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mudkip@lemdro.id to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours ago

The phrase "edited it" is soo weird to pronounce

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The phrase "edited it" is soo weird to pronounce

mudkip@lemdro.id to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours ago
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  • Pyr@lemmy.ca
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    https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRAplf6Eof9/

  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
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    Within 50 years all vowel sounds in English will just be schwa.

  • VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Edididid

    I’ve also found that most words become surreal the harder you look at them.

    Say the word green like 50 times in a row and tell me that shit’s not made up (all words are lmao)

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      Semantic satiation is the word you’re looking for. :)

  • DempstersBox@lemmy.world
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    semantic saturation before you’re done saying it

  • Looseygoosey@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    So is… “and Harry pocketed it.”

  • nelson@lemmy.world
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    Or this monster:

    James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_while_John_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_a_better_effect_on_the_teacher

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      The fact that five of the “hads” are not semantically the word “had” but rather a quotation makes this one weaker than “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” imo, though you could argue that Buffalo as a proper noun is also kinda cheating.

    • khepri@lemmy.world
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      Yeah, these are really silly if you can use quotes or like place/person names. Like if my Dad named Had lived in a town called Had Had, and his favorite thing to say was “had had had”…it just becomes like stupid to say that’s some crazy example of a grammatical sentence even if it technically is.

    • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
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      The fact that that sentence can even be considered in any way correct is a fucking travesty

      • ALQ@lemmy.world
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        I would argue that, without the punctuation, it’s not technically correct. The references to James and John saying “had had,” at least, should be in quotes. Additionally, unless broken up with a semicolon or a period before the final four “hads,” it’s a run-on sentence.

        If you change the “hads” that mean provided/said in the context of the sentence (excluding the quoted ones), you could write it as:

        James, while John had [said] “had”, had [said] “had had”; “had had” had [provided] a better effect on the teacher.

        And though it doesn’t flow right to me to have James and his action verb split by a phrase about John, I’m not sure that’s incorrect. Phrasing it to fix the flow, for me, would be:

        While John had [said] “had”, James had [said] “had had”; “had had” had [provided] a better effect on the teacher.

        • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
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          I guess. But to me the most baffling thing is such a sentence can even be constructed. Even disregarding the missing punctuation. I don’t think I could even get close to this in my native language. Maybe 2 or 3 worda at most and even then probably not.

    • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemmy.world
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      That’s plain ol’ fucking stupid.

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    I know a sound engineer named “ed”. And he does a lot of “editing”.

    Who changed the vocals? “Ed edited it”

    Thats sounds crazy

  • hakase@lemmy.zip
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    The one I always heard was “Dead-headed Ed edited it”.

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      Zed’s dead, baby, Zed’s dead.

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    I think European Union is weird with some accents. It sounds almost like “Europinyinyinyin”

    • jaycifer@lemmy.world
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      That’s just, like, Europinyin, Man.

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    • ALQ@lemmy.world
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      I am not sober. I just had far too much fun saying “europinyinyinyin” out loud over and over again, so thank you for that. :)

      I think I have some extended family who probably say it similarly to that, too. Probably the ones from the deep south.

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        I’m happy you like it, it’s been stuck in my brain for months and I still think it’s a bit funny.

      • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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        Try ‘European Piano Player Union’

        • ALQ@lemmy.world
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          I tripped on that one and ended up saying “European pianer player union,” which made me laugh until I coughed.

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            Now you just sound like you’re from Delaware

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            In some parts of the USA, they call it “pee-ano”.

            • samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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              How else would it be pronounced?

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    maybe you should edit it

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    Eddie Teddie

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    Edi de de ded

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    An enemy

    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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      All right, all right, don’t hurt yourself!

  • Chais@sh.itjust.works
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    Also “pocketed it.”

    • digger@lemmy.ca
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      Audiobooks. Am I right?

      • Chais@sh.itjust.works
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        I think Stephen Fry famously tripped over this one.

  • TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works
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    Now that’s a shower thought I like!

    It did, didn’t it?

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