • ZeroFillZeroFill Feeling much better. A nice, green leaf.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    it's like nu-metal

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  • StaxeonStaxeon Buffalo, NYRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Skellie wrote: »
    Are you in Canada?

    Noo

    aboot

    get oot

    zed

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  • BeenieWeenieBeenieWeenie So Delicious So NutritiousRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I thought he just meant "I said "new" but this obviously wasn't the word teach was looking for"
    Or maybe teacher was having a blond moment
    That's what I thought anyways

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Staxeon wrote: »
    Skellie wrote: »
    Are you in Canada?

    Noo

    aboot

    get oot

    zed

    zed's dead

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  • SamSam Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    jokes man,

    true

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  • JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    natek wrote: »
    so is it new and noo?

    noo being an extension of no like "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

    cuz these are pronounced the same

    Noo like Nu, the Greek letter, I think.

    "New" with a bit of a closing at the end of the word.

    Either way, I've not found anyone who would misunderstand either.

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