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[ChairmanPoo]

I only remember ordenador, bocadillo, y zapato. And most of the lyrics to la Bamba

More than enough to survive and possibly get elected to a public office

[LordBaal]

Ordenador= Computer, in Spain. In Latin America we use the Computador o Computadora.
Bocadillo= Snack
Zapato= Shoe

Sure, I would vote him for office. Can't be worst than maduro.

[Kagus]

A: "¿Cómo se dice 'Un zapato' en inglés?"


B: "¿'A shoe'?"


A: "Salud."

[LordBaal]

LOL

[Iduno]

It helps when you realise the I before E rule is only supposed to apply when you've got a word that makes a single syllable "WE like in Green" sound. The IE in society is s two syllable sound (so-ci-e-ty) and thus doesn't count against the rule.

And even then, you've got things like their/thief.

[hector13]

How weird.

[scriver]

Ordenador= Computer, in Spain. In Latin America we use the Computador o Computadora.
Bocadillo= Snack
Zapato= Shoe

Sure, I would vote him for office. Can't be worst than maduro.

Hold your corrections, murciélago-man!

(South American) Spanish: Computadore

I remember this too because my final Spanish teacher was from South America (I can't remember which country). In my teachings Bocadillo meant sandwich, though. Maybe another difference between Castilian and Latinamerican?

It helps when you realise the I before E rule is only supposed to apply when you've got a word that makes a single syllable "WE like in Green" sound. The IE in society is s two syllable sound (so-ci-e-ty) and thus doesn't count against the rule.

And even then, you've got things like their/thief.

How weird.

Neither their nor weird has and EE sound -- Weird has an "eh" sound and "their" also has an eh sound unless you're me and pronounce it with an egregious german ÄÄ accent.

Thief makes a EE sound and follows the rule.

[scriver]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xszIaNpYILY

Fabio can't believe its not butter, as he bursts, reverse-pygmalion style, out of a poorly done marble statue of himself.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqtsgH_wnn4

Years later, his wayward female compatriot quests the world seeking a solution to their butter addiction, as Fabio goes feral in the woods, Tarzan style.  She returns triumphant, and presents the hydrogenated palm kernel oil based spread to her loin cloth clad beaux, to which he exclaims once more "I Can't believe its not butter!"



Yeah.  I kept waiting for Prince Arthas to proclaim that he can't believe its not butter, but was sorely saddened that he never did.

Also, if I ever find myself in the need to margarine in the USA, I sure know what I'm buying now!

[Kagus]

How weird.

Neither their nor weird has and EE sound -- Weird has an "eh" sound and "their" also has an eh sound unless you're me and pronounce it with an egregious german ÄÄ accent.

Thief makes a EE sound and follows the rule.

Wot? Yes it does. Weird is WEE-rd, not "word/whirred". "Their" rhymes with "air/heir". There's also "Keith", which is a proper noun and has Gaelic roots so we'll just put that in the corner along with the rest of the nonsense.


...fuck this language, sincerely.

[scriver]

Weird.

I guess Weird could be one of the few exceptions (Keith is another but it does come with the complication that it's non-English roots throws the rule for a loop) but I certainly think of it as pronounced WERD not WEERD and the google translate sound lady agrees with me.

And if I was wrong about their (in which case my egregious german ÄÄ accent is actually the correct way of pronouncing it ), and the googles translate lady agrees with you that I was wrong, then it still doesn't make the EE sound and thus the rule is not about that word.

[Il Palazzo]

Depending on the dictionary, US pronunciation is listed as either /wird/, /wɪrd/, or even /wɪərd/. In RP it's just /wɪəd/.
So whether you get to hear an /i/ in there really depends on whom you're talking to.

[scriver]

/wɪərd/

the bay12 pronounciation

[Il Palazzo]

I always thought of wierd as /wierd/, tbh.

[Naturegirl1999]

There's a subreddit that just pulls a feed of pictures of mattresses on the streets, taken from a website that just has pictures of mattresses on the streets.

I know tsundere sharks is a little out there, as is bread stapled to trees or chairs submerged in water, but this one's been going on ten years, if I noticed right.

Why do we do this?

[Rolan7]

I'm not sure but I love it!  The pure weirdness of it without any other agenda. 

We seek distractions from the troubles of life, but all art is political.  Every arrangement is making a statement, usually several.  There's probably a meaning to this one too, but I can't see it!  These people have dedicated a sliver of free time into something absurd.  There's something wholesome about that.

Perhaps it reminds me of my friend group's old habit of posting photos of birds.  Far from the prestigious hobby of bird-watching...  Sometimes we just saw birds existing and, without any context or expectation of them being cute, shared them.
I have no idea why they did it.  I was usually sitting in my car in some parking lot, centering myself, taking a moment away from everyone.  Watching the trees, and the birds in them.
Sharing a pic to a reassuring, unconditional chorus of "birb".

don't tell anyone but I also photographed squirrels