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Overheal · 13-08-2008 10:07pm

janeybabe wrote: »

And I liked you and everything

/scribbles Overheal off list of people I like

:-/

I'm just tired of responses like that is all. had a housemate that was notorious for them. Got old fast when you could talk to him about anything without being interrupted for a lame play on words. Nothing personal babe

Toto Wolfcastle · 13-08-2008 10:08pm

PillyPen wrote: »

Ha, I actually liked Janey's. At least it wasn't the typical "Oh yeah?? Well you're a retard" shit.

/replaces Overheal on the list of people I like with PillyPen

LolaLuv · 13-08-2008 10:09pm

Yay, Internet popularity ftw!

Toto Wolfcastle · 13-08-2008 10:10pm

Overheal wrote: »

:-/

I'm just tired of responses like that is all. had a housemate that was notorious for them. Got old fast when you could talk to him about anything without being interrupted for a lame play on words. Nothing personal babe

Back on the list you little scut you!

vektarman · 13-08-2008 10:11pm

And back on thread, I had a good laugh listening to an interview by an American captain in Iraq describing darkness as 'zero natural illumination'

MooseJam · 13-08-2008 10:12pm

when they say "I could care less" and don't realise how stupid they are

Kiss the Girls · 13-08-2008 10:40pm

vektarman wrote: »

'zero natural illumination'

Is that like saying "its dark"?

Overheal · 13-08-2008 10:57pm

or pitch black. but they have to sound like, military and stuff. For example "Torture" is really called "Waterboarding" is really called "Advanced Interrogation Techniques"

IvaBigWun · 18-08-2008 6:44pm

vektarman wrote: »

And back on thread, I had a good laugh listening to an interview by an American captain in Iraq describing darkness as 'zero natural illumination'

lmao

Scram · 24-08-2008 1:31pm

Des wrote: »

Shag isn't american tbh.

Yeah ive never heard that in any US film or TV show. Its english/irish.

phasers · 24-08-2008 1:34pm

MooseJam wrote: »

when they say "I could care less" and don't realise how stupid they are

That drives me crazy! If you could care less it means you care dummy! When I say that to people they always go "No, because..... OH yeah!" :mad:

hunnybunny · 28-08-2008 11:08am

When they call Hennessy Cognac instead of Brandy. I know its written on the label but still....... I ve been calling it brandy my whole life its too late to change now!

ejmaztec · 28-08-2008 12:40pm

A pronunciation that I associate with Americans is "genuwhine" for genuine. I've never heard one Irish person who doesn't pronounce the word as Americans would.

Another one is Peugeot, which everyone in Ireland pronounces as Pewjoe. I understand that Pewjoe is the same pronunciation as used by Americans.

I reckon some pronunciations "snuck" in, became universally accepted and nobody notices anymore.

chopperbyrne · 28-08-2008 12:48pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

Another one is Peugeot, which everyone in Ireland pronounces as Pewjoe. I understand that Pewjoe is the same pronunciation as used by Americans.

Not being French myself, how is that supposed to be pronounced then?

I say Pewzho.

ejmaztec · 28-08-2008 12:56pm

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Not being French myself, how is that supposed to be pronounced then?

I say Pewzho.

Purrzho.

WooPeeA · 28-08-2008 3:25pm

Awesome topic dude, now I'm gonna have me a Budweiser Light.

m'kay

Blisterman · 28-08-2008 11:11pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

Purrzho.

That's hardly how it's pronounced in France, is it?

Speaking of car names. How is Hyundai pronounced? UK ads pronounce it as Hi-unn-dye, US as Hun-dee, and I've heard people pronounce it as Hyun(Rhymes with Fionn)-Dye.

EDIT: Apparently it is Purrzho. Here's a french guy saying it: http://antp.be/temp/priv/peugeot.wav

LolaLuv · 29-08-2008 1:01am

Blisterman wrote: »

That's hardly how it's pronounced in France, is it?

Speaking of car names. How is Hyundai pronounced? UK ads pronounce it as Hi-unn-dye, US as Hun-dee, and I've heard people pronounce it as Hyun(Rhymes with Fionn)-Dye.

