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Re: weird words
« Reply #175 on: December 02, 2024, 09:24:14 AM »
relatedly the way people pronounce "chest of drawers" made me think it was a single weird ass word when I was a kid. I still struggle to pronounce it

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Re: weird words
« Reply #176 on: December 02, 2024, 10:26:10 AM »
basically any -nt- words because nearly everyone just does a glottal stop and swallows the -t-. E.g., mountain.
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Re: weird words
« Reply #177 on: December 02, 2024, 10:27:53 AM »
basically any -nt- words because nearly everyone just does a glottal stop and swallows the -t-. E.g., mountain.
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Re: weird words
« Reply #178 on: December 02, 2024, 07:57:44 PM »
Foil. It sounds like 12 other words when you say it. Never sounds cool.

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Re: weird words
« Reply #179 on: December 02, 2024, 08:20:00 PM »
Foil. It sounds like 12 other words when you say it. Never sounds cool.

Reminded me of an old co-worker from Texas and how he and alot of other Texans pronounced oil. I asked him how he ended up working for the railroad and he said "Well where I'm from in Texas you either work for the railroad or for the ohl companies" Me..... "Ohl"? Him "Yeah the black stuff that comes out of the ground you dumbass"

We spent the next 5 minutes debating whether Oil had 1 or 2 Syllables and how to pronounce it. Ohl vs Oi-l

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Re: weird words
« Reply #180 on: December 02, 2024, 08:43:16 PM »
Tasks is a word that I really have to focus on before pronouncing it and I still feel like an idiot after saying it. I put a lot of emphasis on the sssss at the end.

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Re: weird words
« Reply #181 on: December 02, 2024, 09:24:54 PM »
Oh tasks is a good one.

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Re: weird words
« Reply #182 on: December 02, 2024, 09:32:48 PM »
asks is like a glitch in the English language that African Americans have fixed

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Re: weird words
« Reply #183 on: December 02, 2024, 09:34:10 PM »
Foil. It sounds like 12 other words when you say it. Never sounds cool.
What other words does it sound like?

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Re: weird words
« Reply #184 on: December 02, 2024, 09:45:07 PM »
Foil. It sounds like 12 other words when you say it. Never sounds cool.
What other words does it sound like?

Foiled? Like was prevented from doing something. Oil. Soil. Spoil. I'm sorry if you were trying to do a joke and i ruined it. great thread btw. I'm having a weird day.

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Re: weird words
« Reply #185 on: December 02, 2024, 09:47:23 PM »
asks is like a glitch in the English language that African Americans have fixed

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Re: weird words
« Reply #186 on: December 02, 2024, 10:05:57 PM »


Foil. It sounds like 12 other words when you say it. Never sounds cool.
What other words does it sound like?

Foiled? Like was prevented from doing something. Oil. Soil. Spoil. I'm sorry if you were trying to do a joke and i ruined it. great thread btw. I'm having a weird day.

No i just don't get why the fact that it rhymes with other words makes it weird

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Re: weird words
« Reply #187 on: December 02, 2024, 11:10:37 PM »


Foil. It sounds like 12 other words when you say it. Never sounds cool.
What other words does it sound like?

Foiled? Like was prevented from doing something. Oil. Soil. Spoil. I'm sorry if you were trying to do a joke and i ruined it. great thread btw. I'm having a weird day.

No i just don't get why the fact that it rhymes with other words makes it weird

Well, give me your definition of what a weird word is. To me, foil is weird cuz it's weird to say and I have an air fryer so I'm asking people to hand me foil almost daily.

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Re: weird words
« Reply #188 on: December 03, 2024, 08:05:39 PM »
asks is like a glitch in the English language that African Americans have fixed

i'm not sure i ever pronounce asterisk correctly i just end up saying asterix

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Re: weird words
« Reply #189 on: December 05, 2024, 10:42:42 AM »
asks is like a glitch in the English language that African Americans have fixed

i'm not sure i ever pronounce asterisk correctly i just end up saying asterix

I just go astrix. i think I'm pretty bad at just running through words and not sounding out fully.

Also like second, I more or less pronounce it sec'nt.

On the flip side is crap like in Canada with them pronouncing asphalt ASH-falt. It drives me crazy cause it's not even remotely close. it's clearly as-falt. 
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Re: weird words
« Reply #190 on: December 06, 2024, 09:29:51 AM »
asks is like a glitch in the English language that African Americans have fixed

i'm not sure i ever pronounce asterisk correctly i just end up saying asterix

I just go astrix. i think I'm pretty bad at just running through words and not sounding out fully.

Also like second, I more or less pronounce it sec'nt.

On the flip side is crap like in Canada with them pronouncing asphalt ASH-falt. It drives me crazy cause it's not even remotely close. it's clearly as-falt.

or like how europeans say al-u-min-i-um like guys, we can all agree 5 syllables sounds sexier but you can't just go adding an I whenever you feel like it

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Re: weird words
« Reply #191 on: December 06, 2024, 09:36:16 AM »
asks is like a glitch in the English language that African Americans have fixed

i'm not sure i ever pronounce asterisk correctly i just end up saying asterix

I just go astrix. i think I'm pretty bad at just running through words and not sounding out fully.

Also like second, I more or less pronounce it sec'nt.

On the flip side is crap like in Canada with them pronouncing asphalt ASH-falt. It drives me crazy cause it's not even remotely close. it's clearly as-falt.

or like how europeans say al-u-min-i-um like guys, we can all agree 5 syllables sounds sexier but you can't just go adding an I whenever you feel like it

Why did we drop the Latinite spelling?
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Re: weird words
« Reply #192 on: December 06, 2024, 10:32:51 AM »
asks is like a glitch in the English language that African Americans have fixed

i'm not sure i ever pronounce asterisk correctly i just end up saying asterix

I just go astrix. i think I'm pretty bad at just running through words and not sounding out fully.

Also like second, I more or less pronounce it sec'nt.

On the flip side is crap like in Canada with them pronouncing asphalt ASH-falt. It drives me crazy cause it's not even remotely close. it's clearly as-falt.

or like how europeans say al-u-min-i-um like guys, we can all agree 5 syllables sounds sexier but you can't just go adding an I whenever you feel like it

Why did we drop the Latinite spelling?

that's a great question. All the other elements that end in -um end in -ium, I have no idea why aluminum had to go be different.

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Re: weird words
« Reply #193 on: December 08, 2024, 11:41:53 AM »
I really like the way the Britiuse the word “kit” to refer to a uniform or the gear you need for an activity.

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Re: weird words
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Re: weird words
« Reply #195 on: February 12, 2025, 11:43:18 PM »
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Man, Wacky really took this one to the top.