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djsaxon2
Joined: 04 Oct 2007
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Location: Adelaide, South Australia
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how do you say it
i know how to say it but i want to see how many people are so wrong like sarah is |
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The Robil says (10:50 PM):
DO NOT PUT BUTTER PAPER ON YOUR FACE
The Robil says (10:50 PM):
DO NOT WRAP BUTTER PAPER AROUND YOUR ERECT PENIS |
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Roll Fish
Joined: 19 May 2007
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Location: beautiful, sunny Jersey City
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:37 am |
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i don't even understand the second one |
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diamond in the back
sun roof top
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trainwreck
Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Posts: 22086
Location: in the train with no lights
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:38 am |
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i dont really even know |
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you still look good, to me,
in that knee-length checkered dress |
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djsaxon2
Joined: 04 Oct 2007
Posts: 1549
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:51 am |
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tyler just say it out loud and whichever one comes out that's the one you use |
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The Robil says (10:50 PM):
DO NOT PUT BUTTER PAPER ON YOUR FACE
The Robil says (10:50 PM):
DO NOT WRAP BUTTER PAPER AROUND YOUR ERECT PENIS |
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trainwreck
Joined: 21 Nov 2006
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Location: in the train with no lights
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:54 am |
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okay then i voted for the wrong one but you figure out which |
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you still look good, to me,
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the saturday option
Joined: 25 Jul 2008
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:21 am |
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Tom Meade
Joined: 11 Nov 2005
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:52 am |
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In my experience the only people who say it the second way are ABC news presenters. |
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MafiaTipster
Joined: 01 Nov 2007
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:31 am |
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i can't put the word "fucking" inside it anywhere, so the first syllable is stressed from the rule i learned |
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sleazyjane
Joined: 19 Dec 2008
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Location: Radelaide, Australia
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:37 am |
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saxon does this mean every disagreement we have is going to become a poll on tabb? |
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Thomas James
Joined: 10 Feb 2008
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Location: three-day week
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:57 am |
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| i don't even understand the second one |
it's like "con-trovver-see" with the second syllable stressed. I don't think many americans say it like this, it's probably the "correct" british/commonwealth way to say it (ie the way 52% of people who live in the midlands say it). kind of like "HAR-rass-ment"
i think i say it differently each time? that's what i do with most words with alternative pronunciations (again see 'harrassment'). But I probably favour the first way because the second sounds more pretentious i guess? |
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Sam
Captain of Flowers
Joined: 17 Aug 2005
Posts: 3128
Location: michigan
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:56 am |
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| i can't put the word "fucking" inside it anywhere, so the first syllable is stressed from the rule i learned |
con tro fuckin versy |
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goatboner
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:23 am |
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what steam is
Joined: 24 Jul 2008
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Location: participating retailers
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:36 am |
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con trop versailles |
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Tom Meade
Joined: 11 Nov 2005
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:45 am |
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Un peu trop, con. |
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sleazyjane
Joined: 19 Dec 2008
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Location: Radelaide, Australia
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:56 am |
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We say things different in the Eastern States! Am I the only New-South-Welsh on Tabb? |
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sleazyjane
Joined: 19 Dec 2008
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:57 am |
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Although to be fair I don't think controversy is actually a regional pronunciation. |
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Tom Meade
Joined: 11 Nov 2005
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:37 pm |
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I've lived large sections of my life in NSW and I can tell you that it's probably not a regional thing.
Using the term "popper" to refer to those little boxes of juice, however, is in fact a New South Wales thing. |
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MafiaTipster
Joined: 01 Nov 2007
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:15 pm |
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| i can't put the word "fucking" inside it anywhere, so the first syllable is stressed from the rule i learned |
con tro fuckin versy |
I forgot to add "without sounding dumb" |
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sleazyjane
Joined: 19 Dec 2008
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Sat May 02, 2009 10:18 am |
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Yeah I did notice that people didn't say popper in SA. Also they call devon 'fritz' or something crazy like that. |
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MackJ
The Magic Was Inside Him All Along
Joined: 04 Jan 2005
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Sat May 02, 2009 4:48 pm |
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CON-TRO-VER-SY |
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Thomas James
Joined: 10 Feb 2008
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Sun May 03, 2009 12:16 am |
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| Also they call devon 'fritz' or something crazy like that. |
In perth fritz is called 'polony'. Imagine my five-year-old confusion when i first went to a butcher here. |
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sleazyjane
Joined: 19 Dec 2008
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Sun May 03, 2009 8:07 am |
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Man! It's DEVON.
Luckily one of my housemates is from Broken Hill, so she warned me about calling it fritz. |
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MafiaTipster
Joined: 01 Nov 2007
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Sun May 03, 2009 8:36 am |
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what the hell guys how do you have a meat product only sold in australia and not have a properly agreed name for it |
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MafiaTipster
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laughin a little at this though:
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| Devon is a type of manufactured meat product sold in Australia. It is also referred to as "Polony" in Western Australia, "Luncheon" in Queensland, "Fritz" in South Australia, "Belgium" in Tasmania and "Devon" in Victoria[citation needed] |
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Tom Meade
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Sun May 03, 2009 9:13 am |
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I think Victorians originally called it something somewhat more Germanic, but changed the name for reasons of patriotism during the War. |
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Chadwick Wellingsworth
Joined: 09 Jan 2007
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Location: MAN Texas
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Sun May 03, 2009 12:07 pm |
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the saturday option
Joined: 25 Jul 2008
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Sun May 03, 2009 12:49 pm |
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Why is this thread even in this subforum |
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i invented rain
this i claim
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
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Location: your heart
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Sun May 03, 2009 3:44 pm |
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because it's about a word and words make up literature?? |
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i invented rain
this i claim
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
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Sun May 03, 2009 3:44 pm |
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or option 2: saxon is an idiot |
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Miles
away from ordinary
Joined: 06 Apr 2007
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Sun May 03, 2009 6:11 pm |
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| what the hell guys how do you have a meat product only sold in australia and not have a properly agreed name for it |
haha seriously |
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