EDIT: Apparently it is Purrzho. Here's a french guy saying it: http://antp.be/temp/priv/peugeot.wav

It's Hun-dye in America, based on every ad I've ever seen.

Overheal · 29-08-2008 1:15am

NO KEEE EH ..... not nokia.

Thank god nobody calls jack daniels a bourbon though. Id have to kill that person.

brianthebard · 29-08-2008 1:19am

hunnybunny wrote: »

When they call Hennessy Cognac instead of Brandy. I know its written on the label but still....... I ve been calling it brandy my whole life its too late to change now!

Thats because Americans have a weird system where they call items by their brand name. So tissues are kleenex, biros or razors can be bics, and in this case brandy is hennessy. Methinks its to do with a certain stage of capitalism which they have reached but I doubt anyone will agree.

LolaLuv · 29-08-2008 1:33am

brianthebard wrote: »

Thats because Americans have a weird system where they call items by their brand name. So tissues are kleenex, biros or razors can be bics, and in this case brandy is hennessy. Methinks its to do with a certain stage of capitalism which they have reached but I doubt anyone will agree.

Hm, but I believe vacuums are called "Hoovers" in Ireland?

brianthebard · 29-08-2008 1:49am

PillyPen wrote: »

Hm, but I believe vacuums are called "Hoovers" in Ireland?

yes but its pronounced vacuum. You have to stress the H you see....

indough · 29-08-2008 2:24am

cognac is a region specific type of brandy (the same way that champagne is region specific), its also made a bit differently

all cognac is brandy but not all brandy is cognac, if that makes any sense

Overheal · 29-08-2008 2:55am

brianthebard wrote: »

biros or razors can be bics

erm no. a razor is a razor, a pen is a pen, and I dont refer to my underwear as haynes. my toothbrush is not a colgate my tv is not a phillips, well, you see where this is going.

LolaLuv · 29-08-2008 3:08am

Overheal wrote: »

erm no. a razor is a razor, a pen is a pen, and I dont refer to my underwear as haynes. my toothbrush is not a colgate my tv is not a phillips, well, you see where this is going.

True, true. But I do call "tissues" "Kleenex" sometimes.

29-08-2008 3:44am

brianthebard wrote: »

Thats because Americans have a weird system where they call items by their brand name. So tissues are kleenex, biros or razors can be bics, and in this case brandy is hennessy. Methinks its to do with a certain stage of capitalism which they have reached but I doubt anyone will agree.

In Kerry all crisps are Taytos. Not limited to the US by any means.

indough · 29-08-2008 3:48am

Overheal wrote: »

erm no. a razor is a razor, a pen is a pen, and I dont refer to my underwear as haynes. my toothbrush is not a colgate my tv is not a phillips, well, you see where this is going.

really? i'd usually refer to a ballpoint pen as a biro

Overheal · 29-08-2008 3:50am

thats because youre irish. you also call a pencil sharpener a topper/pairer :rolleyes: and an eraser is now suddenly a rubber, which is a shortname usually reserved for dildos afaik.

sadly though mp3 players everywhere are being mistaken as ipods. its actually quite disgusting.

indough · 29-08-2008 5:59am

Overheal wrote: »

thats because youre irish. you also call a pencil sharpener a topper/pairer :rolleyes: and an eraser is now suddenly a rubber, which is a shortname usually reserved for dildos afaik.

sadly though mp3 players everywhere are being mistaken as ipods. its actually quite disgusting.

i'm not irish, and a rubber is a condom not a dildo...also, "erasers" were always known as rubbers its not a sudden thing at all, it kind of stands to reason seeing as they're made from rubber

the ballpoint pen was invented by some guy whos surname was biro, hence the reason for calling them biros

hussey · 29-08-2008 6:08am

Overheal wrote: »

thats that's because youre you're Irish. You also call a pencil sharpener a topper/pairer :rolleyes: and an eraser is now suddenly a rubber,

When I was 12 it was called a rubber, that was 14 years ago .. hardly suddenly

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