- paperboats
- Pilgrim
- From: Bellingham, Washington
- Registered: 2001-06-10
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Re: Dude!
schwa = upside-down 'e'
Odd that there's nothing in the standard character map to represent one of those...though I guess I've only ever really seen it on paper in IPA...
Incidentally, anyone seen Baseketball? There a great "dude" sequence in that movie.
Ian
"A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time." --Mariah Carey, who was recently dropped by her label
- mookey
- Pilgrim
- From: Virginia, USA
- Registered: 2001-06-06
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Re: Dude!
Rimmersguard wrote:the ümläuts have to be very ecxiting for your english speaking people....
Are you kidding? Those ümläuts rock my world!
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-Jean Cocteau
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- Pilgrim
- From: Office Despot
- Registered: 2001-08-29
- Posts: 794
Re: Dude!
dummi wrote:And when you meet a native english speaker, get them to say Eichhörnchen. Hours of fun!
I can say it, if I say it slowly, but I sound like I inhaled helium!
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- Miiru
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- Pilgrim
- From: Berlin
- Registered: 2001-06-08
- Posts: 1314
Re: Dude!
jaime@w3rk wrote:
I can say it, if I say it slowly, but I sound like I inhaled helium!
That´s interesting. I´ve never encountered this phenomenon before. Most people, I found, can cope with either the Umlaut or the "ch" but not with both at the same time.
The funny thing is, while I will tease people mercilessly about their inability to correctly pronounce this word, I have exactly the same problem with the word squirrel, which of course is Eichhörnchen in English.
[ November 07, 2001: Message edited by: dummi ]
insects are not always
going to be bullied
by humanity
some day they will revolt
i am already organizing
a revolutionary society to be
known as the worms turnverein
- Tad
- Hierarch
- From: California
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Re: Dude!
That is why my people call him, "Little Furry Fellow Who Hides His Nuts." Much easier, although it takes a bit longer.
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- Pilgrim
- From: currently in Oxford
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Re: Dude!
While you're at it, try saying 'Scheveningen' or 'beschuit met muisjes'. No umlauts involved, but English speaking people seem te have a lot of trouble with it.
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- djf
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Re: Dude!
Not only english speaking people. Scheveningen goes down the throat like a hedgehog on acid.
Usually, to be completely unbiased and objective, you have to have no idea what you're talking about.
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- Pilgrim
- From: Uqbar
- Registered: 2001-06-19
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Re: Dude!
too bad we can´t hear us on the board....
- Captain Roberto Fruitbat
- Pilgrim
- From: Berlin
- Registered: 2001-06-08
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Re: Dude!
Tad wrote:That is why my people call him, "Little Furry Fellow Who Hides His Nuts."
Thanks for the tip, Tad. I will try to keep it in mind.
One problem. What do I call the female squirrels?
insects are not always
going to be bullied
by humanity
some day they will revolt
i am already organizing
a revolutionary society to be
known as the worms turnverein
- lian
- Pilgrim
- From: Where Dormice Are Cherished
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Re: Dude!
*laughs* I don't have problems with 'Scheveningen', (though it does hurt my throat a little) but Austrian colloquial tongue is beyond me! (What was that, 'Eichhörnchenschwanz' in Österreichisch, Rimmers? Oachkotzlschwoaf??? *rolls on floor laughing* We used to make a contest out of trying to pronounce it, back then in 7th form on the skiing trip...^_^)
See above - the squirrel, the language trap! Heh.
- Damon
- Pilgrim
- From: enzed
- Registered: 2001-05-31
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Re: Dude!
Probably relatively easy to pronounce, but doesn't the German word 'Angstschweiss' have eight consonants in a row?
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- lian
- Pilgrim
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Re: Dude!
yeah *grin* but if you consider that five of them make up only two phonems...well...it gets all relative :)
- djf
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Re: Dude!
I always thought Austrian sounded kind of cool. Here's a remark I once overheard in the Vienna subway that has become a running gag among my friends:
"Hoast 'n Schlüüssel, bist d'r Cheeef."
(If you got the key, you're the boss)
Unfortunately it's nearly impossible to put the Austrian drawl properly into writing.
(Off topic? What do you mean, off topic?)
[ November 08, 2001: Message edited by: djf ]
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- mythusmage
- Pilgrim
- From: San Diego, CA, USA, Earth, Sol
- Registered: 2001-11-06
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Re: Dude!
"God" spelled backwards is "dog".
"Cow" spelled backwards is "woc".
"Pterodactyl" spelled backwards is very hard to pronounce.
(Conversation at a meeting of the Church of Discordia of Southern California.)
Alan
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- Captain Roberto Fruitbat
- Pilgrim
- From: Berlin
- Registered: 2001-06-08
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Re: Dude!
Oachkotzlschwoaf, yes, way to go!
It´s a good thing, I wasn´t drinking anything when I read this. Maybe I´ll get out all my Arnie tapes and overdose on his lovely accent.
Still don´t know what to call female sqirrels but I guess I better stay away from them anyway.
They´re dangerous and not to be trusted. A few years ago a juvenile delinquent squirrel mugged me while I was strolling through Kew Gardens and made off with my cheese crackers.
Stupid squirrel, I would have shared.
insects are not always
going to be bullied
by humanity
some day they will revolt
i am already organizing
a revolutionary society to be
known as the worms turnverein
- bumadax
- Pilgrim
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Re: Dude!
Tad, PM.
(Just felt like uncovering this thread...)
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- John Homes
- Pilgrim
- From: New Zealand
- Registered: 2002-01-29
- Posts: 666
Re: Dude!
Originally posted by mythusmage:
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"Pterodactyl" spelled backwards is very hard to pronounce.
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Actually the only thing difficult about it is the double stop at the end. That, most people will I suspect get the wrong way round.
John Homes.
"Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. "
-- Susan Ertz
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