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Off Topic / Re: forget the Presets

« on: February 19, 2010, 07:45:52 AM »

Yes, right?

So don't kill Lego for hating The Who. :(

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Off Topic / Re: forget the Presets

« on: February 19, 2010, 07:28:54 AM »

You're kidding right?

Individual opinion, right?

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Off Topic / Re: who do you hate not what who

« on: February 19, 2010, 07:28:06 AM »

Who do you hate? Not "what", "who".

We know. Why did you bump this topic. It was mouldering nicely.

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Off Topic / Re: Pronunciation of water

« on: February 19, 2010, 07:25:48 AM »

The people on TV are a bunch of philistines that California-ise English to a point that someday everyone in the united states will be speaking a bastardized version of Ebonics and valley girl.  If I had my way, people would be publicly beaten for failing to enunciate.

I do try my best.

I pronounce it as 'w-or-t-er'

I say War as with the ar as the ore as in More.
So what you have there I presume is equivalent to me saying War - ter.

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Off Topic / Re: Pronunciation of water

« on: February 19, 2010, 07:14:52 AM »

Also Australia, ugh. Some people I know tell me they can't tell the difference between Australian and British accents. I can. Australian sounds to me like British, only raped, not quiet as bad as pikey but close.

The g'day mayte stuff and all that, sure, but day-to-day, sounds pretty average to me. :/
the aa you have in Waa reminds me of Ahh. As in 'Ahh! Idea!". Waahter? It still sounds so weird. Noone else, not even on American tv, says that. :/

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Off Topic / Re: Epic Beard Man

« on: February 19, 2010, 07:11:39 AM »

He might be cooler than the smoking crab.

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Off Topic / Re: Pronunciation of water

« on: February 19, 2010, 06:58:36 AM »

Voda Voda Voda

Ironically, Voda is how you say water in Polish.

War-ter sounds like the way people talk in iowa.

For example you say: "sure" they say: "shure" (sounds more like "shore"). Or Sara being spelled and pronounced Shara (texan)

If you are hearing an "h" sound heavy pronunciation my guess is that you are in an area with a more relaxed vernacular, like the middle states but not a full-blow drawl like the south.

forget Australia. :(
War ter sounds like the most common use to me.

To quote you:
"So it can be pronouced as either waa-ter or wa-ter."
Can waa = wah?

At least we agree on the 'ter'.

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Off Topic / Re: who do you hate not what who

« on: February 19, 2010, 06:51:54 AM »

cigaretteit.

We know. Why did you bump this topic. It was mouldering nicely.

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Forum Games / Re: What is the person above you avatar saying?

« on: February 19, 2010, 06:51:07 AM »

I WANNA BEEEE

I can't push myself to say anything in reply to that. I tried. I really did.

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Off Topic / Re: Pronunciation of water

« on: February 19, 2010, 06:47:35 AM »

I hate people who say "war-er"

Imitation of an English accent, or some of their more vibrant ones, i'd guess.
Also obnoxiously stereotypical Australians.

I looked it up, I had to know.

Pronunciation: \ˈwȯ-tər, ˈwä-\

The ó has an "a" sound but is still an o, like the word:  "cot" (caught being pronounced the same way.)  Where as ã is like as seen in the word ass.

So it can be pronouced as either waa-ter or wa-ter.

Do you say Whater? Wahter? W- Ah - Ter? IDK. Sounds silly to me. Every time you hear it commonly, War-ter sounds like the most common use. Not drifting too heavily toward Woor or Wah.

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Off Topic / Re: Pronunciation of water

« on: February 19, 2010, 06:43:25 AM »

loving hick

I said don't stress syllables.
WOOORRRTUUUUURRR is not the goal here. Saying it quickly, War-ter sounds fine.

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Off Topic / Re: Pronunciation of water

« on: February 19, 2010, 06:39:02 AM »

Y'all be messin' up my words :(

I get nauseous just thinking about saying it like that.
I regret watching that show as few times as I did.

I'm pretty certain it's wo-tur.

Then again I'm too tired to look it up. The tricky part is that pronunciation tends to vary wildly across the English speaking world. However for water I'm pretty certain it's pronunciation is universal but don't quote me on that, I'm not certain.

War Ter Is a good start.
War = Woor.
Ter = Tuuh.
Keep it short, and don't stress any syllables.

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Off Topic / Re: What do I do now?

« on: February 19, 2010, 06:36:49 AM »

Bump as Valen is online.

-edit-
Damnit Valen. How can I talk to you if you keep logging off! 

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Off Topic / Re: Pronunciation of water

« on: February 19, 2010, 06:34:44 AM »

What-Er

No, that's how they say it in Captain Planet, and that is sick and wrong to be spreading that kind of English.

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Off Topic / Re: Do you ever laugh yourself silly?

« on: February 19, 2010, 06:30:50 AM »

Khorde gives them to me

Answer your topic btw, I wrote a lot of new stuff there. :V