Then why isn't it romanized in a way that makes it sound right?Originally Posted by Quin
It's pinyin. Chinese sounds using the English alphabet to make it easier to communicate. They may be the same letters, but they aren't the same sounds. C, for example, is pronounced "ts", and Zh is pronounced like a soft "g". It's a completely different language, not just "improper English".
everything is wrapped in gray
i'm focusing on your image
can you hear me in the void?
Whangarei
Theory
Pizza
Jack: How do you know?
Will: It's more of a feeling really.
Jack: Well, that's not scientific. Feeling isn't knowing. Feeling is believing. If you believe it, you can't know because there's no knowing what you believe. Then again, no one should believe what they know either. Once you know anything that anything becomes unbelievable if only by virtue of the fact you now... know it. You know?
Will: No.
If Demolition Man were remade today
Huxley: What's wrong? You broke contact.
Spartan: Contact? I didn't even touch you.
Huxley: Don't you want to make love?
Spartan: Is that what you call this? Why don't we just do it the old-fashioned way?
Huxley: NO!
Spartan: Whoa! Okay, calm down.
Huxley: Don't tell me to calm down!
Spartan: What's gotten into you? 'Cause it sure as hell wasn't me.
Huxley: Physical relations in the way of intercourse are no longer acceptable John Spartan.
Spartan: What? Why the hell not?
Huxley: It's the law, John. And for your information, the very idea that you suggested it makes me feel personally violated.
Spartan: Wait a minute... violated? Huxley what the hell are you accusing me of here?
Huxley: You need to leave, John.
Spartan: But Huxley.
Huxley: Get out!
Moments later Spartan is arrested for "violating" Huxley.
By the way, that's called satire. Get over it.
Pizza is pronounced how it's spelled if you pronounce it properly
streme Wheelie
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Oh man, Maori pronunciation is the best. I went to Lake Taupo and it looks like it sounds like "tow-po" but it's like "toe-paw". Whangarei is even better. Whakatane is just
So then "Pete saw" is not proper...
BTW: Longevity. It's typically pronounced like there's a second g. "Long-jevity". The name Longinus is pronounced "Lon-ginus". Range is not pronounced "rang-j"... so yeah.
Rapport, Corps, and any other word where consonants are silent... why the hell have the letter in the word if you're not going to pronounce? Aesthetics?
Jack: How do you know?
Will: It's more of a feeling really.
Jack: Well, that's not scientific. Feeling isn't knowing. Feeling is believing. If you believe it, you can't know because there's no knowing what you believe. Then again, no one should believe what they know either. Once you know anything that anything becomes unbelievable if only by virtue of the fact you now... know it. You know?
Will: No.
If Demolition Man were remade today
Huxley: What's wrong? You broke contact.
Spartan: Contact? I didn't even touch you.
Huxley: Don't you want to make love?
Spartan: Is that what you call this? Why don't we just do it the old-fashioned way?
Huxley: NO!
Spartan: Whoa! Okay, calm down.
Huxley: Don't tell me to calm down!
Spartan: What's gotten into you? 'Cause it sure as hell wasn't me.
Huxley: Physical relations in the way of intercourse are no longer acceptable John Spartan.
Spartan: What? Why the hell not?
Huxley: It's the law, John. And for your information, the very idea that you suggested it makes me feel personally violated.
Spartan: Wait a minute... violated? Huxley what the hell are you accusing me of here?
Huxley: You need to leave, John.
Spartan: But Huxley.
Huxley: Get out!
Moments later Spartan is arrested for "violating" Huxley.
By the way, that's called satire. Get over it.
Theory is spelled exactly how it's pronounced.
Also, there are hard gs and soft gs, so longevity is also pronounced exactly how it's spelled.
The actual pronunciation of my username, 'Alive-Man' is actually gid-dee-drat-son-drat-son. Hardly anyone knows this.
Really? I never realized it was pronounced "the ory". I've been pronouncing it wrong all of this time.
