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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    It is funny when some outsiders try to pronounce some of our local names. Like Sequim.

    I don't think that's funny
    I just feel bad
    because now a bunch of assholes call me an outsider
    if you didn't live there you'd call it that too, prick
    now i feel awful
    it's cool dog
    I totally pronounced it "seekwim" when I first moved here from Cali.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    whenever an american pronounces roof as ruff i laugh my ass off i can't help it

    I think that's mostly regional.

    Also my grandpa says ruff. And Colarada. And other such old-guy mispronunciations.

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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    It is funny when some outsiders try to pronounce some of our local names. Like Sequim.

    around here even the strange stuff is mostly phonetic, like Pawcatuck, Noank, Pequot, Mashantucket, etc.

    Usagi on
  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    econolahatchee

    okeechobee

    them Seminoles loved their vowels

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Druhim wrote: »
    It is funny when some outsiders try to pronounce some of our local names. Like Sequim.

    Hahaha, same down here, though they're a bit easier than that.

    Is it see-kim?
    nope!

    it's simply pronounced skwim

    Druhim on
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  • Run Run RunRun Run Run __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2009
    American accents are weird. I am so accustomed to British English that I have a really hard time understanding your cotton ball speech.

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Usagi wrote: »
    Druhim wrote: »
    It is funny when some outsiders try to pronounce some of our local names. Like Sequim.

    around here even the strange stuff is mostly phonetic, like Pawcatuck, Noank, Pequot, Mashantucket, etc.

    Ah Indian names. So many little towns near me are named after Indian tribes or words, or taken right from the Bible. Like Hockendaqua, PA is right next to Bethlehem, PA.

    Hunter on
  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Evander wrote: »
    webinar

    I hate it with the passionate heat of a thousand suns gone supernova

    kiss me

    also, "sexting"

    AMP'd on
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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    American accents are weird. I am so accustomed to British English that I have a really hard time understanding your cotton ball speech.

    European English uses whole other words for similar meanings, though. That gets confusing.

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  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    American accents are weird. I am so accustomed to British English that I have a really hard time understanding your cotton ball speech.

    European English uses whole other words for similar meanings, though. That gets confusing.
    Do you want me to knock you up in the morning, Meissnerd?

    Platy on
  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    American accents are weird. I am so accustomed to British English that I have a really hard time understanding your cotton ball speech.

    European English uses whole other words for similar meanings, though. That gets confusing.
    and they have a larger proportion of mumblers apparently

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    American accents are weird. I am so accustomed to British English that I have a really hard time understanding your cotton ball speech.

    European English uses whole other words for similar meanings, though. That gets confusing.
    Do you want me to knock you up in the morning, Meissnerd?

    After you blow a fag, yes.

    Hunter on
  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Hunter wrote: »
    Usagi wrote: »
    Druhim wrote: »
    It is funny when some outsiders try to pronounce some of our local names. Like Sequim.

    around here even the strange stuff is mostly phonetic, like Pawcatuck, Noank, Pequot, Mashantucket, etc.

    Ah Indian names. So many little towns near me are named after Indian tribes or words, or taken right from the Bible. Like Hockendaqua, PA is right next to Bethlehem, PA.

    yep, like Misquamicut, RI right next to Charlestown, RI or Poquetanuck, CT next to Happyville, CT

    it does make it a bitch to give directions over the phone

    Usagi on
  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I like to help foreign tourists when they don't really have a handle on the lexicon. It seems arrogant, but I always ask if they need help first. Especially the Japanese tourists. They're nice, and their daughters are foxy.

    Also, it's so cute when they take pictures of them eating with forks and knives like WOAH-HO, CRAZY VACATION TIIIMES.

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    i also hate 'no offense, but'

    or 'i'm no racist, but'

    stupid buts

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  • Run Run RunRun Run Run __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Druhim wrote: »
    It is funny when some outsiders try to pronounce some of our local names. Like Sequim.

    Hahaha, same down here, though they're a bit easier than that.

    Is it see-kim?
    nope!

    it's simply pronounced skwim

    See, this is dumb. You guys should pronounce things the way they are spelled.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    HEY CHECK THIS OUT I'M EATING WITH TWO STICKS CRAZY HUH

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I like to help foreign tourists when they don't really have a handle on the lexicon. It seems arrogant, but I always ask if they need help first. Especially the Japanese tourists. They're nice, and their daughters are foxy.

    Also, it's so cute when they take pictures of them eating with forks and knives like WOAH-HO, CRAZY VACATION TIIIMES.

    hahahahaha

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    watching people who don't know how to use chopsticks eat pho with a fork is pretty funny

    Druhim on
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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    We've got Lorida, Florida!

    Really scrapping the bottom of the barrel for names there, settlers.

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    HEY CHECK THIS OUT I'M EATING WITH TWO STICKS CRAZY HUH

    NEXT WE'LL GET SOME USED PANTIES OUT OF A VENDING MACHINE, IT WILL BE HILARIOUS!

