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What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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  • #812
    pitythefool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 716 ✭✭✭pitythefool


    lounakin wrote: »
    I don't know if you and the poster you quoted actually realise what you're saying is ridiculous, here are some words with clusters of consonants that no one has ANY difficulty saying:

    Cream (c+r)
    Try
    Star
    Spit
    Pronounce
    Struggle.. need I go on?

    I think what you said is ridiculous

    Your words in no was match up to the Polish one quoted


  • #813
    BBDBB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,899 ✭✭✭✭BBDBB


    I only found out about 3 months ago that Tina Turners hit "Private Dancer" was written by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits


  • #814
    782378
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 115 ✭✭782378


    The arrow next to the little petrol pump icon on your dashboard points to the petrol-tank side ... is a little arrow that shows you on which side the petrol cap is located.


  • #815
    MurdyWurdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭MurdyWurdy


    The "obvious" things in this thread are getting a lot less obvious as the thread goes on!


  • #816
    lounakin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 699 ✭✭✭lounakin


    pitythefool wrote: »
    I think what you said is ridiculous

    Your words in no was match up to the Polish one quoted
    It's only because the polish word contains clusters that aren't used in english that much but phonetically it's pronounced: pshyachel, it's not that crazy! Pshhh is a sound easily made, 'chel' is the same as 'chat'. It's a word with two clusters, one at the beginning and one at the end, just like 'speaks' or 'checks' or 'speech'...
    ps: I didn't mean to sound rude, I apologise


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  • #817
    knucklehead6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    when i was younger i used always think that the phrase fair dues was actually fair juice.

    Always used in the proper context, but never the proper actual phrase


  • #818
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    lounakin wrote: »
    I don't know if you and the poster you quoted actually realise what you're saying is ridiculous, here are some words with clusters of consonants that no one has ANY difficulty saying:

    Cream (c+r)
    Try
    Star
    Spit
    Pronounce
    Struggle.. need I go on?

    Its hard to explain but I'll give it a go...
    Try and say Try like T-R-Y. But all together. Its not the same as how you would normally pronounce try.


  • #819
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    knucklehead6 wrote: »
    when i was younger i used always think that the phrase fair dues was actually fair juice.

    Always used in the proper context, but never the proper actual phrase

    The Nazis had a similar problem when Hitler requested a glass of juice.


  • #820
    Al Capwned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭Al Capwned


    fasttalkerchat wrote: »
    The Nazis had a similar problem when Hitler requested a glass of juice.

    Here, ladies and gentlemen is proof of Godwins Law....

    :pac:


  • #821
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,196 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    fasttalkerchat wrote: »
    Its hard to explain but I'll give it a go...
    Try and say Try like T-R-Y. But all together. Its not the same as how you would normally pronounce try.

    You might be trying to explain affricates?


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  • #822
    lounakin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 699 ✭✭✭lounakin


    fasttalkerchat wrote: »
    Its hard to explain but I'll give it a go...
    Try and say Try like T-R-Y. But all together. Its not the same as how you would normally pronounce try.
    It doesn't matter, the fact is 'try' still has 2 consonants that are easy to pronounce, I was just commenting on the previous observation that english speakers find it physically impossible to pronounce 2 consonants together... ludicrous...


  • #823
    pitythefool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 716 ✭✭✭pitythefool


    lounakin wrote: »
    It's only because the polish word contains clusters that aren't used in english that much but phonetically it's pronounced: pshyachel, it's not that crazy! Pshhh is a sound easily made, 'chel' is the same as 'chat'. It's a word with two clusters, one at the beginning and one at the end, just like 'speaks' or 'checks' or 'speech'...
    ps: I didn't mean to sound rude, I apologise

    never thought you were being rude to be fair

    just wrong


  • #824
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    pickarooney wrote: »
    You might be trying to explain affricates?

    I think that's it. Had to google it. Thanks.


  • #825
    lounakin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 699 ✭✭✭lounakin


    pitythefool wrote: »
    never thought you were being rude to be fair

    just wrong
    Explain how I'm wrong? English has loads of consonant clusters, just because the combination in that particular polish word isn't typical in english doesn't mean it's not pronounceable just like I demonstrated in the previous post.


  • #826
    Tisserand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 750 ✭✭✭Tisserand


    sbsquarepants wrote: »
    According to wikipedia he made 22 studio albums, 6 live albums, 19 soundtrack albums and 13 compilations. Also 30 Ep's

    Really? Sh*t, I should have checked my facts first. I was quoting a Newstalk presenter who I heard saying this earlier this week and was thinking God I never knew Elvis Presley never made an album!!


