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It’s coming up on Remembrance Sunday and the gammons are out in force:  Ten pounds says this guy isn’t allowed to see his grandchildren any more, because of ‘The Incident’
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Mega Comrade posted:Yeah 'dd' is a 'th' like sound in Welsh. There's a Welsh speaking community in Patagonia, Argentina founded during the 19th Century when the government were trying to stamp out the language.
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Nov 10, 2022 14:09
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Nov 10, 2022 14:11
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Twitter blue, contrary to the name, is not twitter but sexual.
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Nov 10, 2022 14:14
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Drinkslinger posted:It’s coming up on Remembrance Sunday and the gammons are out in force: Back when we had massive public sector investment and were actively killing Nazis, yeah, sounds good to me mate
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Nov 10, 2022 14:31
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Skwirl posted:How many permabanned poo poo posters have we had that spent hundreds of dollars on new accounts? and then imagine a potential audience an order of magnitude larger to poo poo post at. I've seen like five Seraph alts in the last week or two alone.
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Nov 10, 2022 14:45
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AFewBricksShy posted:The Philadelphia area has a lot of Native American names for areas and a lot of Welsh town names. It's more like "CON-shuh-HA(w)-ken" and "SKOO-kl" - you really swallow the last bit on that last one, just try to cut all the vowels out and go right from the k to the l. But yeah Dutch and Welsh immigrants mangling Lenape words, and then a couple decades later their great-grandkids deciding to honor their ancestors by renaming everything Welsh names but horribly mispronouncing them.
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Nov 10, 2022 14:54
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My favorite pronunciation shibboleths are the ones in Boston, because half the stuff seems like it's obvious unless you're from here. Haverhill is HAY-vrille. Worcester is Woh-ster. Tremont (as in the reletively well-known street downtown) is treh-mohnt.
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Nov 10, 2022 14:59
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Shrewsbury. No, not like 'shrew'.
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Nov 10, 2022 15:04
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“In Long Island” die and be dead
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Nov 10, 2022 15:07
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I live Bala Cynwyd. Most people unfamiliar with it pronounce it “Bala Sinwid” but it’s pronounced “Bala Kinwood”. I believe in Welsh it’s actually pronounced “Bahla Kahnwed”. There’s a street in this town called “Llandrillo” which no matter how you pronounce it you’re wrong
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Nov 10, 2022 15:13
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Drinkslinger posted:It’s coming up on Remembrance Sunday and the gammons are out in force: What are the odds those are actually Polish spitfires? It’s a long running thing that boomer memes that get all nostalgic over the Battle of Britain whilst being simultaneously xenophobic use Polish spitfires.
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Nov 10, 2022 15:21
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It's spelled Raymond Luxury Yacht but it's pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove.
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Nov 10, 2022 15:24
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Scratch Monkey posted:I live Bala Cynwyd. Most people unfamiliar with it pronounce it “Bala Sinwid” but it’s pronounced “Bala Kinwood”. I believe in Welsh it’s actually pronounced “Bahla Kahnwed”. There’s a street in this town called “Llandrillo” which no matter how you pronounce it you’re wrong Bah-lah Kin-wid. Y as a vowel is just a short i. The Ll is a distinct letter in the Welsh language. Like a 'th' but further back instead of the tip of your tongue (not as far back as the throaty 'ch' though). Every town near me (actual Wales) is a Llan- meaning the church/parish.
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Nov 10, 2022 15:28
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Baron von Eevl posted:It's more like "CON-shuh-HA(w)-ken" and "SKOO-kl" - you really swallow the last bit on that last one, just try to cut all the vowels out and go right from the k to the l. You're correct about Schuylkill, I definitely typed out the wrong sound for the end of that one, but I definitely don't say Hawk-en. I grew up near Valley Forge though, so it might depend on the region.
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Nov 10, 2022 15:35
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What? Why would sex workers buy the checkmark? I mean I don't know why anyone would unless they want to do this https://twitter.com/ChrisDeLeon/status/1590568878241116160  Also, and unrelated because this a real thing that happened https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1590704635433844737
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Nov 10, 2022 15:47
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Fools Infinite posted:It's spelled Raymond Luxury Yacht but it's pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove. I want to be on television!
