T O P I C ��� R E V I E W
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Nimrod
Member # 205
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So, I have one final week of vacation left for now and I'm going to �land, an island next to Sweden and catch fish, chicks and sun! I will be gone for all of 192 hours, give or take. Try not to tear the place down! (That goes for you too, Jeff, in the name of mighty biff)
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My Publically Displayed Name
Member # 256
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Just remember, fish and sun don't bite back when you catch 'm, chicks OTOH have been known to do it
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AndrewR
Member # 44
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how do you pronounce "�land"? And what is the '�' called? like the the � is nyeh and the squiggley line is a tildeor � is c cedilla... and sounds like ssss as in Fran�ois. I'm also curious about: � and �
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MeGotBeer
Member # 411
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BIFF!!!!!
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Siegfried
Member # 29
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Have a lot of fun, Nimrod! Good luck on catching stuff (especially the chicks).
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Nimrod
Member # 205
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Well, �land is certainly not as backwards as I thought, they do have cybercaf�'s! The � is kind of like o as in "born", but the english pronounciation can't do it properly, I'm afraid. � is almost like the u in burn but of course it can sound differently in different contexts. The ferries have lots of liquor and gerls, both taxfree, and I'm off to a skeetshooting range, also said to have regular pistols. Teehee! In other words, all things biff. Seeya in 5, I love ya, crew!
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PsyLiam
Member # 73
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I feel a lot of emotion in the room.
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Aethelwer
Member # 36
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The "u" in "burn" is silent, though. And the "o" in "born" is just a regular o...
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MeGotBeer
Member # 411
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Wow. The emotion in this room is so thick you could cut it with a butter knife.Oh, wait, I just did.
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TSN
Member # 31
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"The 'u' in 'burn' is silent, though." Erm... No. "Burn" != "brn". Not the way I've ever heard anyone speak, anyway.
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Kosh
Member # 167
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quote: Erm... No. "Burn" != "brn".
DAMN, you beat me to it!
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Aethelwer
Member # 36
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Fine, how do you say it? I've only ever heard it with the postalveolar approximant as the sole vowel sound.
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PsyLiam
Member # 73
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When did you swallow a dictionary Frank?If I had to approximate, it sounds more like "Bern". Or "Bearn". But the "U" in "burn" sounds nothing like the "U" in "hum".
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Nimrod
Member # 205
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Well, I'm back. I got a tan, about seven litres of taxfree strong stuff (It got kind of freaky when I payed for the goodies, got the receipt and it ended with "Total: 666.00"), some clothes and a disgusting cold. It's going away juuust before I start working again, great huh? Well, I got some great R&R so I can't complain. Now, the O with the stripe across is the norwegian/danish version of �. The � is not called anything special because it's just another letter here, as is � and �.
� is easy, sounds like the a in "cat". The � can be like both the o in "born" or in "pond", it depends on the word. The � also has two ways of pronounciation, the easy one being like the e in "herd". But the other way simply doesn't exist in any english language or dialect. I don't write in true phonetical so I don't know how to describe it. And I won't make a .wav with me singing the letter � to you, you shameless turnips!!!
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Aethelwer
Member # 36
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The e in herd is not pronounced; if it were, it would sound like "haird." Are you thinking of a rounded front vowel, as in German?
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Nimrod
Member # 205
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Yes, it's not a very pronounced E, is it? All the nordic languages are sisters of the germanian language tree and yes, the germans also use � and � in much the same way.
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Nimrod
Member # 205
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AndrewR: Where did you find "�"??? I've never seen that symbol and we sure as hell don't use it actively.
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Aethelwer
Member # 36
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The eth is what the th in "Aethelwer" should be, actually. It is used in, among others, Old English and Icelandic, and represents a voiced dental fricative (th in "the," for example).
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