Thread: Prah-buh-blee

I hate when people say "nu-ki-ler" instead of "nuclear." Oh god kill me now.

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

I hate when people say "nu-ki-ler" instead of "nuclear." Oh god kill me now.

Like in Get Smart, James Caan...

I say nuke-lee-arh. Which is similar but that's right?

Originally Posted by NeAvO

I say nuke-lee-arh. Which is similar but that's right?

Yes, that's right. I think Bush says "nuke-you-ler".

What's really wierd is how some people say Aluminum as Ah-loo-mee-nee-um

Originally Posted by Kushna Mufeed

What's really wierd is how some people say Aluminum as Ah-loo-mee-nee-um

It's A-lum-in-yum The y is sort of silent?

Lol, yeah Bush is like that

Originally Posted by Kushna Mufeed

What's really wierd is how some people say Aluminum as Ah-loo-mee-nee-um

It's not as daft as saying it as "ah-LOO-mi-num".

Of course not. Why would anyone think of pronouncing a word the way it's spelled? :p

Originally Posted by Kushna Mufeed

Of course not. Why would anyone think of pronouncing a word the way it's spelled? :p

Exactly.

Originally Posted by Kushna Mufeed

Of course not. Why would anyone think of pronouncing a word the way it's spelled? :p

Because it's spelt "aluminium". But you can spell it whatever way you want, of course. I don't mind.

How do you pronounce aluminum/aluminium? Is either of them right? Isn't the emphasis on the first u? (In German it's on i). But I remember having it heard with the first u emphasized in English.
But then it would be ah-LOO-minum, that is wrong?

There are a lot of words that are pronounced differently in English-English and American-English. I hardly think they are worth analyzing. "Aluminum" might be one of them. It's definitely "a-LOO-minum" in American.

The actual 'proper' spelling is 'aluminium', for what it's worth. It's along the lines of, say, titanium. We Americans just goofed it up.

I think most internet slang is funny. As long as someone understands you, then it works.

I also think you sound retarded when you replace 'you' and 'your' with 'u' and 'ur' etc., but language changes.

I will say either prob'ly or probably, depending on theaccent currently in use, but I will never type, in context, a form of the word aside from probably. (unless I am attempting to make a point, or specify an accent in type). People who type "prolly" are bothersome, and quite often the same simpletons who use "lulzers" and "omgwtfbbq", both of which are offenses punishable by shunning. (anyway, "prolly" sounds like some sort of cable car, or shopping cart)

I also can't stand people that use your instead of you're.

I tend to mix them up it's unintentional! Fine then! I can't stand you and you're intolerance either!

If you pronounce it "prah-bub-lee", you must live in Michigan.

What's your prAAAblem?

Originally Posted by NeAvO

I also can't stand people that use your instead of you're.

Yes - I can deal with most netspeak, but that just bothers me.

Originally Posted by Wavefunction

Yes - I can deal with most netspeak, but that just bothers me.

Thirded. I had a good picture for it, but I can't find it these days.

I can tolerate "prolly" however i cannot tolerate people who talk like " dis n dat n den innit lulz i a ikcle pwinsess gAngSta booyahhh" it reads like inbred wannabee gangsters on drugs.

Most of the time, they're just dumb. I hate when people mix up "it's" and "its," along with "your" and "you're." (I always see "it's" in place of "its," and "your" in place of "you're.")

Also, most everyone spells "lose" as "loose." And it annoys the crap out of me.

Originally Posted by Abra

Most of the time, they're just dumb. I hate when people mix up "it's" and "its," along with "your" and "you're." (I always see "it's" in place of "its," and "your" in place of "you're.")

Also, most everyone spells "lose" as "loose." And it annoys the crap out of me.

I feel exactly the same way. It's also the case with "to", "two" and "too" and also "for" and "four". But there's nothing more annoying than seeing a plural word ending with "apostrophe s".

And those silly Brits say "AL-you-mini-uhm". Hehe, they're funny.

Originally Posted by Taosaur

You understand that railing against current shifts/trends in language just makes you look old and bitter, right?

Uh, you do understand that I AM old and bitter, right?

Originally Posted by Taosaur

'Probably' has always been cumbersome for common use...

But it's correct and demonstrates that you actually KNOW the language you speak every single day of your life. It's pretty pitiful when people actively demonstrate that they are ignore of the very language they speak each and every day of their life. Don't 'cha think <--- me so funny. <--- even more sew. <--- Boy, I need my own humor column.

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

It's like "gonna" or "wanna" to me. If you're going to have a problem with "prolly," that should apply to "gonna" as well and any related abbreviations. Otherwise you're cherry picking for no reason.

But gonna, wanna, shoulda', coulda' woulda'... "Prolly" is idiotic. And of course I'm cherry picking! I like cherries and I love to pick them.

Originally Posted by The Cherry-picking Goddess before whom I bow

This is just an innocent abbreviation. Not like "l8r," for instance. God I hate numbers mixed in with letters.

But, dear, you're cherry picking. For shame That's the point, people that use that crap are gong to claim that what they are doing is "innocent and sweet".

We know the truth. You know, people who think they know it all really annoy the hell out of us who actually do.

Originally Posted by NeAvO

I hate when people use stuff like lulz and all that retarded stuff.

And that's why I love you.

Originally Posted by Xox

Uh, yeah. I've heard lots of people pronounce it "prolly". I kind of find it annoying too.

Exactly, that's what I'm getting at with my original question. All I am really trying to determine is if "prolly" is being used out of "cuteness" or is people are using it thinking that it's the real word. I've heard people say "prolly" in real life too and am not sure whether it's piss poor teaching at fault, destroying online behaviour - or the other way around.

Originally Posted by Elis D.

At least people pronounce "library" correctly in most places.

I live near the ghetto and all I hear is "lie-barry"

/ugh

I hate that crap. I blame all these asinine morons that perpetrate so-called "Ebonics", which is nothing more than a lazy-ass cop out for lazy-assed morons who buy into the crap that rap music spews forth with every other syllable. It's also a way to try to legitimise slang into being 'its own language'. In other words: a bunch of bullsh!t. Slang in NOT a language - it's necessarily a bastardisation of whatever language it's spinning off of. If it wasn't, it wouldn't be called slang.

That's not an attack against rap (Because of today's rap standards, I seriously hate to admit that I listened to some rap in my younger days - back when rap was innocent and good-spirited (unlike today's filth and hatred). But I will admit it in the spirit of full disclosure.) But it is an attack against the intentional butchering and ruining of the English language. That, frankly, pisses me off and irritates the hell out of me.