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monster 05-01-2011 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 729374)
When I was listening to the Dexter audiobook, the American narrator used the word 'mirror' a few times. I found that fascinating. Like 'squirrel' it is pronounced as a single elongated syllable. Meerrr.

My mind rebels on that one:P I can't quite make my mental voice do it.

Me trying to say mirror American-style always reminds me of Kryten trying to say Smeghead. Sounds just like that.


Sundae 05-01-2011 02:49 PM

Mirr-ah!

Actually at school I had a friend who was brought up in Bristol.
She used to say Mirrrrrr
I found it funny. Her Mum thought I was laughing AT her rather than with her and called me a stuck up cow. Not to my face, but my friend duly reported it to me.

Shame, because I was super-skinny and she was large and therefore neither of us were "normal". We got along well til her Mum told her not to talk to me any more. And doubly sad that I went on to make many friends and she was always on the fringes.

I really was laughing with her.

Undertoad 05-01-2011 02:59 PM

They laughed at me, they all laughed at me when I said I enjoyed Rod Hull and his

http://cellar.org/2011/rodhull.jpg

E-MOO

They said say it again say it again

E-MOO

They laughed and laughed and made me say it again

E-MOO

You stupid yank, it's

E-MEW!!!!

Sundae 05-01-2011 03:23 PM

EEM-YEW! Silly Merkin.
Actually, I myself have been a silly Merkin recently, courtesy of the Mons.
So don't take it personally.

Maybe they were just laughing at you liking Rod Hull?
Only funny thing he did was Attack of the Deadly Dustbins, which was based on Dr Who and later parodied by them.
My bro HATED Rod Hull and Emu. I remember him being violently sick after my Mum gently persuaded him to get over his fear by watching an episode.

Don't make me get my diseased lip out.

Tulip 05-01-2011 04:32 PM

Okay, maybe y'all can help me out. How do you pronounce the word "orange." I've been told by a kinder who's teacher taught him to pronounce it differently so he corrected me. :rolleyes: When I mentioned it to someone, she told me yeah, I did pronounce it wrong. But either way if fine. Hmm.....really? I looked it up in encarta.com but for some reason, I can't hear the sound. My problem was with the "o." I pronounced it sorta like "aw" but more relaxed. Phonetically, it's the backward c symbol.

monster 05-01-2011 07:22 PM

I completely depends on your regional/national accent. Someone ?clodfobble? once linked to a site where word have been recorded in the various accents.

As a Brit, I used to say o - ringe but now I say more awrnj because otherwise people ask me to repeat it. I think maybe I even posted a vid with the whole family saying orange, somewhere........

monster 05-01-2011 07:23 PM

yes, I did!


Tulip 05-01-2011 09:33 PM

Yups, I'm saying it right. Well, at least the same way as your family is saying it, hihi. :D

monster 05-01-2011 09:42 PM

So wrong, because they're either saying it the Brit or Michigan way and you're down there in Texas ...where both beest and I can pretend to be born Michigandans and no-one bats an eyelid.

zippyt 05-01-2011 09:44 PM

Yeah But Dude caught that in Mo !!!

Tulip 05-01-2011 10:14 PM

Then I don't sound like a Texan! :p: How does a Texan say the word "orange"?

monster 05-01-2011 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tulip (Post 729570)
Then I don't sound like a Texan! :p: How does a Texan say the word "orange"?

"cumangetme"

zippyt 05-01-2011 10:20 PM

orange Ya'll ??

monster 05-02-2011 12:27 PM

this needed to be reposted here

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/5993...in-translation

Sundae 05-02-2011 02:38 PM

I educated Sarge today on the proper pronunciation of squirrel, mirror and orange.
He laughed.
Although he does have some fearsome squrrrls in his locale.


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