"That's re-diculous"

Discussion in 'Linguistics' started by G. F. Schleebenhorst, Aug 2, 2007.

  1. shorty_37 Go! Canada Go! Registered Senior Member

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    lol do they still say that? I thought that was an old one.

    Seems nobody is their real name anymore either. No matter how
    short the name is it seems like it is almost cut down to 2 letters lol

    when I picked names for my kids I always thought what would they be
    called for short...... like Jason for instance I thought ok it won't be cut down
    but all his friends call him........Jas (Jace)
     
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  3. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    I find it annoying when people pronounce broccoli as "brockly"
     
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  5. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    You're right.
    People in rugby don't stay pretty long.
    No ears, busted noses, missing teeth.
    You never see them sponsoring anything except beer.
     
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  7. superstring01 Moderator

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    How do you pronounce the second "o" in "broccoli" without sounding like some pompous jackass? I'm from Ohio, and we'd have a laugh fest if somebody said, "broccOli". I can barely get away with saying "soda" here, in the land where "pop" dominates.

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    People that can't pronounce it properly (and proply is another example)
    should not be allowed to buy it, and be given cabbage instead.
     
  9. CuriousBioGirl Registered Member

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    When people say 'LOL' or 'JK' outloud. :bugeye:
     
  10. shorty_37 Go! Canada Go! Registered Senior Member

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    Ohhhhh I haven't heard the word soda....its been so long I can't remember.
    It's always been known as pop here.
     
  11. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    I say broccOli. I also call all pop coke. I want an orange coke.
     
  12. shorty_37 Go! Canada Go! Registered Senior Member

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    coke is coke......pepsi is pepsi.....orange crush is crush.....
    7 up is 7up and so on......all POP how can it all be called coke? lol
     
  13. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    orange coke, grape coke, lemon lime coke, and cola. oh and root beer. Root beer is always root beer.
     
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    touche...bro...touche...you totally caught me spelling things in the American way with a "z"...sorry about that....'cause I try to spell things proper...unless I'm trying to over-exaggerate my Texas accent.

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  16. superstring01 Moderator

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    You must be from the South. Everybody down there calls all carbonated beverages "Coke." I'm from Ohio-- but I CHOSE to call carbonated beverages "soda." I just hate the word "pop."

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  17. Nickelodeon Banned Banned

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    Soft drink.
     
  18. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    Soft drink and Carbonated Beverage. Both names without a soul at all.


    I do like the word Soda, it conjures up old fashioned gleaming ice-cream parlours.
    The Fonz, I'm sure, would ask for a soda.
    Whereas pop is just pop.
    The Fonz would not ask for pop.
     
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  19. Lord Hillyer Banned Banned

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    This thread bites.
     
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  20. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    The Fonz.
    As soon as you mention the Fonz, everyone thinks they are the Fonz, but most people are more like Richie Cunningham and Potsie.
     
  21. Nickelodeon Banned Banned

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    Wouldnt The Fonz ask for a Beer?
     
  22. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    No. It was set largely in a cafe.This was the 50s.
     
  23. superstring01 Moderator

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    The Fonz is not some cool whitebread American boy-- he's a kosher Jew from upper Manhattan (not that there's anything wrong with that). But you don't get more "non" All American than that.

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