dmjalund Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Oy. Vey! Maria! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Jä kan ta dialekt'n men när jä håvva brännt ner Pite äLvdaL vä gronnd'n! No fair, he's making all of that up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Dialects baffle me sometimes. When I was in Saskatchewan (yeah, it's one of those 'road trip' stories) my van needed a new battery. Local guy says I can get one at the "Kwop store." I asked him to repeat the name twice, certain that I'd heard him wrong. I finally just decided to just ask him for directions, thinking whatever "Kwop" is, I'll figure it out when I get there. Fortunately, his directions were intelligible, and minutes later I arrived at the local farmers' Co-Op... which is pronounced "kwop" in those parts, apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I've heard Canadians say they can tell tourists from natives by the way they pronounce "Toronto." Natives call it Tronno. Similar to when I was in Oregon, natives say OR-igen, outsiders (and newscasters) say o-re-GAWN. And now, a neat picture: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barwickian Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Dialects baffle me sometimes. When I was in Saskatchewan (yeah' date=' it's one of those 'road trip' stories) my van needed a new battery. Local guy says I can get one at the "Kwop store." I asked him to repeat the name twice, certain that I'd heard him wrong. I finally just decided to just ask him for directions, thinking whatever "Kwop" is, I'll figure it out when I get there.[/quote'] Heh. I've just told an American colleague (who is also one of my irregular Hero players) a couple of Yorkshire jokes. He simply didn't understand them. The Brit sitting next to him chuckled. Our accent is sufficiently known in the UK that even southerners get it. They were: A Yorkshireman takes his cat to the vet. "Nah then, vitnary," he says. "Ah wants thee to tek a look at mi cat." "Certainly," says the vet. "Is it a tom?" "Nooa," says the Yorkshireman. "Ah've got it in t'basket reight 'ere." A Yorkshireman suffering from piles goes to the chemist. "Has tha any o' that fancy arse cream?" he enquires. "Aye," the chemist replies. "Haagen Daz or Ben and Jerry's?" And the explanation: both hinge around Yorkshire pronunciation. "Is it a tom?" means, in Yorksher speyk, "Is is at home?" And "arse cream" is, of course, ice cream; this joke only really works in text, though, or to offcummed 'uns (people not from Yorkshire - it isn't their fault, we can't all be Yorkshire[*]) as we'd use a different intonation to make it clear whether we meant arse cream or ice cream. [*] Old Yorkshire saying: Never ask a man if he's from Yorkshire. If he is, he'll tell you. If he isn't, you'll only shame him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures From http://twentytwowords.com/2012/02/10/mining-in-mordor/: [ATTACH=CONFIG]41676[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures From http://twentytwowords.com/2012/02/10/mining-in-mordor/: [ATTACH=CONFIG]41676[/ATTACH] One does not simply carpool into Mordor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I've heard Canadians say they can tell tourists from natives by the way they pronounce "Toronto." Natives call it Tronno. Similar to when I was in Oregon, natives say OR-igen, outsiders (and newscasters) say o-re-GAWN. And now, a neat picture: I always pronounce it Organ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I always pronounce it Organ. I bet you say that to all the girls. *eyelash flutter* That sounds pretty close to what I heard most times, and that wouldn't bother me like ohreeGAWN does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I always pronounce it Organ. I'm guessing you originally came there from somewhere else. Y'know. a transplant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Oregonia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Oregano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Gesundheit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Maria! It took, me a second, but I laughed once I did. Alas, no repping at this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Keep Orygun Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures According to my Arkansawyer cousins' date=' it's "all y'all's"; or is that just a regionalism?[/quote'] I come from many generations of Arkansans. I'm not aware of variations, except maybe way down toward *shudder* Louisiana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Speaking of which, anybody else watch Swamp People? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Speaking of which' date=' anybody else watch [i']Swamp People[/i]? I was in Washington DC the other day, does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures subway style map of the U.S. Freeway system (spoilered for size, click to embiggen further) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures No fair' date=' he's making all of that up![/quote'] ... Can't prove it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures That subway map is pretty cool. I've driven I-25 from top to bottom, I-80 from San Fran to Gary, and I-70 from Cove to Columbus. Someday I'd like to finish the I-80 and I-70 runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I've done I-5 Seattle -> San Diego (in stages), so almost the whole thing. Went I-15 Helena to Salt Lake, where we switched over to I-80. Done I-90 Seattle to Butte, and another occasion I-94 Billings to Milwaukee via Minneapolis. I would like to do all of I-15, all of I-80 would be cool, and I think it would be grueling but fun to do I-75 down from Canada to the end in Florida, then up I-95 all along the eastern coast. More likely is an on/off pass for Amtrak through the U.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I-69 runs from town here to Victoria, Texas. Not quite complete yet, but I've made that drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I'm guessing you originally came there from somewhere else. Y'know. a transplant. Maine originally, but I've lived in Oregon for 35 years Edit: Nice one, I missed it at first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I was in Washington DC the other day' date=' does that count?[/quote'] No, that's a quagmire of politics. Completely different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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