  • #827
    pitythefool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 716 ✭✭✭pitythefool


    lounakin wrote: »
    Explain how I'm wrong? English has loads of consonant clusters, just because the combination in that particular polish word isn't typical in english doesn't mean it's not pronounceable just like I demonstrated in the previous post.

    it has 5 consonats in a row, making it harder to pronounce

    not many english words have 5 consonants in a row


  • #828
    Adyx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭Adyx


    That this thread has been ruined over the last two pages.


  • #829
    lounakin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 699 ✭✭✭lounakin


    pitythefool wrote: »
    it has 5 consonats in a row, making it harder to pronounce

    not many english words have 5 consonants in a row

    Sorry, last post: it may be written with 5 consonants but if you had seen my previous post is only pronounced like 2: pshyachel. that's p+sh and 'ch'. That's all.


  • #830
    Allyall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    Not so much something obvious i just realised.. But...

    Apparently in Argentina and Venezuela, they point by puckering their lips..


    However, What i have just realised is.. That all the Duck faces are just pointing at the camera!!


  • #831
    Czarcasm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,076 ✭✭✭✭Czarcasm


    fasttalkerchat wrote: »
    Its difficult for English speakers apart from sounds like "ch" where the pronunciation changes.
    In Polish you have words like przyjaciel. Most English speakers leave a space between the consonants because we struggle to pronounce them together.


    Xylophone. Not that difficult?


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  • #832
    pitythefool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 716 ✭✭✭pitythefool


    Czarcasm wrote: »
    Xylophone. Not that difficult?

    only 3 consonants in a row


  • #833
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    SHUT UP ABOUT BLOODY CONSONANTS!!


    I've just realised that my dog loves me more than any human ever has :( :pac:


  • #834
    BBDBB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,899 ✭✭✭✭BBDBB


    that constantly going on about consonants is a consistent cause of consternation


  • #835
    Pawwed Rig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,461 ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    NegativeCreep wrote: »
    I've just realised that my dog loves me more than any human ever has :( :pac:

    I just realised the song Negative Creep has so few lyrics

    This is out of our range (x3)
    and grown
    This is getting to be (x3)
    drone!
    I'm a negative creep (x3)
    and I'm stoned!
    I'm a negative creep (x3)
    and I'm ... (x2)

    Daddys little girl ain't a girl no more (x6)

    This is out of our range


  • #836
    pitythefool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 716 ✭✭✭pitythefool


    NegativeCreep wrote: »
    SHUT UP ABOUT BLOODY CONSONANTS!!


    I've just realised that my dog loves me more than any human ever has :( :pac:

    I just realised this thread is not about spelling


  • #837
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    Pawwed Rig wrote: »

    I just realised the song Negative Creep has so few lyrics

    This is out of our range (x3)
    and grown
    This is getting to be (x3)
    drone!
    I'm a negative creep (x3)
    and I'm stoned!
    I'm a negative creep (x3)
    and I'm ... (x2)

    Daddys little girl ain't a girl no more (x6)

    This is out of our range

    But what a song it is!


  • #838
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    fasttalkerchat wrote: »
    Its hard to explain but I'll give it a go...
    Try and say Try like T-R-Y. But all together. Its not the same as how you would normally pronounce try.

    Eh, what?
    But please don't explain - i've had enough. If you say we can't say fly, or rhythym, or xylophone properly then that's fine by me!
    NegativeCreep wrote: »
    SHUT UP ABOUT BLOODY CONSONANTS!!
    :pac:

    It's like the worst ever episode of countdown:mad:


  • #839
    maximoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,217 ✭✭✭maximoose


    I have only just realised that Cypher in the Matrix/Ralph in Sopranos is also

    this guy


    So obvious now


  • #840
    ITS_A_BADGER
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭ITS_A_BADGER


    sbsquarepants wrote: »



    It's like the worst ever episode of countdown:mad:

    :D


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  • #841
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    Czarcasm wrote: »
    Xylophone. Not that difficult?

    If you pronounced that how its written I'm both impressed and bewildered. I would imagine its more like "zilofone".
    I'm not great at explaining these things because I don't know the technical terms for phonetics.

    Basically the "y" in xylophone acts as a vowel. If you tried to pronounce it as a consonant you would struggle... although not impossible with practice.


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