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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by Tante Shvester on June 16, 2025, 02:03:49 AM »Ovation has nothing to do with laying eggs, standing or otherwise.
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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by Tante Shvester on June 05, 2025, 09:45:38 AM »In law, a tort is a lawsuit where you sue someone for money. It's the same derivation as torture, which makes sense if you've ever had to partake in a lawsuit. But it's also the same derivation as tortoise (and turtle), which hardly seems fair to the critters.
Porpoise, however, means "pig fish".
Porpoise, however, means "pig fish".
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« Last post by Noemon on June 04, 2025, 02:41:52 PM »It was pretty much the auditory equivalent of chewing on aluminum foil.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« Last post by rivka on June 04, 2025, 10:39:09 AM »*shudder*
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« Last post by Noemon on May 30, 2025, 08:32:19 PM »The other day there was a reporter on my local public radio station who repeatedly pronounced "Europe" as "Yerp". It drove me up a wall.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« Last post by Brinestone on May 28, 2025, 01:50:08 PM »Daniel's school counselor pronounced at least 2/3 of her N's with a little bit of an ng. She kept asking if we had any questiongs. It was subtle but interesting.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« Last post by Ela on May 27, 2025, 09:52:26 AM »Just sounds wrong. 
In other news (and another GBBO pronounciation fail), in Mexican week (several years ago, I'm behind watching) they made "tackos" with "pico de gallow"!
In other news (and another GBBO pronounciation fail), in Mexican week (several years ago, I'm behind watching) they made "tackos" with "pico de gallow"!
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« Last post by Tante Shvester on May 27, 2025, 01:02:36 AM »Sure! Axe anyone.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« Last post by Jonathon on May 26, 2025, 09:19:19 AM »It's a pretty common nonstandard pronunciation, along with "asteriks".