Sundae's List Of Words To Purr - Page 6

monster · 05-01-2011, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

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

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.

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.

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!

How does a Texan say the word "orange"?

monster · 05-01-2011, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tulip

Then I don't sound like a Texan!

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.

05-01-2011, 02:49 PM	#77
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	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. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-01-2011, 03:23 PM	#79
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	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. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-01-2011, 07:22 PM	#81
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	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........ __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-01-2011, 07:23 PM	#82
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yes, I did! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-01-2011, 09:42 PM	#84
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	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. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-01-2011, 02:59 PM	#78
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	They laughed at me, they all laughed at me when I said I enjoyed Rod Hull and his 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!!!!

05-01-2011, 04:32 PM	#80
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	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. 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.

05-01-2011, 09:33 PM	#83
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	Yups, I'm saying it right. Well, at least the same way as your family is saying it, hihi.

05-01-2011, 09:44 PM	#85
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Yeah But Dude caught that in Mo !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

05-01-2011, 10:14 PM	#86
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	Then I don't sound like a Texan! How does a Texan say the word "orange"?

05-01-2011, 10:20 PM	#88
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	orange Ya'll ?? __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

05-02-2011, 12:27 PM	#89
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	this needed to be reposted here http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/5993...in-translation __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-02-2011, 02:38 PM	#90
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	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. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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