Originally posted by Lira
God, I hate English sometimes.
I was watching a stand-up comedian, and this guy called heckles him. "What's your name?" the comedian asks. "Craig", he says. "Funny", I think, it sounded like "Cregg". "Wait, is the 'ai' in 'Craig' like 'paid' or 'plaid'?" I wonder. And it turns out not even the natives can agree on that!
I swear I'm going to name my son Craig just so I can see the world burn. Or my daughter. You can't stop me now
I speak English, just a variant of it. Have fun with that
The "ai" sound for Craig, for me, is like "paid", and more like the southern parts of England. "Cregg" would be northern English, or Scottish.
"Plaid" to me is weird. I know the word because of the movie 'Spaceballs' (they've gone to plaid!).
American maybe? It should be "tartan", the traditional Scottish garb.
Just dropped in to complicate things!
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Feb-01-2016 07:56
Lira
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Ooooh, it makes sense then! It happened in Glasgow, so it IS Scottish!
As for plaid, I didn't know I could say "tartan shirt". I knew the word, but I had always seen the expression "plaid shirt" instead, so I thought it was one of those fixed-phrases (like in Portuguese we say something similar to "chequered", but in isolation the word just refer to "checkers"). And I mispronounced it for years, as I thought it rhymed with paid.
I've had so many surprised I don't think I'd be shocked if you told me "Stu" is pronounced just like "Dave"
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Feb-01-2016 17:48
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new Beyonce is the shiiiiit
Feb-07-2016 02:45
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Originally posted by enydo
new Beyonce is the shiiiiit
I wish you better music on your birthday, congrats and enjoy the day!
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Feb-09-2016 09:12
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LOL
thanks I guess
Feb-09-2016 14:36
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Originally posted by enydo
LOL
thanks I guess
Wait, you liked that track?
In that case enjoy it and still have a nice birthday
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Feb-09-2016 19:00
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Originally posted by Lira
Ooooh, it makes sense then! It happened in Glasgow, so it IS Scottish!
As for plaid, I didn't know I could say "tartan shirt". I knew the word, but I had always seen the expression "plaid shirt" instead, so I thought it was one of those fixed-phrases (like in Portuguese we say something similar to "chequered", but in isolation the word just refer to "checkers"). And I mispronounced it for years, as I thought it rhymed with paid.
I've had so many surprised I don't think I'd be shocked if you told me "Stu" is pronounced just like "Dave"
Glaswegian is basically it's own language. My best mate is from Glasgow so I'm fluent now but after speaking to him for even 10 minutes sometimes I catch myself questioning if I'm properly pronouncing in English anymore.
One of the most bizarre ones:
Brilliant.
He pronounces: Briw, Yent (yes, with a very slight pause between the syllables and a little bit of a roll on the "br".
Feb-09-2016 20:20
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Feb-11-2016 18:30
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Feb-11-2016 22:44
Lira
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(If you don't get it, her name is "Laura")
I woke up in the middle of the night groaning at my brain's dad joke.
It's just occurred to me that my brother's first girlfriend was a music major... And we pronounce her name "Louder".
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Originally posted by DJ RANN
Glaswegian is basically it's own language. My best mate is from Glasgow so I'm fluent now but after speaking to him for even 10 minutes sometimes I catch myself questioning if I'm properly pronouncing in English anymore.
One of the most bizarre ones:
Brilliant.
He pronounces: Briw, Yent (yes, with a very slight pause between the syllables and a little bit of a roll on the "br".
HUahuaha, wow.
We tend to do something similar here (I'd say "roe" instead of "roll", but "briw-yent" takes it to a whole new level
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