a language that claims patronage to the english language and yet pronounces "Glouchester" as "Gloster" but clearly it should be pronounced, well, "gloww-chester" can say nothing... "Leichester Square?"
hmmm... then again Worchester in Massachusetts is "Wustah" and Arkansas is, god only knows why, pronounced "Ar-can-saw" and not "R-Kansas".
ahem... anyway, 'coloured' just looks... wrong.
Plural of Goose is Geese, so why isn't it Meese for Moose?
Hey man, it's the _English_ language. As a proud subject of Her Britannic Majesty, and a sad possesor of two degrees in Linguistics, don't lecture me on pronunciation !
I may live in MA, but it does not follow that I understand a word
these Yankees are saying.
"Leezure suit" ? What the hell is a "leezure suit" ?
ZO, I assume that you're in Paris, "France", not Texas. If you are a native speaker of French, then I quite understand how English can seem baffling in its pronunciation rules. French is far more orthogonal. But, it is not without its own peculiarities:
"ai", "ait", "ais" and "é" all have the same pronunciation. Which certainly makes learning to SPEAK French a little easier.
a language that claims patronage to the english language and yet pronounces "Glouchester" as "Gloster" but clearly it should be pronounced, well, "gloww-chester" can say nothing...
ZO, I assume that you're in Paris, "France", not Texas. If you are a native speaker of French, then I quite understand how English can seem baffling in its pronunciation rules. French is far more orthogonal. But, it is not without its own peculiarities:
"ai", "ait", "ais" and "é" all have the same pronunciation. Which certainly makes learning to SPEAK French a little easier.
-Simon
Paris France... thats where I am now, not where I'm from.
Grew up in middle east, NYC, Italy, Belgium, Prague, now France... education was in US English all the time.
I'm a nowhere man...
this thread reminds me of that "joke" about how the English language should be transformed into a more "germanic" spelling. Bekoz ze inglish lngwage iz pronownced better zis way. Hmmm, guess you had to be there...
Yes, but it would have to be special AppleBlack - not just ordinary black. Basically it would have to be very black. As the boys from Spinal Tap said "none more black".
I agree. We all think differente, and want to look different too.
how about a dark sapphire blue that is iridescent and slightly shimmery. or maybe a pearly white or how about a pearly grey color that is lighter and warmer than aluminum, but not much darker than white.... it has to be less industrial than the aluminum, since it seems professionals get industrial and consumers get dentist office.
Maybe some of you English-as-a-first-language people don't realise this, but English is a horror house in terms of pronunciation. Think about it. You cannot look at a newly learned English word and be 100% sure how to pronounce it.
pool: is [puhl] (makes sense)
poor: is [por] (wtf?)
book: is [buk] (wtmf?)
cheat: is [cheet] (uh-huh)
caveat: is [kahvjat] (hullo??)
rate: is [rayt] (ah-yuh)
moderate: is [modret] (excusez moi?)
car: is [kar] (d'accord)
cat: is [kjat] (merde)
spleen: is [spleen] (OK)
been: is [ben] (dude)
The list goes on and on and on.
As for the iBook. What about matte-black? And when I say matte, I mean, REALLY matte... sand-paper rough, almost bumpy in texture. And then, in the middle, nice bright white Apple logo. Might be nice.
How about some one doing this buying new macs paint them the color people wont them then selling them for more? Stupid some may say? Look at thoes flower imacs older ones and ones with designins on them. Some people like them then charge a cupple hundered more.
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Originally posted by satchmo
Nothing hides dirt like black.
Erm, sorry, but you've clearly never owned a black automobile. Nothing shows the dirt worse than a black paintjob. Even a white one.
The best colour to hide dirt is, perversely silver.
-Simon
Originally posted by ZO
maybe a black colored iBook
You say "tomayto", I say "tomato"...
-Simon
Originally posted by ZO
maybe a black colored iBook
You will note that the thread originator is a Canadian (as am I). Here, as is also the case in the U.K., Aus. and NZ, we generally spell it "colour".
Also, "rumour", "favourite", "honour" etc. It's one of those differences between between "Standard English" and "American English".
We use the extra letter to help keep typesetters in business.
With the total world domination of the U.S., of course, the American spellings are becoming more common everywhere.
hmmm... then again Worchester in Massachusetts is "Wustah" and Arkansas is, god only knows why, pronounced "Ar-can-saw" and not "R-Kansas".
ahem... anyway, 'coloured' just looks... wrong.
Plural of Goose is Geese, so why isn't it Meese for Moose?
Originally posted by ZO
hmmm... then again Worchester in Massachusetts is "Wustah" and Arkansas is, god only knows why, pronounced "Ar-can-saw" and not "R-Kansas".
It's Worcester, actually.
Oh, and bonus points for correctly pronouncing Poughkeepsie.
I may live in MA, but it does not follow that I understand a word
these Yankees are saying.
"Leezure suit" ? What the hell is a "leezure suit" ?
ZO, I assume that you're in Paris, "France", not Texas. If you are a native speaker of French, then I quite understand how English can seem baffling in its pronunciation rules. French is far more orthogonal. But, it is not without its own peculiarities:
"ai", "ait", "ais" and "é" all have the same pronunciation. Which certainly makes learning to SPEAK French a little easier.
-Simon
Originally posted by ZO
a language that claims patronage to the english language and yet pronounces "Glouchester" as "Gloster" but clearly it should be pronounced, well, "gloww-chester" can say nothing...
Gloucester-----two syllables: "Glouce" and "ster"
Originally posted by sjf
ZO, I assume that you're in Paris, "France", not Texas. If you are a native speaker of French, then I quite understand how English can seem baffling in its pronunciation rules. French is far more orthogonal. But, it is not without its own peculiarities:
"ai", "ait", "ais" and "é" all have the same pronunciation. Which certainly makes learning to SPEAK French a little easier.
-Simon
Paris France... thats where I am now, not where I'm from.
Grew up in middle east, NYC, Italy, Belgium, Prague, now France... education was in US English all the time.
I'm a nowhere man...
this thread reminds me of that "joke" about how the English language should be transformed into a more "germanic" spelling. Bekoz ze inglish lngwage iz pronownced better zis way. Hmmm, guess you had to be there...
Originally posted by Chinney
Yes, but it would have to be special AppleBlack - not just ordinary black. Basically it would have to be very black. As the boys from Spinal Tap said "none more black".
I agree. We all think differente, and want to look different too.
pool: is [puhl] (makes sense)
poor: is [por] (wtf?)
book: is [buk] (wtmf?)
cheat: is [cheet] (uh-huh)
caveat: is [kahvjat] (hullo??)
rate: is [rayt] (ah-yuh)
moderate: is [modret] (excusez moi?)
car: is [kar] (d'accord)
cat: is [kjat] (merde)
spleen: is [spleen] (OK)
been: is [ben] (dude)
The list goes on and on and on.
As for the iBook. What about matte-black? And when I say matte, I mean, REALLY matte... sand-paper rough, almost bumpy in texture. And then, in the middle, nice bright white Apple logo. Might be nice.
Originally posted by Chinney
Gloucester-----two syllables: "Glouce" and "ster"
As someone who grew up in Gloucester, MA, I'd like to point out that it's actually "Gla-stah"...
Many visitors pronounced it "Glowster", of course.
Originally posted by Nordstrodamus
Anyone ever seen polished Hematite? It's black, but with the impression of silvery depth. You can find examples at the discovery store.
Yeah, it looks nice, but it's also EXTREMELY heavy.
Nah, I'm for black anodized aluminum, if anything.
Peace,
C|Q