    Hunter on
  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    We have places like Red Deer, Medicine Hat, Moose Jaw, and then European names like Edmonton and Loydminster.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    Hunter wrote: »
    Druhim wrote: »
    HEY CHECK THIS OUT I'M EATING WITH TWO STICKS CRAZY HUH

    NEXT WE'LL GET SOME USED PANTIES OUT OF A VENDING MACHINE, IT WILL BE HILARIOUS!
    CHECK OUT THIS THAI LADYBOY SUCKING MY DICK

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Have we covered "I could care less" yet?

    also, people who use "lol" as replacement for every punctuation mark ever.

    Using "infer" as a smartened up synonym for "imply" when it's actually the opposite.

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Dru's vacation slides are the worst.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    It's apparently the most popular Japanese vacation photo, posing with a fork and knife.

    Also; Europeans are really really interested in the old west. I was kinda surprised to learn that.

    Metzger Meister on
  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    watching people who don't know how to use chopsticks eat pho with a fork is pretty funny

    I am terrible with chopsticks

    But next time I see pho, I will remember this

    AMP'd on
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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    Hunter wrote: »
    Druhim wrote: »
    HEY CHECK THIS OUT I'M EATING WITH TWO STICKS CRAZY HUH

    NEXT WE'LL GET SOME USED PANTIES OUT OF A VENDING MACHINE, IT WILL BE HILARIOUS!
    CHECK OUT THIS THAI LADYBOY SUCKING MY DICK

    LET'S GO DRIFT RACING NEXT WITH THESE YAKUZA GUYS!

    Hunter on
  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Hunter wrote: »
    Druhim wrote: »
    Hunter wrote: »
    Druhim wrote: »
    HEY CHECK THIS OUT I'M EATING WITH TWO STICKS CRAZY HUH

    NEXT WE'LL GET SOME USED PANTIES OUT OF A VENDING MACHINE, IT WILL BE HILARIOUS!
    CHECK OUT THIS THAI LADYBOY SUCKING MY DICK

    LET'S GO DRIFT RACING NEXT WITH THESE YAKUZA GUYS!

    HAHA CHECK IT OUT I'M GETTING CANED

    Metzger Meister on
  • Run Run RunRun Run Run __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2009
    Also; Europeans are really really interested in the old west. I was kinda surprised to learn that.

    There are a shit ton of Western movies from Europe.

    The Spaghetti ones from Italy, and all the Karl May stuff from Germany. It was a really really big thing in the 60s and 70s.

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  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Hunter wrote: »
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    American accents are weird. I am so accustomed to British English that I have a really hard time understanding your cotton ball speech.

    European English uses whole other words for similar meanings, though. That gets confusing.
    Do you want me to knock you up in the morning, Meissnerd?

    After you blow a fag, yes.
    My dad blows fags all the time.
    Also; Europeans are really really interested in the old west. I was kinda surprised to learn that.
    I want more video games set in the Old West, damnit.

    Platy on
  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    We have places like Red Deer, Medicine Hat, Moose Jaw, and then European names like Edmonton and Loydminster.

    North Carolina has some good names

    Greensboro
    Goldsboro
    Tarboro
    Carrboro
    Asheboro
    Roxboro

    And, of course, Tobaccoville

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Hunter wrote: »
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    American accents are weird. I am so accustomed to British English that I have a really hard time understanding your cotton ball speech.

    European English uses whole other words for similar meanings, though. That gets confusing.
    Do you want me to knock you up in the morning, Meissnerd?

    After you blow a fag, yes.
    My dad blows fags all the time.
    Also; Europeans are really really interested in the old west. I was kinda surprised to learn that.
    I want more video games set in the Old West, damnit.

    Dude, the new Red Dead Redemption game looks fucking sick as all hell.

    Metzger Meister on
  • Peter EbelPeter Ebel CopenhagenRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I met a person who said oh em gee and el oh el. I wanted her to die. I wanted her to die right then and there.

    Peter Ebel on
    Fuck off and die.
  • NimoyNimoy Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    i also hate 'no offense, but'

    or 'i'm no racist, but'

    stupid buts

    'No offense' drives me mad. People who try to speak in a pleasant voice but are really trying to tell you off are just as bad or worse. Stop trying to pretend to be nice if you're being a dick.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Peter Ebel wrote: »
    I met a person who said oh em gee and el oh el. I wanted her to die. I wanted her to die right then and there.
    Still you lack the conviction to do what is necessary.

    LiamNeeson.jpg

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Peter Ebel wrote: »
    I met a person who said oh em gee and el oh el. I wanted her to die. I wanted her to die right then and there.
    Still you lack the conviction to do what is necessary.

    LiamNeeson.jpg


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IwGK_VVS3I&feature=related

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  • ShoggothShoggoth Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Sheeple.

    Shoggoth on
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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Nimoy wrote: »
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    i also hate 'no offense, but'

    or 'i'm no racist, but'

    stupid buts

    'No offense' drives me mad. People who try to speak in a pleasant voice but are really trying to tell you off are just as bad or worse. Stop trying to pretend to be nice if you're being a dick.

    you need a Spock av/sig combo

    Usagi on
  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    AMP'd wrote: »
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    We have places like Red Deer, Medicine Hat, Moose Jaw, and then European names like Edmonton and Loydminster.

    North Carolina has some good names

    Greensboro
    Goldsboro
    Tarboro
    Carrboro
    Asheboro
    Roxboro

    And, of course, Tobaccoville
    South Carolina has the most southern town name ever.

    Aynor. Pronounced anyer.

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