>> ^kronosposeidon:

Doesn't this guy sort of sound like George W. Bush, except that he can string a complete sentence together and correctly pronounce words with more than one syllable?

Silly Yankees can't distinguish between Southern dialect.

Yes sir, me as well.

The quote was more homage to my introduction to pickeys via, what quickly became, one of my favorite British comedies.
>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

I sometimes struggle with this dialect, but I could understand everything these guys were saying. >> ^chicchorea:
"Now, there is a problem with Pikeys or Gypsies: you can't really understand much of what's being said. It's not Irish, it's not English, it's just . . . well, it's just Pikey." Turkish in Snatch.

I sometimes struggle with this dialect, but I could understand everything these guys were saying. >> ^chicchorea:

"Now, there is a problem with Pikeys or Gypsies: you can't really understand much of what's being said. It's not Irish, it's not English, it's just . . . well, it's just Pikey." Turkish in Snatch.

Never once heard an American say "take the piss."

Otherwise, not a bad dialectical diversity.

Screw NASCAR and driving simulators...clearly they are a terrible analogy and basically a thread derail.

Look, the point is you don't know this guy doesn't play in a band and just uses RB for practice/conditioning/fun when his band is doing other stuff? Maybe his band broke up? Shit, you have no idea, so making comments saying you should learn real instruments are pretty pointless.

Seems like a good way to build up your endurance/timing to me, even if it somehow doesn't translate directly into actual drum kit skills. Obviously as stated above, this works for drummers and not anything else (until RB3 gets the guitar/piano closer to the real thing). As a thing that allows you to practice and grades you, what better thing exists?

Yes, it's beneficial to learn to read/write music, but IMO that isn't too hard...I started learning in 5th grade. Sure maybe it's harder to pick up as an adult, but wtf...it's just a specific written code for certain sounds. It's not magic. Furthermore, why should traditional written sheet music have a monopoly on the communication of musical concepts for all eternity? There are thousands of languages/dialects in the world that all have different ways of communicating the same things.

I'm out of practice, but I can read music. For my brain and the way it works, RB's style of displaying drum beats speaks to me in a different (and possibly better) way...a way sheet music cannot.

I love picking apart and reproducing dialects!

He's from the future. He's finding it difficult to communicate in our strange 'pastlings' dialect.

woah, what a dialect. i can hardly understand especially the officer in court.

I disagree completely, have you ever sat down and watched an entire episode of the Atheist experience? They almost always try and approach questions and discussions dialectically, they're constantly having to explain common misconceptions and logical fallacies. The folks that tune in and actually watch and listen are going to find an enlightening conversation.

Sadly, many of the folks that call in are just looking for a shouting match.

The show offers much more than just a stroke of our ego, they've covered a vast number of subjects within different contexts.

>> ^EDDwitching two consonants, however, is not.

African American Vernacular English (AAVE), is a well documented dialect of English. AAVE does have the k consonant swap in ask, which is something that linguists study, such swaps have historical precedent in other English dialects. Why do we feel comfortable assuming that all the dialects used by white people are "valid", but that AAVE is just an "incorrect" attempt at Standard American English (SAE)?

I was terribly annoyed by this as well and I am sure your allegations of racism are completely unwarranted.

I was not as much making an accusation, as asking a question about the license our society gives us to comment only on the language variance of historically oppressed people. I'm not accusing BRM specifically, but I am asking a question about a societal norm that has racist implications.

What does switching two consonants have to do with it?

The fact is, 'aks' is not a standard american english pronunciation. There are many US-based dialects that don't use the pronunciation in the dictionary---New Englanders, folks in the mid-west, Texans, southern rednecks come to mind. Though some call them out on it, its really not seen as a big deal compared to african american deviations. That's why bushie could get elected president while saying 'nucular', among other things.

I, for one, think that the purpose of language is to be understood, and the beauty of the english language is its malleability, as has been proven over time. So, aks away.

This may scare you, but your great-grand children may one day make the opposite correction in annoyance "Say 'aks', not ;ask'".

>> ^dgandhi:
>> ^BicycleRepairMan: But I cannot fucking get over her "akxs" Its A S K, how fucking difficult is that?
It's called a dialect.
I don't suppose you go around trying to correct the pronunciation of people speaking in cochney or australian dialects. Why do you feel justified in doing so just because the population using the dialect is prominently black?


Pronouncing a single wovel differently than another part of the world does is one thing, switching two consonants, however, is not. I was terribly annoyed by this as well and I am sure your allegations of racism are completely unwarranted.

p.s. Actually, I think this is the first time I have ever disagreed upon anything with you, dgandhi. I'm glad it's such a trivial matter though (pronunciation, I mean).

>> ^BicycleRepairMan: But I cannot fucking get over her "akxs" Its A S K, how fucking difficult is that?

It's called a dialect.

I don't suppose you go around trying to correct the pronunciation of people speaking in cochney or australian dialects. Why do you feel justified in doing so just because the population using the dialect is prominently black?

doesn't sound like Cantonese or Mandarin, more like a dialect further south east ... Thai maybe?

>> ^brain:
Why are they speaking English?


Why are they humanoid with four limbs, two eyes and one mouth? Why do their faces make the same relative expressions as ours?
Why is there an obvious 2 sex separation?
If their atmosphere is unbreathable (as implied by his mask when he gets off the dropship), why is everything except their skin (trees, etc.) the same color as it would be on earth? For that matter, why would gunpowder combust the same way?
Why does their gravity seem to be different yet it's still holding them on the planet in the same way?
If this is the future, why is everyone speaking an english dialect from the turn of the 21st century?
Why are the aliens three-dimensional? Why not four? Aren't they in fact natives and not aliens at all since the story takes place on their planet?
Why do they even communicate with sound? Why not smell?
WTF WAS THAT? A blue tiger?!? Ahhh!!! RUN!!!!!!!