#209966 - 03/11/13 10:11 AM
Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now
[Re: wofahulicodoc]
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OK, I agree that we don't need no steenkin' roolz but -
over this side of the pond, the general practice, even in 'street-talk', is that words starting with a vowel sound are preceded by 'thee' and all others by 'thuh.' That is not what your colourful example, above, shows (as Buff rightly says.)
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#209968 - 03/11/13 11:12 AM
Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now
[Re: wofahulicodoc]
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The "rule" I learned was "thee" before a vowel, "thuh" otherwise, with, of course, a few exceptions. (There are always exceptions...)
As RC says.
Edited by Buffalo Shrdlu (03/11/13 11:12 AM)
Edit Reason: I missed the next page...
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#209970 - 03/11/13 11:23 AM
Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now
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OK, I agree that we don't need no steenkin' roolz but -
over this side of the pond, the general practice, even in 'street-talk', is that words starting with a vowel sound are preceded by 'thee' and all others by 'thuh.' That is not what your colourful example, above, shows (as Buff rightly says.) I've always subscribed to the same, except "thee" when used in emphasis: "That was the (thee) best dinner I've ever had".
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#209971 - 03/11/13 01:00 PM
Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now
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Well now boys, is not sectional diversity wonderful? How rigid are the (pronounced thuh) uh, arbitrary rules over in England and how richly is the (pronounced thee or thuh according to whim) English Language used here in the ever-evolving southern South. Here, you see, we drawl but conserve our words. Nuance, pitch, so forth, and et cetera are all incorporated into a mishmash of meanings and this is why our words are alive and yours are becoming dead. 
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#209984 - 03/12/13 09:03 AM
Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now
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#210075 - 03/21/13 03:40 AM
Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now
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