Pariah 7,797 Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 Context is for kings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starlord 4,886 Posted November 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 Never make fun of someone for mispronouncing a word, they probably learned about it by reading. PS: It's pronounced: /draʊ/ drow or: /droʊ/ dro Old Man, Tom Cowan and Pariah 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Badger 1,791 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 10 hours ago, Starlord said: Never make fun of someone for mispronouncing a word, they probably learned about it by reading. PS: It's pronounced: /draʊ/ drow or: /droʊ/ dro I pronounced caveat as cav-eet for a decade. And paradigm was para-dig-um. And homogeny was homo jenny. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pariah 7,797 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Hermione, anyone? Old Man 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
L. Marcus 2,413 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Västkustskt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Old Man 11,299 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Subtle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
L. Marcus 2,413 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 It's a nice consonant cluster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starlord 4,886 Posted November 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Use of a condom can prevent use of a minivan. Grailknight 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Old Man 11,299 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 But I like minivans! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
L. Marcus 2,413 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 ... Hm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Badger 1,791 Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 20 hours ago, Pariah said: Hermione, anyone? Luckily, I heard before I read. Just now, Badger said: Luckily, I heard before I read. Though, when little Greek names were a problem. Socrates became sock-rates Persephone became Purse-a-phone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Badger 1,791 Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 6 hours ago, Old Man said: But I like minivans! They like getting in front of me and drive 25 in a 35. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,817 Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 On 11/24/2020 at 10:20 AM, Starlord said: Never make fun of someone for mispronouncing a word, they probably learned about it by reading. PS: It's pronounced: /draʊ/ drow or: /droʊ/ dro Wikipedia's list of Arabic star names ... many, many examples of such things there. (Also a source for good character names for fantasy campaigns ... I have commented before that someday I'll have a character named Rastaban, always pronounced with an extended rolling of the initial R.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pariah 7,797 Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 Longer time, lower temperature. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
archer 1,784 Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 Everyone should know by now that karate is kara-te with the "te" pronounced "tay". For the next political season when the candidates engage in face-to-face verbal combat, I vote that we pronounce it to be a deba-tay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazza 4,688 Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 Nope. Always pronounced it te. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
archer 1,784 Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, Bazza said: Nope. Always pronounced it te. Your on the wrong side. Never to late to join the right side. We could compromise. Rather than pronouncing it dee-bay-tay. we could pronounce it day-ba-tay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazza 4,688 Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 A-Maori-car Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazza 4,688 Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 Remember words like “colour” have a u in them. 😛 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazza 4,688 Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 Everything is better with “iso”. it is Australia’s word of the year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
archer 1,784 Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Bazza said: Remember words like “colour” have a u in them. 😛 That's okay, words like "color" don't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,817 Posted November 27, 2020 Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 20 hours ago, Bazza said: Everything is better with “iso”. it is Australia’s word of the year. isotrope: an instance of a hackneyed, tired old literary or dramatic artifice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pariah 7,797 Posted November 27, 2020 Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 37 minutes ago, Cancer said: isotrope: an instance of a hackneyed, tired old literary or dramatic artifice. Sounds like something that has definitely undergone decay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,817 Posted November 27, 2020 Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 isobored: your sensation after realizing the story you're reading/watching/living/ is an isotrope. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazza 4,688 Posted November 27, 2020 Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 4 hours ago, Cancer said: isotrope: an instance of a hackneyed, tired old literary or dramatic artifice. wrong iso. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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