|
|
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,067
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,067 |
No that was "does your derg bite?" (non-rhotic 'r' in derg)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 390
enthusiast
|
|
enthusiast
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 390 |
No that was "does your derg bite?" (non-rhotic 'r' in derg) I've always thought it was more like 'doag' but since Clouseau's accent probably defies even IPA, here's the clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXn2QVipK2o
Last edited by latishya; 10/08/2008 12:52 AM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290 |
Now if it were only spelled it right - "en brochette"
That's some whacky syntax ya gots there, Myr. And thanks for the correction (tho I cannot correct it now). I think I was mentally mooshing together the vowel of Italian bruschetta and the rest of French brochette.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,067
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,067 |
It's definitely either dɘg or dəg.
To which the German hotel clerk replies that it's not his dok.
I'll leave it to someone else to work out the IPA transliteration of how they both pronounce 'room'!
Last edited by The Pook; 10/08/2008 6:18 AM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 5,295
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 5,295 |
I think I was mentally mooshing together the vowel of Italian bruschetta and the rest of French brochette. Och, brush off the crumbs and zimmer it, zmezjhd.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613 |
I cannot correct it now Odd. I can.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290 |
Odd. I can.
You're teasing right? You are an admin on the site. You can edit everything, except your user number.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
>I cannot correct it now
and I took this to mean that although you can correct your original, it has in the meanwhile been copied elsewhere and you can't correct the copy.
-ron o.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290 |
although you can correct your original
No, I meant that after a day or so of aging, I am not able to edit any of my posts. I thought this was a feature of the BBS software used here.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
huh. I guess I've never tried to edit a post the next day.
-joe (at least with *this version) friday
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613 |
You're teasing right? No. I just never know which things I'm allowed vs. what others are. And I don't even know where to look for my user number. If you want me to change your post, I will (she said, wondering if he was asking for proof.)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290 |
If you want me to change your post
No thanks. It's a part of the Great Google Word Hoard now.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613 |
Hey, a new acronym (just what we needed...): GGWH.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,067
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,067 |
Hey, a new acronym (just what we needed...): GGWH. Let me be the first of this bunch of super-pedants to point out that strictly speaking that is an initialism rather than an acronym. 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
Hey, a new acronym (just what we needed...): GGWH. super-pedants ... that is an initialism rather than an acronym. What?! You can't pronounce ggwh?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210 |
Hey, a new acronym (just what we needed...): GGWH. super-pedants ... that is an initialism rather than an acronym. What?! You can't pronounce ggwh? I want to hear Jackie say it so I can count the syllables.
formerly known as etaoin...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290 |
You can't pronounce ggwh?
/ĝə'ɠẅx/
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613 |
Come here, Pookie, and I might initial you, sir! ;-)
eta: something like goog oo uh.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 390
enthusiast
|
|
enthusiast
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 390 |
Hey, a new acronym (just what we needed...): GGWH. Let me be the first of this bunch of super-pedants to point out that strictly speaking that is an initialism rather than an acronym. im sure youre right although it looks like a perfectly respectable welsh word and looks like it would probably be at home as a central consonant cluster in Irish, where it would no doubt be pronounced "mary". i googled initialism and found a recent discussion at blog called languagehat.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
an aside to those "in the know" (or not)..
that 'hat' link contains many comments from Stuart, who we knew as sjmaxq, and if you follow his link you get the Where Can I Look It Up? page.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
You can't pronounce ggwh?
/ĝə'ɠẅx/ Sheesh!! The gg is just a geminated g. There's no sneaky little vowel in there to separate them. The rest of it Nunc's pretty much got right.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,067
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,067 |
You can't pronounce ggwh?
/ĝə'ɠẅx/ I'm not Welsh, so... no.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
Maybe it's Greek, Γγωη, and would be pronounced ngoe ( X-SAMPA /Noi/)
|
|
|
|
|
