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Author Topic: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O  (Read 14838307 times)

Orange Wizard

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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #80685 on: July 12, 2015, 05:03:12 pm »

The real question is, why the hell do Brits pronounce lieutenant with an "f" sound? It makes no sense...
I think you mean, "why the hell do Muricans pronounce it 'loo-tenant'?"
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #80686 on: July 12, 2015, 05:03:33 pm »

Guys guys guys, it doesn't really matter whether you spell color with a "u" or not. It's pronounced the same way anyway.

The real question is, why the hell do Brits pronounce lieutenant with an "f" sound? It makes no sense...
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Pronunciation with lef- is common in Britain, and spellings to reflect it date back to 14c., but the origin of this is a mystery (OED rejects suggestion that it comes from old confusion of -u- and -v-).
It does sound nicer though so I'm happy enough to let it stay.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #80687 on: July 12, 2015, 05:07:08 pm »

The real question is, why the hell do Brits pronounce lieutenant with an "f" sound?
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It makes no sense[.]
You ask and answer your question in the same breath, siru.

Someone has to keep fucking with non-native speakers, after all.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #80688 on: July 12, 2015, 05:09:34 pm »

yeah i know right

i guess i can continue until they do so then suddenly be a dick again and that'll have more effect because they'll stop expecting it?

spanish inquisition this shit

Everyone expects the spanish inquisition at this point.


No one expects the loli inquisition.



Not even the lolis.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #80689 on: July 12, 2015, 05:10:21 pm »

well they will now

but at least they haven't figured out the fate of lolis so i'm still in the lead
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #80690 on: July 12, 2015, 05:11:57 pm »

Wut?
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #80691 on: July 12, 2015, 05:12:44 pm »

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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #80692 on: July 12, 2015, 05:15:13 pm »

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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #80693 on: July 12, 2015, 05:18:23 pm »

Do people actually come to Bay12 and not expect giant images?
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #80694 on: July 12, 2015, 05:22:37 pm »

toady mutes people and locks topics for giant images so

kinda yeah

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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #80695 on: July 12, 2015, 05:27:37 pm »

How rebellious you folk are.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #80696 on: July 12, 2015, 05:29:10 pm »

yeah i know right

i guess i can continue until they do so then suddenly be a dick again and that'll have more effect because they'll stop expecting it?

spanish inquisition this shit

Everyone expects the spanish inquisition at this point.


No one expects the loli inquisition.

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Not even the lolis.
I need to start keeping a folder for cute 40k stuff :P

Anyway, if Toady hasn't locked this thread for the contents of the OP then he isn't gonna start now.
Thought this was the happy thread for a moment, but my point still stands.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #80697 on: July 12, 2015, 05:29:53 pm »

Yeah, but who has to skim over the OP to read the thread? Not to rain on any parades, but
toady mutes people and locks topics for giant images so

kinda yeah

Also the "How to into inquisition" book looks way too long. All it needs is a single line reading "Heresy? *BLAM!*"
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #80698 on: July 12, 2015, 05:33:38 pm »

Maybe I've just been desensitised to it all.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #80699 on: July 12, 2015, 05:35:47 pm »

Oh, I don't give a rat's ass. But I'm not everyone, and there's always some negative nancy who wants the internet to be a no fun zone.  :P
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