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Nov 10, 2022 15:54
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I guess after operating in the American south for so long, KFC was surprised to find out that Germany isn’t also proud of its “heritage”.
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Nov 10, 2022 15:55
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Cheesy Chicken is extremely not kosher.
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Nov 10, 2022 16:05
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Cool Dad posted:What? Why would sex workers buy the checkmark? I mean I don't know why anyone would unless they want to do this It's so their posts don't completely disappear because of the algorithm. Like, I get it, but getting mad at people pushing back against pay-for-Twitter because of it is pretty dumb
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Nov 10, 2022 16:44
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Idea to save Twitter: ban everyone except sex workers
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Nov 10, 2022 16:47
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Heath posted:Idea to save Twitter: ban everyone except sex workers  hosed up that this approach would have payment processors and advertisers flee from Twitter faster than they’re doing so now.
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Nov 10, 2022 16:52
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TinTower posted:What are the odds those are actually Polish spitfires? It’s a long running thing that boomer memes that get all nostalgic over the Battle of Britain whilst being simultaneously xenophobic use Polish spitfires. I did try to look it up and they don't seem to be using 303 squadron markings at least. sassassin posted:Like a 'th' but further back instead of the tip of your tongue (not as far back as the throaty 'ch' though). Try as I might I just can not get this right, I always end up doing ch or th.
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Nov 10, 2022 17:08
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Many years ago I had it explained to me that "ll" was pronounced "cl". Apparently I was misinformed. Which is great, I was never able to convince myself that calling someone "Cloyd" was right
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Nov 10, 2022 17:31
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It's like a more breathy version of that. I've heard people do it a bunch I just can't replicate it consistently.
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Nov 10, 2022 17:32
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Pissing off everyone at the table by insisting it's called Hhchlanowar Elves
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Data Graham posted:Many years ago I had it explained to me that "ll" was pronounced "cl". Apparently I was misinformed. Which is great, I was never able to convince myself that calling someone "Cloyd" was right It's like a "th" sound if you run your breath through the sides of your mouth rather than the front. dd is the same but voiced.
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Nov 10, 2022 17:39
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'th' is loving trash poo poo from an arse and should be abolished.
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Nov 10, 2022 17:41
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Tenebrais posted:It's like a "th" sound if you run your breath through the sides of your mouth rather than the front. Huh. I was taught (in a class on the Mabinogion, in translation) that "hl" was a pretty good approximation. The sides of the mouth thing makes so much sense.
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The Wicked ZOGA posted:'th' is loving trash poo poo from an arse and should be abolished. Suck my þick one.
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Languages are fun
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The true bastard problem language is obviously English which incorporates everything it comes in contact with, but misspelled and pronounced wrong.
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Nov 10, 2022 18:45
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dialhforhero posted:Ah but in German that would be Marmelade. Konfitüre I don't care that I'm the only person who uses that word, I will fight for it. (Marmelade is like the English marmelade, only used for citrus fruits. Jelly is Gelee and Jam should be Konfitüre, except for the part where everybody calls it Marmelade)
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Nov 10, 2022 19:06
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Heath posted:Idea to save Twitter: ban everyone except sex workers Here they make a desert and call it peace
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Nov 10, 2022 19:11
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AFewBricksShy posted:Passyunk Avenue Daaaaamn that Passy unk
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Heath posted:Idea to save Twitter: ban everyone except sex workers In biology, this is known as the bottleneck effect. It would serve to either lead to the extinction of Twitter as a result of its loss of biodiversity and foundation species, or it would lead to the sex workers eventually evolving to take back up those niches vacated by the mass die-off.
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In economics, Musk is soon to be known as an extinction event
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Ok because someone mentioned it again and I love our city's insane accent, Passyunk is pashunk, but it's pronounced almost like "passion" but you end it with unk instead of in, and you end it really hard like the word just fell into a dumpster, and you can kinda linger on the "pah" part just slightly too long. The author is Walt Whitman, but the bridge is the wallwomen.
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Baron von Eevl posted:Ok because someone mentioned it again and I love our city's insane accent, Passyunk is pashunk, but it's pronounced almost like "passion" but you end it with unk instead of in, and you end it really hard like the word just fell into a dumpster, and you can kinda linger on the "pah" part just slightly too long. Cool Kids Club Soda posted:Daaaaamn that Passy unk
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