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June 10, 2018, 05:12:44 AM |
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Replies to this thread, whether for or against the idea, constitutes a yea.
That's ridiculous, nobody is gonna fall for that.
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June 10, 2018, 06:02:09 AM |
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Here's one pertaining to the uniqueness of the English language. There is ONLY one word in the English language that when it's a proper noun, both have different pronunciations in spite of being spelled exactly the same excepting that the first letter of the proper noun one is capitalized (hence a proper noun). Looks like nobody figure out the word yet, eh? Here's a hint: 420. I can think of three, but none of them relate to 420... Polish/polish Nice/nice (City in France) Reading/reading (City in England)
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June 10, 2018, 10:32:44 AM |
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Here's one pertaining to the uniqueness of the English language. There is ONLY one word in the English language that when it's a proper noun, both have different pronunciations in spite of being spelled exactly the same excepting that the first letter of the proper noun one is capitalized (hence a proper noun). Looks like nobody figure out the word yet, eh? Here's a hint: 420. I can think of three, but none of them relate to 420... Polish/polish Nice/nice (City in France) Reading/reading (City in England) It was probably the polish/Polish he was thinking of. I thought there were a few yesterday (there's probably more than those three).
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June 10, 2018, 11:13:06 AM |
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Ahh, I think he must mean Herb (as in short for Herbert) and the American pronunciation of herb.
Still, definitely not the only one.
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June 12, 2018, 05:01:17 AM |
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Here's one pertaining to the uniqueness of the English language. There is ONLY one word in the English language that when it's a proper noun, both have different pronunciations in spite of being spelled exactly the same excepting that the first letter of the proper noun one is capitalized (hence a proper noun). Looks like nobody figure out the word yet, eh? Here's a hint: 420. I can think of three, but none of them relate to 420... Polish/polish Nice/nice (City in France) Reading/reading (City in England) It was probably the polish/Polish he was thinking of. I thought there were a few yesterday (there's probably more than those three). No, not that. Ahh, I think he must mean Herb (as in short for Herbert) and the American pronunciation of herb.
Still, definitely not the only one.
Bingo! And yes it's the only one.
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June 12, 2018, 05:08:39 AM |
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Bingo! And yes it's the only one. What about the other 3 examples I gave...?
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June 12, 2018, 05:21:21 AM |
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Bingo! And yes it's the only one. What about the other 3 examples I gave...? Oops! I'll give you Polish/polish. Are both Reading/reading and Nice/nice really pronounced differently?
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June 12, 2018, 05:24:09 AM |
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Reading the city is pronounced Red-ing, and Nice as in nephew and niece.
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June 12, 2018, 07:24:49 AM |
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Bingo! And yes it's the only one. What about the other 3 examples I gave...? Oops! I'll give you Polish/polish. Are both Reading/reading and Nice/nice really pronounced differently? I'm not entirely sure Nice (with the capital) is a word in English it looks more French or something to me. And Reading, as above is pronounced redding as o_e_l_e_o states.
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June 12, 2018, 07:33:59 AM |
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I'm not entirely sure Nice (with the capital) is a word in English it looks more French or something to me. Oh yeah, my bad. It's a French city with a French name, so that one doesn't count.
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I'm not entirely sure Nice (with the capital) is a word in English it looks more French or something to me. Oh yeah, my bad. It's a French city with a French name, so that one doesn't count. Yes. @gleb, what's the thing with herb and Herb, how are they each pronounced?
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June 12, 2018, 06:15:24 PM |
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what's the thing with herb and Herb, how are they each pronounced? Americans don't pronounce the "h", so they say "erb". This is more true to the original French pronunciation.
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I had assumed everyone knew what a thermos was Yeah, it means thermostat. But the BTT admin has a "Y" to his. Well, it's a common practice here and majority of members also have their names as improper nouns. Its not yet time to crucify them. Perhaps we should wait to see what the Trump-Kim summit gives before making our judgment.
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June 12, 2018, 06:49:19 PM |
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I googled... and found some Capitonyms with different pronunciations.
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June 12, 2018, 07:43:04 PM |
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Perhaps we should wait to see what the Trump-Kim summit gives before making our judgment.
I doubt this topic was on their agenda unless some White House intern misspelled "theymonuclear weapons".
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June 12, 2018, 08:39:03 PM |
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I googled... and found some Capitonyms with different pronunciations. There are dozens of them... DOZENS!
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