Even in English speaking countries, she may find herself being teased for having a name which is usually a boys name.

Does that horrible pronunciation sound, to a German, like the sound a bavarian horse would make, or like oppression of the south? Or is there another homophone that I've missed?>> ^DerHasisttot:

My father's wife's daughter called her little girl "Sydney." In English-speaking countries this would not be a problem, but here in Germany it stands out like a lighthouse. Even more problematic is the fact that the mother cannot even pronounce the name properly, which would be sth like "Sid-knee." She pronounces it "Süd-neigh," which is just ugly.

This would have been a huge shocker if it had been anyone but Idra. He rage-quitted a couple winnable games in the GSL, if I remember right.

Also, Tasteless and Artosis pronounce Idra as EYE-dra. I assume that's the correct way (they both know him well), unless Greg has decreed that the pronunciation is now different (which, who knows, it may be - I haven't been diligently following the scene).

man, first it was your pronunciation of the word "herb", and now this? you guys got everything backwards!

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Gooooo Germans! Hooray for Meteorblitzkrieg

@conan, no it's a pun:

state(state)
Pronunciation:/stāt, /
noun

1 == "Zustände"
the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time:the state of the company's financeswe're worried about her state of mind a physical condition as regards internal or molecular form or structure:water in a liquid state
[in singular] (a state) informal an agitated or anxious condition:don't get into a state
[in singular] informal a dirty or untidy condition:look at the state of you — what a mess!
Physics short for quantum state

2 == "Staaten"
a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government:Germany, Italy, and other European states
an organized political community or area forming part of a federal republic:the German state of Bavaria
(the States) informal term for United States

"Mess" would be "Mist", "Misthaufen", "Murks" or "Unordnung"

I think it is likely that the Australian/Kiwi accents are closer to "British English" because of its (slightly) later divergence and the fact that there is significantly less influence from the United States and quite a bit more influence linguistically from England. Canadian English stems primarily from the language spoken by United Empire Loyalists who migrated to Canada after the American Revolution. Australian English, on the other hand, was based largely on the English spoken by British convicts, military personnel and settlers (a large proportion of which spoke with Cockney or Irish accents).

With a proportionally larger influx of people from British cities, particularly London and Southern England and, with Received Pronunciation being largely a formalized form of the London accent, it is understandable that Australian English has a closer connection to "British English".
>> ^FishBulb:

Skeeve, How do you explain the Australian and New Zealander accents?
It's interesting, as to dialect Australians say rubbish, bin, spanner, etc.

Meh.

While certain areas of Canada definitely have their own sound (and we have lots of words that differ from their British counterparts) the whole argument about pronunciation - that the British invented it, so we should speak that way - is a fallacy.

Received Pronunciation (BBC/British English) was invented after North America was colonized. The American/Canadian dialect is probably closer to 17th/18th century English than current British dialects. See this or this for more info.

>> ^entr0py:

>> ^heathen:
>> ^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?

Still can't pronounce aluminium correctly.

Prepare to have your minds blown. Aluminum is both the correct spelling and pronunciation given by the man who first isolated the metal, Humphrey Davey. The American insistence on pronouncing it correctly only reflects our respect for scientists, even British ones.


Bah, he was never too sure himself.

He originally called it Alumium, used Aluminum in his book Chemical Philosphy, and Aluminium on his patent filings.

Even the Wikipedia page for Aluminum redirects to Aluminium, so it must be true.

>> ^heathen:

>> ^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?

Still can't pronounce aluminium correctly.


Prepare to have your minds blown. Aluminum is both the correct spelling and pronunciation given by the man who first isolated the metal, Humphrey Davey. The American insistence on pronouncing it correctly only reflects our respect for scientists, even British ones.

so if the family changed the pronunciation of their last name, why was the reporter such a dick (see what i did here) and still used the wrong pronunciation?

I like the changing of the pronunciation of the name and the excuse, "she was just trying to save the family a bit of embarrassment especially her children."... I'm pretty sure you could have just started by NOT naming her child Harry if the last name is Baals...

>> ^TangledThorns:

Don't forget to correct Obama on his pronunciation of 'corpsman.' Hint: It's not corpseman. Also, remind him we have a Coast Guard and France is not our greatest ally.


ok, I'll let him know next time I see him

Don't forget to correct Obama on his pronunciation of 'corpsman.' Hint: It's not corpseman. Also, remind him we have a Coast Guard and France is not our greatest ally.

>> ^TangledThorns:

Sarah Palin's speech was far better than Obama's ummm, uhhhs... Corpsemen duhhh president. It's a memorial and not a pep rally. If he was a true leader he would of told those attending that but he is not a leader. sooo....


When people use the colloquial contraction of "would have," it reads "would've." Due to the nature of the "ve (vuh)" sound at the end immediately preceded by a "d" sound, in this case similar to "duh" for the case of "would," the result is a "duh-ve" or "dove" sound in "would've." Despite the sound of the pronunciation, however, when breaking down the contraction, it should read "would have" which are the sum of the parts, not "would of" which is merely the phonetic version.

>> ^SDGundamX:

I teach at university in Japan. I don't know how to feel about this. My students are self-conscious enough about speaking English without knowing that their accent is being ridiculed on the Internets. It doesn't help that what you're seeing in this vid is a valid pronunciation practice technique called "shadowing." This kind of practice (recording what you're saying so you can compare it with the actor) helps the learners spot their intonation, rhythm, and other errors.
EDIT: Sorry, after more thought I have to downvote. I think it just promotes racial stereotyping (if the YouTube comments are any indication).


I humbly respect your opinion in regards to this clip... I can understand if this maybe something that is *controversial although as I said before, this is pretty much like when you have English dubs for anime... Some things are just better off staying in their own language...

And I'm sure that if one of your students can easily out perform this guy...