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  • edited 2017-04-12 19:33:08
    We can do anything if we do it together.
    I admit I default on "Toe-ron-toe" myself. >_>
  • edited 2017-04-12 19:34:38
    My dreams exceed my real life
    Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario now incorporated into Toronto
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

    I admit I default on "Toe-ron-toe" myself. >_>

    You're from there, so it's physically impossible for you to say it wrong.

    That's how this works.
  • We can do anything if we do it together.
    o7
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Aliroz said:

    As far as everyone I grew up with proounced things...

    The final vowel of, "Montana", is the same sound as the final vowel of, "Oregon", which is also the final vowel of, "Florida".

    The middle vowel of, "Montana" is the same as the vowel sound of, "Stan".

    The first vowel of, "Montana", and the last vowel of, "Utah" are the same.

    Of course, different accents are valid, and I know I pronounce, "for", and "fur", and, "fir", the same when a more educated person would probably pronounce, "for", like the number.

    Depends on how emphatic you're being around here. We distinguish between cot and caught rather strongly, and father and bother don't quite rhyme, but fur and fir sound the same, and depending on where you are in the city, merry and Murray do too—although never marry and Mary, which are very different.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Actually, I guess fur is rounder than fir? It's only just noticeable if you're comparing the two directly.
  • you fools! you have caused sredni to discuss phonetics! now he will slather us all with vowel mergers and glottal stops!!!
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

    Aliroz said:

    Tre said:

    I had to train myself to say it the right way, the other one is more natural tbh

    Hmm. It always made sense to me that it would share the, "ad" sound of, "Colorado", and growing up everyone pronounced it, "add".
    I've heard Colorado pronounced both ways, too.

    Come to think of it, I don't know which is actually correct. @Anonus?

    I've heard that natives say "rad" while transplants say "rod"
  • edited 2017-04-12 20:56:02
    Tre said:

    Tuh-ron-o is used in both Total Drama and Scott Pilgrim so I tend to stick with that pronunciation

    seems like most Amurricans say it with two Ts tho

    Most Canadians pronounce both of the Ts, also. People from there mostly don't, so it's sometimes seen as a kind of shibboleth. But also, Section is definitely not the only native Torontonian I know of who pronounces the Ts so its value as one is questionable.

    Also, if you say it "correctly", it's more like "Tronno" really. I say it that way, but I also say "innernet" for instance. Dropping Ts after Ns is a common but not universal feature of Southern Ontario accents, in general.
    Anonus said:

    Aliroz said:

    Tre said:

    I had to train myself to say it the right way, the other one is more natural tbh

    Hmm. It always made sense to me that it would share the, "ad" sound of, "Colorado", and growing up everyone pronounced it, "add".
    I've heard Colorado pronounced both ways, too.

    Come to think of it, I don't know which is actually correct. @Anonus?

    I've heard that natives say "rad" while transplants say "rod"
    See that's interesting because I used to say "rad", following the pronunciation of my friend who was really into the Avalanche, but at some point I think I shifted to "rod" because it seemed to be more common so I assumed it was correct. But of course, the people among whom it was more common did not generally have any actual connection with the state of Colorado...
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    My mother is from Michigan and uses "rod" so
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    Tamlin said:

    you fools! you have caused sredni to discuss phonetics! now he will slather us all with vowel mergers and glottal stops!!!

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  • kill living beings
    Wow, 60 new posts, oh it's whatever plus the good fish lore

    Anyway, plus side, we flew on more or less a great circle, and straight over greenland

    Minus side, i never want to be on a plane again
  • kill living beings
    I was in the air for like twelve hours, am clinically depressed, and am still cheerier than CBP agents
  • edited 2017-04-12 22:38:45
    kill living beings
    Also: hi jane

    Gonna hope i don't get arrested for pastry smuggling
  • That article does not want me to look at it.
  • edited 2017-04-12 23:23:48
    kill living beings
    TSA was still worse than CBP, impressive

    (Of course, this is probably just because I'm American)

    (The detailed search thing was all indians with huge bags and no command of English)

    (Bureaucratic dark comedy: saw multiple instances of people crossing the "stop and wait for an attendant" line and getting shooed back. The side of the stop sign facing the line was only in English, but the backside was uselessly multilingual)

    Also all the agents had accents. Score for irony.
  • We can do anything if we do it together.
    ^^^ It doesn't work on my phone.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Anonus said:
    Was it particularly good or bad or important to the genre?
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    My mom has been arguing back and forth all day on facebook with some guy who thinks the Dao deserved being dragged off the plane
  • I remember when I randomly felt like it was early 2010 again

    but that would actually be bad since we hadn't taken over the antiques mall yet so I was between jobs, and also Dusty had not been born.

    this has been your completely pointless moment of the day.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

    Anonus said:
    Was it particularly good or bad or important to the genre?
    I think it was good but only us Sonic fans still seem to care about anything past '06 (or, hell, Sonic & Knuckles)
  • Simplest explanation: Sonic becomes a werewolf. People liked the parts where Sonic isn't a werewolf.


  • Incidentally this is a good video about Sanic
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Hexartes said:

    Simplest explanation: Sonic becomes a werewolf. People liked the parts where Sonic isn't a werewolf.

    The werewolf parts were still fun though
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Also several of those stages had boss music
  • edited 2017-04-13 01:37:55
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Odradek said:

    Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario now incorporated into Toronto

    that doesn't count
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    WE Sonic fans
  • I can't find the world events thread again
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    probably for the best
  • Munch munch, chomp chomp...
    Beep.
  • ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    Ah, back to the old n6749289_jpg_100, or, crocshades.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Only thing I really know about Sonic worth a damn: Most of the character designs are hideous, except for Miles, of whom there is a decent amount of cute gay fanart.
  • ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    Eight year old Me is gonna kick your shins, ferret.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    The early (Genesis-era) Sonic games are great and I will gladly play them until I am dead and buried.

    After that I don't give a crap
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Aliroz said:

    Eight year old Me is gonna kick your shins, ferret.

    The designs are just so aesthetically displeasing to me. Tails gets a pass despite not really looking like a fox because at least he's cute.
  • Munch munch, chomp chomp...
    Tails is a friend.
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Tails is wonderful
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Tails has a machete
  • We can do anything if we do it together.
    Tails is cute.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

    Only thing I really know about Sonic worth a damn: Most of the character designs are hideous, except for Miles, of whom there is a decent amount of cute gay fanart.

    which designs other than his aren't hideous
  • Tali > Tails imo
  • edited 2017-04-13 02:25:29
    ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    -five year old Aliroz voice-

    Aw, c'mon you guyth.  Knuckleth has legoeht on his thoeth, and he hath green thockth!
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    My gritty sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog that takes place 50 years later, in which an old slow Sonic is voiced by Clint Eastwood

    And George Clooney as Tails
  • Sonic Heroes was actually the second game I got for the PS2, after Kingdom Hearts and discounting the number of shoddy licensed games that I bought in my foolish youth. For that reason, and that reason only, Sonic holds a small spot in my heart. It taught me what 3D games could actually do when they were mechanic-focused instead of brand-focused. 

    Also, I wish the video guy talked more about the Secret Rings spinoff, because Secret Rings does actually do some competent work in the traditional Sonic vein. Not Black Knight though. Black Knight makes Sonic 06 look ambitious
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    The Shrek 2 game was pretty good, actually
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