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Airbolt 
"teil mann, teil maschine"
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 Posted - 01/01/2007 : 23:35:30
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Slight Tangent - Theres a UK Sitcom where a pretentious Housewife called Hyacinth Bucket insists on calling herself " Boo-Kay" |
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GHcool
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 01/02/2007 : 05:16:40
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Originally posted by AIRBOLT
Slight Tangent - Theres a UK Sitcom where a pretentious Housewife called Hyacinth Bucket insists on calling herself " Boo-Kay"
"Keeping Up Appearances!" I love that show. |
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thefoxboy 
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 01/02/2007 : 07:10:51
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Originally posted by GHcool
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Originally posted by AIRBOLT
Slight Tangent - Theres a UK Sitcom where a pretentious Housewife called Hyacinth Bucket insists on calling herself " Boo-Kay"
"Keeping Up Appearances!" I love that show.
I love the episode where they go to check-in to a hotel and she says "Boo-Kay" and there's no one registered as Boo-Kay, the husband then tells them to check the register for "Bucket"  |
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Sal[Au]pian 
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/02/2007 : 09:16:11
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Originally posted by Se�n
BTW, I don't think there's any difference between pointing out a typo in a thread topic than Reporting a typo in a review.
No, there's a big difference. |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 01/02/2007 : 09:27:43
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Se�n
BTW, I don't think there's any difference between pointing out a typo in a thread topic than Reporting a typo in a review.
No, there's a big difference.
Not to me. Typos annoy me wherever they are. 
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/02/2007 : 09:33:04
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| The difference is that reviews are the substantive part of the site and thus should be made correct when not. There is also for this reason an onus on the reviewer to check them when submitted. Fourum posts are transient and thus there should be no expectation that people should proofread them. They also contain a lot more characters and thus typos are much more likely to occur. |
Edited by - Sal[Au]pian on 01/02/2007 09:35:37 |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 01/02/2007 : 11:04:13
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| True. Mind you, I don't proof-read posts. Typos tend to jump out at me with bells ringing, particularly if they occur in titles (e.g., thread titles), as they do in reviews. |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/02/2007 : 12:47:29
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| I meant that people don't need to proofread (i.e. read at all) their own posts. |
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RockGolf
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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Posted - 01/02/2007 : 17:37:51
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I've heard that "vase" is pronounced differently in the UK, US, & Canada.
In the UK, it rhymes with "pause". (thanks GH, below)
In the US, it rhymes with "pace".
In Canada, it rhymes with "pays".
Of course, we Canadians pronounce "sofa" as "chesterfield". And don't get us started on "lieutenent". |
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GHcool
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 01/02/2007 : 20:21:36
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Originally posted by R o � k G o 7 f
In the UK, it rhymes with "has", but stretched out.
I was under the impression that the British pronunciation rhymes with "pause." |
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RockGolf
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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Posted - 01/02/2007 : 21:46:25
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| Much better, GH. I will change. |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 01/03/2007 : 01:06:44
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Just to confuse the issue, Kiwis would pronounce it "vaarz". Except that we don't bother saying our "r's" so ignore the "r".  Perhaps I'd best write it as "vaahz".
Down here it's nothing like "pause" which is pronounced identical to "paws" and "pores" and "pours". |
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bife
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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Posted - 01/03/2007 : 01:08:40
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My (English) pronunciation would have it rhyming with "cars".
Not sure I would even understand it if it rhymed the "pause"  |
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GHcool
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 01/03/2007 : 04:31:18
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Originally posted by bife
Not sure I would even understand it if it rhymed the "pause"
With the Standard American accent, "pause" rhymes with The Wizard of "Oz." |
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Airbolt
"teil mann, teil maschine"
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Posted - 01/03/2007 : 16:12:02
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How about
" The Hostile Caribbean Man threw a tomato at the Aluminium "( now theres a film i would pay to see! )
My take -
US - The Hoss-Tell Cah-ribby-an Man threw a Toe-Mate-Oh at the Aloo-min-um "
UK - The Hoss-Tile Carib- Beeyan Man threw a Toe-Mar-Toe at the Al-you-minny-um
This is fun! |
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American pronunciation/Australian whingeing
