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2009/12/28 17:53:41
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Fixture of Dakka
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Envelope
Comfortable
How did you just read these? I constantly hear on-vu-lope and cumf-tur-bul instead of what they're actually spelled like. Comfortable really gets me because the t gets crammed somewhere it shouldn't. Anyone else noticed this?
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2009/12/28 18:01:22
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Madrak Ironhide
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2009/12/28 18:02:49
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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Tomato
However you just said it, the other form is right.
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2009/12/28 18:19:53
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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!!Goffik Rocker!!
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In before nuclear.
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2009/12/28 18:26:02
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Affect vs Effect.
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2009/12/28 19:33:45
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Fixture of Dakka
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I had checked in a dictionary prior to posting :/ Guess I need to check multiple then. I still remember looking up either and neither back in the day. Either had eether and iether while neither only had neether. It's different now though :p
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2009/12/28 19:38:07
Subject: Re:Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Battleship Captain
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Library, bathroom.
Apparently you now pronounce them "Lie berry" and "Bat Room"
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2009/12/28 19:40:49
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Da Head Honcho Boss Grot
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Can I axe you a question?
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Anuvver fing - when they do sumfing, they try to make it look like somfink else to confuse everybody. When one of them wants to lord it over the uvvers, 'e says "I'm very speshul so'z you gotta worship me", or "I know summink wot you lot don't know, so yer better lissen good". Da funny fing is, arf of 'em believe it and da over arf don't, so 'e 'as to hit 'em all anyway or run fer it.
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2009/12/28 19:47:20
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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[DCM]
Tilter at Windmills
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Particularly.
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2009/12/28 19:47:34
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Bob
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2009/12/28 19:54:13
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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Platuan4th wrote:Affect vs Effect.
These are actually different. "Affect" is only a verb and means 'to produce effect on', whilst "Effect" is both a noun and a verb. The verb form meaning "to bring about", whilst the noun is a 'result' or 'consequence'.
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2009/12/28 19:55:18
Subject: Re:Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Nigel Stillman
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Either and neither.
I am aware that there are technically 2 pronunciations (which is another word that people get wrong a lot) but it annoys me when people say eether and neether.
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2009/12/28 19:57:46
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Executing Exarch
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Aluminium
Americans seem to forget there is an i in there.
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2009/12/28 20:01:23
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Clthomps wrote:Aluminium
Americans seem to forget there is an i in there.
Actually it can be spelled "aluminum"
http://www.aluminum.org/
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2009/12/28 20:04:48
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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Hmmm. Doesn't the U.S spell Sulphur incorrectly?
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2009/12/28 20:07:00
Subject: Re:Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Executing Exarch
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Words like Yoda. Every damn British person I have met criticizes Americans for mispronunciation, but they add a  damn "R" on to almost every word! Its not Yoder, its Yoda!
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2009/12/28 20:08:47
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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No we spell it correctly-azufre
"You're in America now! Speak Spanish!"
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2009/12/28 20:11:20
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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[DCM]
Chief Deputy Sub Assistant Trainee Squig Handling Intern
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Girls very often say 'Oh Mad Doc Grotsnik, show what it is to be a woman!' but sadly, their feeble female minds, in their passion continually blurt out 'get away from me you freak'.
Silly wimmins!
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2009/12/28 20:24:15
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Executing Exarch
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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Girls very often say 'Oh Mad Doc Grotsnik, why do you run in terror from women?!' but sadly, I can only blurt out 'get away from me you freak'.
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How is it they live in such harmony - the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Warhammer 40K:
Alpha Legion - 15,000 pts For the Emperor!
WAAAGH! Skullhooka - 14,000 pts
Biel Tan Strikeforce - 11,000 pts
"The Eldar get no attention because the average male does not like confetti blasters, shimmer shields or sparkle lasers."
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2009/12/28 20:29:49
Subject: Re:Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Unbalanced Fanatic
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Don't you dare make me start the scon vs. scone arguement. 'Cos we all now it's scone as in cone. Apart from the Congestion Charge there's not such thing as a Traffic Con.
The OC-D
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2009/12/28 20:30:30
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Executing Exarch
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No its not.
Number 13 for those who don't know.
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2009/12/28 20:36:16
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Combat Jumping Rasyat
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Misspelling color as colour. It's really sad how many people can't spell a 5 letter word.
Oh, also herbs and salmon.
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2009/12/28 20:38:03
Subject: Re:Words people say wrong (all the time)
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[DCM]
Chief Deputy Sub Assistant Trainee Squig Handling Intern
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theocd wrote:Don't you dare make me start the scon vs. scone arguement. 'Cos we all now it's scone as in cone. Apart from the Congestion Charge there's not such thing as a Traffic Con.
The OC-D
Strictly speaking, it should really be pronounced Scoon, seeing as they were invented in Scone, Scotland, and that's how you pronounce the name of their place of origin. Scoon.
Otherwise, you're wrong. It's blatantly 'scon'....
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2009/12/28 20:38:10
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Da Head Honcho Boss Grot
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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Girls very often say 'Oh Mad Doc Grotsnik, show what it is to be a woman!'
And he delivers:
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Anuvver fing - when they do sumfing, they try to make it look like somfink else to confuse everybody. When one of them wants to lord it over the uvvers, 'e says "I'm very speshul so'z you gotta worship me", or "I know summink wot you lot don't know, so yer better lissen good". Da funny fing is, arf of 'em believe it and da over arf don't, so 'e 'as to hit 'em all anyway or run fer it.
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2009/12/28 20:51:39
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Clthomps wrote:
No its not.
Number 13 for those who don't know.
Thats the incredibly incorrect British version. Down with the imperialists!
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2009/12/28 21:01:41
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Fixture of Dakka
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Clthomps wrote:
No its not.
Wikipedia disagrees. And they're always right, right?
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2009/12/28 21:07:45
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/aluminium/spelling.html
Aluminum in the USA. You English guys can't spell because you're too busy trying to eat haggis and translate English to metric to spell properly. 
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2009/12/28 21:20:07
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Dwarf High King with New Book of Grudges
United States
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Any word with more than 4 syllables.
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2009/12/28 21:24:45
Subject: Words people say wrong (all the time)
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!!Goffik Rocker!!
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Since America has five times the population of the UK we get to decide things in regional dialect based pronunciation matters concerning the portability of the english language.
Thus: Aluminum.
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2009/12/28 21:27:13
Subject: Re:Words people say wrong (all the time)
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Been Around the Block
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"Misspelling color as colour. It's really sad how many people can't spell a 5 letter word."
Americans are the only ones who spell colour as color.
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