FairreLilette Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 30 minutes ago, kiramanell said: Yes. Although we are taught Her Majesty's English in highschool, for the most part, British sound funny to me, nowadays. The preponderance of American English we're bombarded with every day causes it, I reckon. I can still understand British just fine, of course. I do miss some words every now and then. I love British movies though better than American films. I like foreign films better than American films and don't mind using closed captioning when watching foreign films. But, even in California, there are problem dialects, especially that Winner for Winter thing and always pronouncing Wimbledon with a ton at the end instead of a don. One thing about translators though who do *try* to translate great works of literature or films into another language, they put their heart, soul and passion in it quite a bit because they want to share it with others who don't speak the language and it's their passion in life. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 10 hours ago, Cinnamon Mistwood said: That huge boat you rooted on your parcel then placed in the water far outside your parcel boundaries as a decoration is not convincing because the water is a very small pond that's not much bigger than a mudpuddle and your sails block everyone's views. At the very least, if this was in the new Linden Home regions anywhere, you can - and should - AR it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelindaN Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 12 hours ago, FairreLilette said: And this coming from a person who has a language that has the words read and read but one of them is pronounced "red". Not to mention you have a town called Reading that if spoken is pronounced Redding. How the heck am I supposed to know how to pronounce Reading if no one told me before hand? We tried to make sense of your babble. Don't even try.......... Town names? Gloucester..........................Gloster; Worcester....................Wooster Dittisham (Devon) ......................Ditsum Had enough yet? or thirsty for more? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marigold Devin Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 6 minutes ago, BelindaN said: Don't even try.......... Town names? Gloucester..........................Gloster; Worcester....................Wooster Dittisham (Devon) ......................Ditsum Had enough yet? or thirsty for more? Joining in ... Beaminster Wombwell Elsecar Thrybergh and things that get shortened to Hants (Hampshire) Salop (Shropshire) Notts (Nottinghamshire) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orwar Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerchwyrndrobwllllantsyiliogogogoch. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano Seale Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 56 minutes ago, BelindaN said: Worcester....................Wooster This must be the posh Yorkshire pronunciation? We Manc's say "Wusstor"! 😜 The Yank's do have their fair share of awkward named places to be fair. Places like Chapaquiddic (sorry Teddy) and Missuagua etc...however they're spelt! I bet Selene could throw a few more in. They don't have much patience for naming places though. I mean, they have at least 7 "Manchester"'s over there! (I know this because I used to collect police shoulder patches). 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amina Sopwith Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Remember Sh*tterton and the winding canals of Great Bottom Flash. And of course Ugley, whose branch of the Women's Institute is getting very tired of the jokes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Gregoire Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 4 hours ago, BelindaN said: Don't even try.......... Town names? Gloucester..........................Gloster; Worcester....................Wooster Dittisham (Devon) ......................Ditsum Had enough yet? or thirsty for more? Earschplittenloudenboomer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairreLilette Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, BelindaN said: Don't even try.......... Town names? Gloucester..........................Gloster; Worcester....................Wooster Dittisham (Devon) ......................Ditsum Had enough yet? or thirsty for more? I was only joking. Try these for Southern California: Sepulveda (a street) and La Jolla (a town). Edited May 31, 2020 by FairreLilette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Psaltery Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, BelindaN said: Don't even try.......... Town names? Gloucester..........................Gloster; Worcester....................Wooster Dittisham (Devon) ......................Ditsum Had enough yet? or thirsty for more? That reminds me of towns in a friend's part of the world. Say after me, Devonport, Lostwithiel, Mousehole, Fowey. If you're saying Demport, Lawstwithul, Mouzul, and Foy, you're doing well. Edited May 31, 2020 by Garnet Psaltery One more, for fun. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marigold Devin Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Garnet Psaltery said: That reminds me of towns in a friend's part of the world. Say after me, Devonport, Lostwithiel, Mousehole, Fowey. If you're saying Demport, Lawstwithul, Mouzul, and Foy, you're doing well. Ecclefechan and *****t come to mind for some unknown reason at this point. Veering here and there https://www.citymetric.com/horizons/literally-just-19-ridiculous-british-place-names-you-can-find-ordnance-survey-maps-3256 Edited May 31, 2020 by Marigold Devin t w a t t is a place name 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatogateau Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Kentucky (sorry Beth) is fairly well known for strange place names. My fave, that I used to drive past frequently, is Big Bone Lick. YW. