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michaelicious:

--- Quote from: jhocking on 02 Dec 2008, 08:46 ---Yeah, the rule is based on sound, not spelling (ie. what matters is whether the word is pronounced with a vowel first, not whether it is spelled with a vowel first; an example in the other direction is "unicorn" because that is pronounced with a consonant Y first) and that's why I assumed it had to do with different accents.

As for the 3 syllables thing, that sound pretty fishy to me.

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It is pretty fishy. It's not a rule or anything. I think it's just a habit people have adopted to sound sophisticated.

McTaggart:

--- Quote from: michaelicious on 02 Dec 2008, 08:53 ---It is pretty fishy. It's not a rule or anything. I think it's just an habit people have adopted to sound sophisticated.

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(I'm sorry)

jhocking:
HEY ABBOTT!

ADDITION: Funny coincidence because of the discussion about careers in music on the previous page, my fiancee just emailed me this link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/27/business/smallbusiness/27shift.html?emc=eta1

michaelicious:

--- Quote from: McTaggart on 02 Dec 2008, 09:40 ---
--- Quote from: michaelicious on 02 Dec 2008, 08:53 ---It is pretty fishy. It's not a rule or anything. I think it's just an habit people have adopted to sound sophisticated.

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(I'm sorry)

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o/

ZJGent:
Today, blogen throgen,

I ate some porridge, and then, a long while after, I ate some stotties and minces.
I felt the most Northern I have ever felt in my life whilst doing so.
I think the only way I could have felt more Northern is if I had called the stotties "barm cakes".

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