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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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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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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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LOL

thanks I guess

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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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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".

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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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