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatogateau Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 4 hours ago, BelindaN said: Don't even try.......... Town names? Gloucester..........................Gloster; Worcester....................Wooster Dittisham (Devon) ......................Ditsum Had enough yet? or thirsty for more? I think a bit of a peeve, though, is the natives looking amused and scandalized as the poor visitor (of any country) comes in, looking for a place and calls Gloucester "Gl-ow-kes-ter" and y'all smirk. Or someone says, I can't find Wooster on the map and (smirk) you explain it is spelled Worcester. FFS y'all know it is effed up! 😄 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibGwen Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, BelindaN said: Don't even try.......... Town names? Gloucester..........................Gloster; Worcester....................Wooster Dittisham (Devon) ......................Ditsum Had enough yet? or thirsty for more? The song "Shibboleth" on YouTube.... Turn on subtitles for more detail. Edited May 31, 2020 by LibGwen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolya Ugajin Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) My current pet peeve is white people who take advantage of riots in order to loot something as ridiculous as legos. Add this guy to the list of people to be sent up on a SpaceX rocket and ejected out an airlock. Edited June 1, 2020 by Tolya Ugajin ETA: Also, someone please teach the guy with the claw hammer the proper way to swing it? That's the side for prying things up, not the smashing stuff side. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syo Emerald Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 4 hours ago, Tolya Ugajin said: My current pet peeve is white people who take advantage of riots in order to loot But anyone else taking advantage of the riots in order to loot is fine? Looting is a garbage move, that hurts your community, no matter who you are. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyssa Greymoon Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 4 hours ago, Tolya Ugajin said: My current pet peeve is white people who take advantage of riots in order to loot something as ridiculous as legos. Fight the power! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Macbain Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 My pet peeve is alt-right groups like the Proud Boys and the Boogaloo Boys showing up at peaceful protests, instigating violence and looting, and then disappearing into the shadows so Trump and the rest of the White Power trash can point at the black communities and say, "Look what they did! Bad black people! Bad!" 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatogateau Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) My human peeve: Having a full cup of the delicious nectar that is coffee on my desk, turning my desk chair around to reach something, having the back of the chair hit the coffee, which then spills and drowns my mouse. Noooooooooooooooo. Paws crossed that it dries out ok. It is currently working but that could change. Stupid Mondays. There's another human peeve right now that has to do with the spelling of words on the forum but I can't expound upon it because Big Brother is watching. I'm annoyed. Edited June 1, 2020 by Gatogateau 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamburp Adamczyk Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) My pet peeve is running out of bots to shove in the water at boardroom. Edited June 1, 2020 by Adamburp Adamczyk was something else "tongue in cheek" but given some of the more "sensitive" on here lately, best to edit it, sheesh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatogateau Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Adamburp Adamczyk said: My pet peeve is the Judge who says I can't go to Tesco in just my underpants 😞 Human peeve: Having to Google things to understand other people's pet peeves. "Tesco" apparently is a shop. Where you can't go in just your underpants because: Judge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiramanell Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 11 minutes ago, Beth Macbain said: My pet peeve is alt-right groups like the Proud Boys and the Boogaloo Boys showing up at peaceful protests, instigating violence and looting, and then disappearing into the shadows so Trump and the rest of the White Power trash can point at the black communities and say, "Look what they did! Bad black people! Bad!" Or, in the incendiary words of the man himself, waiting to show the black man who's boss, "If the looting starts, the shooting starts." 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaerolleClaudel Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, Gatogateau said: My human peeve: Having a full cup of the delicious nectar that is coffee on my desk, turning my desk chair around to reach something, having the back of the chair hit the coffee, which then spills and drowns my mouse. Noooooooooooooooo. Paws crossed that it dries out ok. I know you said that is a human peeve, but as a cat aren't you more onboard with drowning of mice? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatogateau Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 1 minute ago, CaerolleClaudel said: I know you said that is a human peeve, but as a cat aren't you more onboard with drowning of mice? LAUGHING. omg. I didn't even see that! touche! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatogateau Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 9 minutes ago, Adamburp Adamczyk said: Edited 4 minutes ago by Adamburp Adamczyk was something else "tongue in cheek" but given some of the more "sensitive" on here lately, best to edit it, sheesh. Too late. 😄 I've memorialized it for you. FWIW: I don't think you needed to edit it, but then I'm not that sensitive (mean girls aren't ya know...) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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