fox: linguistics-related IPA (linguistics)
fox ([personal profile] fox) wrote2003-11-21 06:42 pm

memo

to: everyone
from: fox

please pronounce the word tour correctly. the vowel is the same as the vowel in lure, not the vowel in lore. (the same is true of sure, by the way -- it is not pronounced the same way as shore.) i know it's spelled just like four, which really does rhyme with lore -- sorry about that. but, please, from this language, what did you expect?

thank you.

Re: What's wrong with variety?

[identity profile] wholenother.livejournal.com 2003-11-22 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Youse guys" is my favorite.

Oh, "y'all's" hurts!

"Y'all" to refer to two people -- that's "you both" or "both of you," buddies! -- upsets me. To refer to only one person? I shudder at the thought. But it happens.

4PPM used "fora" instead of "forums" in class the other day. Made me so happy I had to interrupt the class to cheer him on! Teehee!

Okay, that's enough from me.