get_the_reference_,

I should have been saying it like that all along, but, you know, woulda, coulda, shoulda!

EmperorHenry,
@EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

And pronounce aluminum the wrong way too.

And pronounce the letter H incorrectly! Why not?

LemmyKnowsBest,

aluminum? It’s spelled straightforward phonetically. How could anybody botch that?

maccentric,

Ask the Brits

ME0x01,
@ME0x01@lemmy.world avatar

Well have you ever thought of maybe, just maybe, it’s spelled as Aluminium

EmperorHenry,
@EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

The way british people say is “Al-yoo-min-ee-um” Instead of the correct way “ah-loo-min-um”

Vuraniute,
@Vuraniute@thelemmy.club avatar

correct

they’re different dialects, they’re both correct

BeardedGingerWonder,

Both say it how it’s spelt, it’s just spelt differently in British and American English.

Aggravationstation, (edited )

Partly wish I had Twitter in order to commend them on their choice of Frisky Dingo profile pic, but I’d rather pull the pubes off my scrotum one-by-one with tweezers than visit Twitter so it’s not going to happen.

Anybody want to DM OP for me? Or get their pubes removed?

AngryCommieKender,

Instructions unclear: Dm’d OP my pubes

Aggravationstation,

I mean hey, it’s Friday. Why not?

creditCrazy,
@creditCrazy@lemmy.world avatar

Let me give it a try “flip flop plop plop”. Still working on my salmonese.

Emerald,

Image Transcription: Twitter Post


Jake Vig, @Jake_Vig

I Like Going To Walmart For Fun

You might as well go ahead and pronounce the “L” in “salmon.” Nothing matters anymore.

whatwhatwutyut,

I’m confused on where the walmart line is coming from, am I missing something?

hydrospanner,

Just spit balling, but maybe the program that does the transcription doesn’t just use the image, but instead scans the image, finds the Twitter account shown, and checks the tweet text in the image against the matching actual tweet.

And since it’s accessing the actual tweet, maybe that Walmart text is like a profile tag line or something that’s attached to the user?

whatwhatwutyut,

I… I’m not convinced it’s a bot though. There are normal comments in the account history

fushuan,

I speak Spanish and it’s wild to have no many randomly decided silent letters in words. We have the H that is silent always, and that’s it. We have Salmón, with the intonation in the o, and we of course pronounce the L. I can’t even say salmon without the L while not sounding stupid.

Siegfried,

No me entra en la cabeza que hagan silenciosa la L de salmón… hasta te diría que me ofende ligeramente esta información.

Honytawk, (edited )

You should see Fr*nch.

They only pronounce the vowels and once in a blue moon a consonant.

wieson,

But it’s systematic. In English, it’s systemless, complete wild west out there smh

FluminaInMaria,
FluminaInMaria,

Otherwise known as Choffolo.

ME0x01,
@ME0x01@lemmy.world avatar
testingtesting123,
@testingtesting123@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Not always, fils…

zaphod,

English took over a lot of French words, originally written and pronounced like the French words, for example saumon (salmon). Then someone decided to go back to how the words were written in Latin (salmo), but they kept pronouncing it more like the French word.

DAMunzy,

The ultimate blend of multiple languages that are difficult to learn. We shall make it the universal trade language!

(And I know it doesn’t have things like tonal shifts)

norgur,
@norgur@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Oh you must be joking.

There is absolutely zero system in half of French’s letter salad!

I_Has_A_Hat,

The Channel Lock Lets Boats Through

Now in French:

E a’el oh es oas trou

qyron,

stares from Portugal

“nh” and “lh” are sounds

desto,

Are those like ñ and ll in Spanish, or different?

qyron, (edited )

Yes. You double the letter, we composite it.

BulbasaurBabu,

I… I already did pronounce the L 😔

Sargteapot,

Freak

Moc,

Go ahead and pronounce the a in freak, nothing matters anymore

DAMunzy,

American and urban? I’ve noticed that all a lot of black people in and near cities pronounce the L. I always get a chuckle and they look at me like I’m a pompous British/French general from the 1800s or an idiot that can’t pronounce Ls.

creditCrazy,
@creditCrazy@lemmy.world avatar

In Vermont we also pronounce the L however the N is dropped.

DAMunzy,

So interesting how different it can be!

creditCrazy,
@creditCrazy@lemmy.world avatar

Yea I’m finding the bulk of the Vermont accent is just stressing the beginning of words and mumbling the least letter. So lie we kinn a sou liee thihs all the timee. It was pretty jarring moving to Florida after growing up around folks that talked like that.

mapiki,

As someone who regularly mispronounces this as rhyming with almonds I feel a little attacked

I also say the following wrong: Ikea, Nutella, idea. Somehow my bilingual brain just gives up.

Sanyanov,

At the same time, it’s not pronounced as “samon”

It’s either “saemon” or “semen” lol

Is English fucked? Yes, yes, absolutely yes.

DAMunzy,

Um, Google search for: salmon definition gave the following result for pronunciation: /ˈsamən/ And the voice sounds like “samon”.

dewritoninja,

Salmon in English sounds like semen in Spanish

RagingRobot,

Are the flavors similar too?

UnrepententProcrastinator,

I’d be worried if so.

dewritoninja,

I don’t know but id happily consume several kilograms of both

CurlyMoustache,
@CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world avatar

Got a question for you. What’s heavier: a kilogramme of salmon or a kilogramme of semen?

Sargteapot,

Clearly the semen, as it’s more dense you can fit more semen in a kilogram than salmon.

/s

sukhmel,

Akshully, the density plays its part becase of Archimedes force an atmosphere is applying to an object. The less dense an object is, the lighter it will weight for the same mass. E.g. the air baloon with helium inside will have a mass even higher that an empty one because of added helium mass, yet it may float up thus having a negative weight (in the atmosphere)

obinice,
@obinice@lemmy.world avatar

You know what? You’re absolutely right! We have no future, if climate change doesn’t get us in the next 50 years, or the endless crushing of the working classes under late stage capitalism, then the rising new wave of western fascism will when it takes over.

Nothing matters any more, let’s just do whatever we want <3

Honytawk,

Orgy, anyone?

I’ll bring the wine.

qyron,

From which country?

MySkinIsFallingOff,

SALMON

reverendsteveii,

*They put sall-mon in the fish tacos, Hank. ¡SALL-MON!

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

I can’t believe this is already here. That’s what I was gonna post!

callyral, (edited )
@callyral@pawb.social avatar

what

is it not pronounced /sɔɫ.mən/ (sol-muhn)???

reverendsteveii,

SAM-in

octoperson,

Can anyone say the s and the th in Isthmus? It’s making my tongue feel funny.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I always pronounce it that way.

MECHAGIC,
@MECHAGIC@lemmy.world avatar

You weren’t supposed to do that?

niktemadur, (edited )

Now that is a Rubicon that I crossed ages ago.

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