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Herakles
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I say color/colour like "kuh-ler". To me, "colour" looks like it should be said "kuh-loor".

If there weren't any mods watching over this forum... *shudder*

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Posted: 25th Oct 2009 23:41
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Quote: "kuh-loor"."

That is how it's said.... right?

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Quote: "That is how it's said.... right?"


You say the second o in color as if it were oo (as in cool)?

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Posted: 25th Oct 2009 23:58
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No, as if it were oor (As on Koor-an).

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Us Americans say it like "kul-er". I like the way the British pronounce it much better.

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Quote: "Quote: "kuh-loor"."
That is how it's said.... right?"


He means "loor" as in "lure."

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Herakles
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Yep. Lure. I've never heard it said "kuh-lure" in my life.

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Quote: "Us Americans say it like "kul-er". I like the way the British pronounce it much better."


That is how we say it...

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Quote: "@Keith: That's harsh man. Twice?"

Yep; starting to think someone out there's trying to tell me something. Lol.

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Perhaps you've disgruntled a sad little man on these forums by moderating them.

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You guys say it all wrong. You should pronounce it like "faarg-eh".

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Or just perhaps different sections of Britain pronounce it differently. Geordies say 'Cul er', Londoners say 'col orr' and the Irish just say 'Guinness'. Because they don't know how to say anything else.

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Posted: 26th Oct 2009 15:22 Edited at: 26th Oct 2009 15:22
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^^ Genius.

Or if you're my Irish nan, "don't drink any of my wine".

It seems the Irish are the only ones who live up to their stereotype.

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Quote: "Perhaps you've disgruntled a sad little man on these forums by moderating them."

You never know...

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LOL. Nothing like fresh ethnocentricism . . . That's okay, because I think most Americans feel the same way about English spellings. For me, meh! As long as it's spelled right in whatever language you're using, hooray!

Anyway, with how much Mods have to do, I'm surprised there isn't some kind of Mod holiday. Or, maybe there is and I just don't know about it. There's a ridiculous number of holidays. :}



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Quote: "Anyway, with how much Mods have to do, I'm surprised there isn't some kind of Mod holiday."


Once in a while all the mods pack picnic baskets and go to the beach together. Frolicking may or may not ensue.


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I was told frolicking was mandatory.....

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I thought wet towel flicking was mandatory!



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Jeku always gets drunk and tries to Moderate the ocean. Tirelessly slapping the waves as they roll in.

Endearing, yet slightly horrifying.



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Ahh, so that's what 'n00b slap' means.



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Indeed. As a great man once said:

"The fools may crash down upon us in thunderous waves, but we shall Jeku slap them back from whence they came"
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This thread is win. My signature proves it.

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Yeah? Well check out my signature!

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Posted: 28th Oct 2009 19:53 Edited at: 28th Oct 2009 19:54
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I suddenly love this thread ^_^


Quote: "Or just perhaps different sections of Britain pronounce it differently. Geordies say 'Cul er', Londoners say 'col orr' and the Irish just say 'Guinness'. Because they don't know how to say anything else.
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For me, i pronouce it,

ya lookin at meh?>


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I Can Has Cheezeburger Speak, FTW!!1!!



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BiggAdd, that's amazing

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Hey, the whole ocean slap thing was only one time. I didn't know anyone was watching me--- how embarrassing


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Quote: "I didn't know anyone was watching me--- how embarrassing"

In that case; you'll want to stay away from YouTube for the next few months.

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+1 for Big Add.

It should be Jeku's new motto - tell you what, newb slap BigAdd in return and test it out.

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Lol, what has my thread turned into. Gives a good example though imagine this post non-moderated. I am not American though I'm Mexican American and not fat, I actually work out.

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I this thread! Thanks Raving in A Utopia for making this...

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I love this thread...


To clarify as everyone seems to be posting pronunciations that could be misconstrued into other pronunciations:

color is pronounced kuh-ler
colour looks like it should be pronounced kuh-lure

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Quote: "color is pronounced kuh-ler
colour looks like it should be pronounced kuh-lure"


Exactly.

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Quote: "colour looks like it should be pronounced kuh-lure"


So you say 'our' retardedly?
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^^ Win ^^



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It would be like the old team request boards... except EVERYWHERE.

[edit] btw, the TGC forums are directly responsible for making me (in the U.S.) spell everything the British way. I've even slipped up and done it in a few college papers lol.

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The conversion is nearly complete...


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We brits need some of our words just a little bit longer, so that they sound like the US equivalents when we say them at about 120% speed. See if we spelled it 'Color', then it'd be pronounced Colir, with that U - we extend the tail of the word and it's probably the about the same audible length as the US version. I guess you could see that U as a verbal speed-bump.

Brits tend to speak too fast, and the further north you go, the faster we speak. There's nothing funnier than hearing a Scotsman trying to be understood, it's like every word is being nailed up.


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I bumped into a drunk Scotsman at a festival a couple of months back, and it was the most indecipherable thing I've ever heard. There were vague references to his brother, and something to do with drugs, but the only bit I actually caught was where he stopped for a bit, looked at my mate's leather jacket, then yelled GREASED LIGHTNING then burst back into his 180mph slurred Scots accent. It was great.

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It would be so fun if th mods weren't here for 1 month.

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If you think 4chan is fun, then yes, it would.

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Quote: "I bumped into a drunk Scotsman at a festival a couple of months back"

You say that like there are non-drunk Scotsman available to bump into.


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I don't understand.

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Quote: "You say that like there are non-drunk Scotsman available to bump into."


You make a good point, but this bloke was well above the average state of intoxication even for a Scotsman.

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Don't be a stereotype m8.

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Quote: "I bumped into a drunk Scotsman at a festival a couple of months back..."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQeZoMxrpTI&feature=related



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Quote: "Quote: "colour looks like it should be pronounced kuh-lure"

So you say 'our' retardedly?"


No. It looks like "kuh-lure" to us English speakers because of the massive French influence on our language.

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If this thread lasts until November 24th, then you will have gotten your wish.

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hmm... What would happen? 4Chan, that should be enough.


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Quote: "I just passed it off as one of those British spellings where the letter u is added unnecessaurily."

We didn't add any letters, you took them out.
If you're talking about "colour" it's spelt that way because it's French.
If you're talking about "audio" it's spelt that way because it's Latin.
That's why English is awesome, we are the children of the entire world!

I can't stand female New York accents, I think they're New York accents, the really whiny ones you hear on TV. They sound more like angry cats than people. I think the american government removed a load of vowels so that New Yorkers have a chance of actually finishing a sentence within a decade. I swear they pronounce at least two vowels for every one.
Again I'm not sure if it's New York, Wherever the endless supply of crap actors come from is where the annoying accents come from.

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