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#2158236 - 12/22/17 04:55 PM English Can Be a Weird Language
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This is just a place to post phrases that play on the weirdness of the English language. For example:

Please do not meddle with my medal made of metal. And please don't peddle flower petals or bicycle pedals.

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#2158242 - 12/22/17 05:07 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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I do not speak English: I speak American, so sorry.
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#2158251 - 12/22/17 05:27 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language edAudit
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#2158265 - 12/22/17 05:50 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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Amazing how there are three different pronunciations of the letter "e" in Mercedes.
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#2158269 - 12/22/17 06:18 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language MB Guy
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Originally Posted By MB Guy
Amazing how there are three different pronunciations of the letter "e" in Mercedes.


Add "Benz" and there's a fourth! But that is German... wink

Why do ships carry cargo and cars carry shipments?
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#2158271 - 12/22/17 06:32 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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Queue. Remove the last four letters, and it is still pronounced the same.
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#2158280 - 12/22/17 07:41 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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#2158304 - 12/22/17 09:53 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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#2158355 - 12/26/17 04:03 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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#2158358 - 12/26/17 04:06 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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It bugs me when people pronounce "jaguar" as "jag whar". Maybe when i say "jagwire" it bugs them, i dunno. Oh....and like the guy in the car commercial, "jag U ar" isn't any better.
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#2158373 - 12/26/17 05:54 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language raitchjay
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Invalid: meaning varies depending on whether you put the accent on the first or the second syllable.
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#2158382 - 12/26/17 08:01 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language raitchjay
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Originally Posted By raitchjay
It bugs me when people pronounce "jaguar" as "jag whar". Maybe when i say "jagwire" it bugs them, i dunno. Oh....and like the guy in the car commercial, "jag U ar" isn't any better.


ˈjaɡˌwär smirk
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#2158383 - 12/26/17 08:03 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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#2158393 - 12/26/17 08:49 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language RR Joker
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#2158394 - 12/26/17 08:56 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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"Neat as a pin."

Can anyone tell me just what it is about a pin that qualifies it as the paragon of neatness?
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#2158396 - 12/26/17 09:04 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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Well, a pin is minimalistic in nature...slim, clean and shiny..so yeah...fairly neat I'd say smirk
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#2158398 - 12/26/17 09:08 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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Now, speaking of 'neat'. How did that ever become the designated description for a plain whiskey, bourbon, et al. Why is that 'neat'? After a few, I would think it should become 'sloppy'.
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#2158400 - 12/26/17 09:10 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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I think it's weird that if you are referring to an individual as "you", the proper form of *to be* is considered to be the plural "are" as opposed to the singular "is".

He is going to the store.
She is going to the store.
Tim is going to the store.
Sheila is going to the store.
You ARE going to the store.

Just really doesn't make sense. (Yes, i get that "you is going to the store" sounds funny, but it wouldn't if we grew up saying it.)
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#2158403 - 12/26/17 09:17 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language raitchjay
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Originally Posted By raitchjay
(Yes, i get that "you is going to the store" sounds funny, but it wouldn't if we grew up saying it.)


And those who did grow up saying it that way are referred to as hillbillies. wink grin
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#2158404 - 12/26/17 09:18 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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#2158429 - 12/27/17 01:46 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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Two should work; to buy 3 would cost too much.

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By the way, are you going to buy that?

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#2158502 - 12/27/17 07:50 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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"I do not speak English: I speak American"

Do you mean like"

sweater - jumper
underwear - pants
water fountain - bubbler
trunk - boot
truck - lorry

I converse on the internet with some people from the UK that claim to speak English, but I can't understand it. I've never gotten the hang of rhyming humor (or humour). They call us Septics. I didn't get it. They explained, Yank rhymes with Tank, as in Septic Tank, hence Septics. Ok, whatever.
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#2158509 - 12/27/17 08:11 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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I went on a European trip the summer after high school, and I could understand German better than the English spoken in the UK.
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#2158576 - 12/28/17 03:32 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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I before E . . . .

... except when your feisty foreign neighbor Keith leisurely receives eight
counterfeit beige sleighs from caffeinated atheist weightlifters.

Weird.

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#2158610 - 12/28/17 06:25 PM Re: English Can Be a Weird Language GuitarDude
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You can bounce a ball, e.g. toy; attend a ball, e.g. dance; or have a ball, e.g. fun
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