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Penny Arcade - Comic - Mouth Crimes Department
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Penny Arcade - Comic - Mouth Crimes Department
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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Ascertain as "ass-surtun", for example. It made sense! I was making certain of something!
(When I say "growing up", I had this specific conversation about three years ago.)
Other than how dumb it would sound, that is.
someday a Massachusetts resident will have to explain the Worcester/Dorcester disparity to me.
Shouldn't bloody have an apostrophe in that surname if he's not gonna use it.
While technically wrong it's an accurate description.
The rest of my friendship with this guy consisted of being corrected on pronunciations because he watched the cartoon and actually knew how to saw them all, and I still think most of mine sound better.
Yeah... his name is pronounced "Yantsis". He never corrected me...
Like a niçoise salad.
I remember being surprised by the actual pronunciations of a lot of Pokemon names once I found out what they were but it's been too long for me to remember specific examples.
Oh! I initially thought Growlithe was pronounced "Grow Lithe." I mean, why wouldn't it be? Since it's spelled just like two real words stuck together, why not pronounce it that way? It seemed a little odd since the doggy itself isn't particularly... lithe. But whatevs. Then I found out it's supposed to be "Growl-ith." Because dogs growl, I guess? Alright, fair enough.
Despite having been born in Gloucester and attending college in Worcester, I can't explain that. Those names were inherited from British colonists — blame England.
Nah, we're not telling you anything. It's how we identify outsiders.
"Hedge-money"
"Sub-tile"
That's just three of the verbal fuckups I've had in the past.
Our TomTom for the longest time before a recent update would say Des Moines "day mwah".
Listen robot lady. I know it's a French word, but this is America.
Oh, and I thought melee was pronounced muh-LAY until I saw a Super Smash Bros. Melee add.
But you do know how "tortoise" is pronounced, yes? I mean, this is a pun so basic that I got it when I was the target audience for gen 1 Pokemon.
To be fair, there's not a whole lot of times people use that word in everyday conversation. It's going to be difficult for me to change.
Who had a most terrible cough
She wasn't to know
It would last until now
Let's hope the poor girl will pull through.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR, MEG!
It's "wusster" and "door chester", right?
And my family still won't let me forget when I asked who wanted to play Monopoly, rhyming each of the first three syllables with no/know/so. I mean, how was I to know?
I'm sure there are Pokémon I've pronounced "wrong" as well. Like pronouncing Scizor in a similar way to Scyther instead of more like Scissor.
That's what I always felt it should be. But as you say, it would sound odd and nobody would "get it" without seeing the word spelled out.
- Albert Einstein
Well for one thing, Dorchester has an H in it.
Worcester would have originally been pronounced "Wor-cess-ter" with a soft C. Lose the R because of the British/New England accent, and say it fast. You get "Wusster". Easy.
Same thing with the lesser-known Leicester, which we pronounce "Lester".
- Albert Einstein
He'll be Françoise Blastoise to me from forever more now.
Awesome art, though why isn't Gabe randomly be wearing roller blades? You know... for downtalking height advantage and zoom factor.