Examples, please.Also, there are hard gs and soft gs, so longevity is also pronounced exactly how it's spelled.
Jack: How do you know?
Will: It's more of a feeling really.
Jack: Well, that's not scientific. Feeling isn't knowing. Feeling is believing. If you believe it, you can't know because there's no knowing what you believe. Then again, no one should believe what they know either. Once you know anything that anything becomes unbelievable if only by virtue of the fact you now... know it. You know?
Will: No.
If Demolition Man were remade today
Huxley: What's wrong? You broke contact.
Spartan: Contact? I didn't even touch you.
Huxley: Don't you want to make love?
Spartan: Is that what you call this? Why don't we just do it the old-fashioned way?
Huxley: NO!
Spartan: Whoa! Okay, calm down.
Huxley: Don't tell me to calm down!
Spartan: What's gotten into you? 'Cause it sure as hell wasn't me.
Huxley: Physical relations in the way of intercourse are no longer acceptable John Spartan.
Spartan: What? Why the hell not?
Huxley: It's the law, John. And for your information, the very idea that you suggested it makes me feel personally violated.
Spartan: Wait a minute... violated? Huxley what the hell are you accusing me of here?
Huxley: You need to leave, John.
Spartan: But Huxley.
Huxley: Get out!
Moments later Spartan is arrested for "violating" Huxley.
By the way, that's called satire. Get over it.
Gel. Soft G.
Gym. Soft G.
Tucson.
I had never seen Tucson spelled and said at the same time (& was most likely passed out in Geography) ... I thought there was "Tuck-sun" & "Two-son". I have no idea how or why I came to this conclusion, but then I was watching "Cops" & caught it.
My dad nearly throttled me. lmao. He was like "You. Are clearly not my child." & then he was calling it "Tuck-sun" for months. mwahaha
I actually meant for more examples like Longevity wherein the ng and the "j" sounds occur simultaneously.
Jack: How do you know?
Will: It's more of a feeling really.
Jack: Well, that's not scientific. Feeling isn't knowing. Feeling is believing. If you believe it, you can't know because there's no knowing what you believe. Then again, no one should believe what they know either. Once you know anything that anything becomes unbelievable if only by virtue of the fact you now... know it. You know?
Will: No.
If Demolition Man were remade today
Huxley: What's wrong? You broke contact.
Spartan: Contact? I didn't even touch you.
Huxley: Don't you want to make love?
Spartan: Is that what you call this? Why don't we just do it the old-fashioned way?
Huxley: NO!
Spartan: Whoa! Okay, calm down.
Huxley: Don't tell me to calm down!
Spartan: What's gotten into you? 'Cause it sure as hell wasn't me.
Huxley: Physical relations in the way of intercourse are no longer acceptable John Spartan.
Spartan: What? Why the hell not?
Huxley: It's the law, John. And for your information, the very idea that you suggested it makes me feel personally violated.
Spartan: Wait a minute... violated? Huxley what the hell are you accusing me of here?
Huxley: You need to leave, John.
Spartan: But Huxley.
Huxley: Get out!
Moments later Spartan is arrested for "violating" Huxley.
By the way, that's called satire. Get over it.
My primary school once held a contest to see if anyone could pronounce Lake Rerewhakaaitu properly. The common informal (and incorrect) pronunciation was something like "rooroo smurf eye two".Oh man, Maori pronunciation is the best. I went to Lake Taupo and it looks like it sounds like "tow-po" but it's like "toe-paw". Whangarei is even better. Whakatane is just
Fringe. Orange. Range. Binge. Singe. Arrange. Derange. Enjoy. And so on. At least in my dialect of English these all have the same sound as longevity.
It's ridiculous to have a letter with two sounds when there is already another letter that makes one of them.
Kefka's coming, look intimidating!
Have a nice day!!
Let's also scrap C then - we have Ks and Ss.
ch isn't represented by any other sound, but other than that, yeah, c is pretty close to linguistically useless in English.
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