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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: asseverate - does NOT sound like uh-SEV-uh-rayt tsuwm #190981 05/10/2010 12:56 PM Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 25 Ireland RayButler newbie RayButler newbie Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 25 Ireland Originally Posted By: tsuwm > the thing that (secretly) amuses me is that many of the obscure words that I feature haven't actually been spoken since.. oh, the Great Vowel Shift maybe?! The Great Vowel Shift - you are referring to Glaswegian, no doubt? Pick a vowel, any vowel...they'll shift it somewhere you'll never expect it. For example, their i -> e shift causes no end of trouble. I was at a conference in Glasgow with a few younger colleagues a few years ago; one of the lads was trying to chat up a local lass in a very loud music bar. He suggested that she join us in a heavy rock club later that night. Her response initially enthralled him: he thought she said "I love to get up for sex in the morning". I've struck gold, thought he! She had actually said "I have to get up at six in the morning". Several confusing sentences later as his smooth moves were being perplexingly rebuffed, he realised too late he'd got it wrong...very wrong. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: asseverate - does NOT sound like uh-SEV-uh-rayt RayButler #190983 05/10/2010 1:35 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh The Great Vowel Shift - you are referring to Glaswegian, no doubt? Nope, I don't think he was. He was referring to the one that took place between Middle English and Early Modern English. I was once the other half of a discussion in a club in Columb St Minor in the mid-'80s. The other half was a Glaswegian RAF NCO. His opening speech lasted nearly ten minutes and I could only identify one word, an oft-used expletive used as an intensifier. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: asseverate - does NOT sound like uh-SEV-uh-rayt zmjezhd #190997 05/11/2010 3:05 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Speaking of dialects: the first person to correctly guess what word (in English--I heard that!) is pronounced eee-yuht wins a...what? Oh, I know: a case of Bollinger's. Come to my house tomorrow and I'll give it to you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: asseverate - does NOT sound like uh-SEV-uh-rayt Jackie #191000 05/11/2010 3:13 AM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand Eight Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: asseverate - does NOT sound like uh-SEV-uh-rayt olly #191004 05/11/2010 4:00 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass idiot. (if I got it, I'll be there at eight.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: asseverate - does NOT sound like uh-SEV-uh-rayt tsuwm #191020 05/11/2010 12:01 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I'm voting for it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: asseverate - does NOT sound like uh-SEV-uh-rayt Faldage #191034 05/11/2010 4:45 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Yet. Edit: Lookin' up Bollinger's to see what I bring along to the party. Woo-woo! Last edited by belMarduk; 05/11/2010 4:49 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: asseverate - does NOT sound like uh-SEV-uh-rayt belMarduk #191051 05/12/2010 2:23 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia I'll vote for eyot, though it feels like the hog is getting dirtier this way. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: asseverate - does NOT sound like uh-SEV-uh-rayt doc_comfort #191054 05/12/2010 2:52 AM Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA beck123 addict beck123 addict Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA In the South, in certain positions within the rhythm of a sentence: "it" "Eee-yuht was guuud, Byebee." "I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: asseverate - does NOT sound like uh-SEV-uh-rayt beck123 #191066 05/12/2010 2:08 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Wait, wait, can I change my answer? I think it is yacht - you know, the watercraft. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: asseverate - does NOT sound like uh-SEV-uh-rayt belMarduk #191079 05/13/2010 3:46 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Faldage wins! Yep, "it" is eee-yuht in Deep Kentuckian, and probably Deep Appalachian in other states as well. Our choir director is a retired teacher, and says that in one elementary school way down in the state, she heard a teacher down the hall carefully explaining to her class that this word has two syllables. Em--I think Bollinger's is champagne. Dunno, it just sounded good. So--belM, maybe you could bring some cheese. Faldage, we'll need some fine crackers; beck, doc, tsuwm and olly...let's see. Oh! Music. Hmm...fruit? Ooh, maybe some of those teeny-tiny little pies... See y'all tomorrow! 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