Re: favourite words

by Mrs Figg Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:57 pm

I would make fun of Lance's Southern Jessie accent, but not as much as I would take the piss of Pettys Haggis Honking accent.

by Tinuviel Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:28 pm

Anachronistic, peculiar, affinity.

I'm from ChicAHgo, I've got a little accent, but not huge. What bugs me is when people pronounce crayon as Cray-on or Bag as Bae-g.

by Eldorion Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:37 am

halfwise wrote:No, quark most definitely does not sound like quack, it sounds like quaRck.

(and not 'quoke' as the brits would pronounce it. )

Just to elaborate on this, the "a" sound in quack vs. quark (in American English, at least) are very different. The former rhymes with flat, while the latter rhymes with dark.

by Eldorion Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:40 am

Lancebloke wrote:Don't you bloody Americans start telling us English how to pronounce our own fecking language!!!!

Fun fact: when you look into the way the language was spoken on both sides of the pond in the pre-revolution days, modern American accents (the generic sort, not any regional variations) are actually closer to the historical form of the language than modern British ones (again, the generic accent).

http://mentalfloss.com/article/29761/when-did-americans-lose-their-british-accents

Trollface

by Lancebloke Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:45 am

Our accents are all over the place here. I was telling someone off for pronouncing my name wrong. Being a southern softie (as Figgy rightly points out) the 'a' in my name is said the same as you would day chARm not the way you would say hAm.

But that is a dirty northerner for you.

Also... I would say quark the same way they say it in Star Trek.

by Norc Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:14 am

u fuckers norced my thread goddamnit! i just wanna know ur favourite words (and why) not how to pronounce quack.

by Bluebottle Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:00 pm

I was only discussing how to pronounce norc. Shrugging

And saying how the english pronounce it
http://translate.google.no/#en/no/norc
would be simlar to how they pronounce quark.
http://translate.google.no/#en/no/quorc
As opposed to the Americans.
http://translate.google.no/#en/no/quark

I know how you would pronounce it in Norwegian. Wink

by Norc Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:20 pm

hhahaha... ha... i dunno if u do though..

by Bluebottle Tue Apr 01, 2014 1:33 pm

Well, if I didn't before you telling me on the last page can't have hurt. Razz

Though I did. Wink

It's norc/nork (/nårk/) as in ork (/årk/)

And anyway. It can't be norcing if norc is my favourite word, can it?

by Norc Tue Apr 01, 2014 2:02 pm

by Mrs Figg Tue Apr 01, 2014 2:16 pm

Lancebloke wrote:Our accents are all over the place here. I was telling someone off for pronouncing my name wrong. Being a southern softie (as Figgy rightly points out) the 'a' in my name is said the same as you would day chARm not the way you would say hAm.

But that is a dirty northerner for you.

Also... I would say quark the same way they say it in Star Trek.

what?? you pronounce your name Larnse ?? you Southern woofter Saucy Wink

by Bluebottle Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:46 pm

Norc wrote:

I have no idea why you would be suspicious of me saying that. Laughing

(Oh, alright. I might have some idea. Razz

)

Norc is a nice word though, with some pleasant associations. And you are my absolute favourite.

by Lancebloke Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:55 pm

Mrs Figg wrote:
what?? you pronounce your name Larnse ?? you Southern woofter

Yes I do. Can't help that you bloody northerners are too busy cleaning your black, carbon stained finger nails to be able to learn how to speak properly.

by Mrs Figg Tue Apr 01, 2014 5:36 pm

Lancebloke wrote:
Mrs Figg wrote:
what?? you pronounce your name Larnse ?? you Southern woofter

Yes I do. Can't help that you bloody northerners are too busy cleaning your black, carbon stained finger nails to be able to learn how to speak properly.

actually we are too busy ferret racing oop ont'moors to learn how to speak properly. Rolling Eyes

while you lot are busy Dick Van Dyking and sewing pearls on your underpants we are engaged in useful employment. Suspect

by Lancebloke Tue Apr 01, 2014 6:22 pm

.... since when has sewing pearls to underpants not been worthwhile employment? Those pearls aren't going to sew themselves!

by David H Tue Apr 01, 2014 6:40 pm

Mrs Figg wrote:

actually we are too busy ferret racing oop ont'moors to learn how to speak properly. while you lot are busy Dick Van Dyking and sewing pearls on your underpants we are engaged in useful employment.

I've heard stories about where Yorkshiremen race their ferrets Suspect

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Pearls sound safer.... pig

by Norc Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:39 pm

Bluebottle wrote:
Norc wrote:

I have no idea why you would be suspicious of me saying that. (Oh, alright. I might have some idea. )

Norc is a nice word though, with some pleasant associations. And you are my absolute favourite.

it is starting to get a bit creepy and with that kakapo it doesn't make it better...

by Bluebottle Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:22 pm

Oh, I'm partly teasing you. I find the idea that someone would react with suspicion to being called great slightly amusing.

Not that I don't like you a lot, but I do know saying some of these things are over the top you know.

Don't you like the kakapo? It's very temporary I assure you. Laughing

by Eldorion Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:54 pm

Bluebottle wrote:Not that I don't like you a lot

by Norc Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:04 pm

err...ok.

by halfwise Sun Apr 13, 2014 7:26 pm

Bewilder. good word.

by Ringdrotten Wed Sep 24, 2014 4:11 pm

Palaver - love this word Very Happy

Bungo might know why.

by Eldorion Wed Sep 24, 2014 4:35 pm

Google definition wrote:pa·lav·er
pəˈlavər,-ˈläv-/Submit
noun
1.
prolonged and idle discussion.
"an hour of aimless palaver"

Sounds like something all of us on Forumshire know well. Nod

by Mrs Figg Wed Sep 24, 2014 4:37 pm

brachycephalic

by Bluebottle Wed Sep 24, 2014 5:01 pm

I quite like the word replevin.

In the concrete sense it's a rather boring form of legal recovery. Seen more abstract it's been used to refer to a written piece that has the goal of reestablishing the reputation of something that's had it's merits questioned or been soundly denounced.