On there, if that makes sense
From: butterknife - calcium depraved #51
Date: 01/27/26 @ 6:24 AM
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From: butterknife - calcium depraved #52
Date: 01/27/26 @ 6:24 AM
fuck
From: slimwhitem #53
Date: 01/27/26 @ 6:28 AM
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From: Timred - Stamina of a year old #54
Date: 01/27/26 @ 4:02 PM
fear7trembling said:

There is a history there: some vehicles were open top, and like a van or a bus, so it made sense to say "off" or "on" as opposed to enclosed vehicles, where you got "in" or "out".

Great point!
Does a person "get on" the bus or "in" the bus? Do you "get off" the bus or "out of" the bus?
From: L Q #55
Date: 01/27/26 @ 4:20 PM
Some people around here say, he sleep, instead of he's asleep or he's sleeping.
From: fear7trembling - I hope you're watching when it #56
Date: 01/27/26 @ 7:06 PM
That could be an elision of "he's asleep". Maybe it's lazy but what meaning is lost.
From: bfte #57
Date: 01/27/26 @ 7:25 PM
you walk/step onto a bus, you climb into a car or truck or suv

is my initial thought. probably a poor distinction.

"supposably" pisses me off.
also when people say "a couple" but they mean 3+

NO.
From: fear7trembling - I hope you're watching when it #58
Date: 01/27/26 @ 7:39 PM
Ely says supposably.
I made up my mind that the the aggression to the person being corrected (humiliation, belittlement) is greater than that to the listener (halting, correctness).
If it's not causing confusion or perpetuating bad habits, swallow your pride and be gentle.
From: bfte #59
Date: 01/27/26 @ 7:46 PM
if i can understand what they are trying to say i'm not gonna be a dick about it. it does hurt me to hear it though.

the couple thing can cause problems and we really need to come together as a people and nail that one down.
From: Denkar - Don't panic. #60
Date: 01/27/26 @ 8:28 PM
You're either on the bus or off the bus.
From: slimwhitem #61
Date: 01/27/26 @ 8:54 PM
it has to do with how back in the day people used to ride on the roof of the bus and used reins like it was a horse
From: chobbler - - - - - - billy bumpkin here - #62
Date: 01/27/26 @ 10:45 PM
fear7trembling said:

Not until just now, no.
You dumb hick.

They said that to me at a dinner.
From: fear7trembling - I hope you're watching when it #63
Date: 01/28/26 @ 12:14 AM
They're saying it's impossible that that many bodies are falling out of coffins every day.
They're saying we must have rigged something.
I didn't do SHIT.
I didn't RIG SHIT.
From: haze - up the back stairs #64
Date: 01/28/26 @ 1:27 AM
On/off? The heyall?
From: chobbler - - - - - - billy bumpkin here - #65
Date: 01/28/26 @ 1:30 AM
Get on the car, idiot.
From: haze - up the back stairs #66
Date: 01/28/26 @ 1:30 AM
fear7trembling said:

Ely says supposably.
I made up my mind that the the aggression to the person being corrected (humiliation, belittlement) is greater than that to the listener (halting, correctness).
If it's not causing confusion or perpetuating bad habits, swallow your pride and be gentle.
Chose to do that with my step brother. It took a lot.
From: fear7trembling - I hope you're watching when it #67
Date: 01/28/26 @ 1:35 AM
I think what cinched it was thinking about how people pointing out ax/ask made me feel and I was just like, I'm not going to be that person.
Also, if you want to be super annoying about it, in OE "askan" and "acsan" were basically interchangeable and also derived from a noun "asc" which is not directly where we get the business-speak "ask" from, but it's been seen before.
So really it's just kind of a keep your mouth shut about it.
From: Space Cat - please delete this account #68
Date: 01/28/26 @ 1:37 AM
Everybody knows that.
From: fear7trembling - I hope you're watching when it #69
Date: 01/28/26 @ 1:40 AM
Okay well great next time I'll leave my Bosworth-Teller on the shelf and you can tell everybody.
From: fear7trembling - I hope you're watching when it #70
Date: 01/28/26 @ 1:56 AM
I do still have trouble with people using the simple past over the past participle (ate/eaten, saw/seen, went/gone, etc), but I just let myself have my feelings for two seconds and then I pick it back up.
From: GoonGoonington - Straight Panic, Gay Excellence #71
Date: 01/28/26 @ 2:02 AM
Six months in Mexico, and I'm still convinced everyone has a brother named Hermano.
From: Rob #72
Date: 01/28/26 @ 2:02 AM
Slathering on that spf bud?
From: fear7trembling - I hope you're watching when it #73
Date: 01/28/26 @ 2:05 AM
"Wow it's crazy how everyone has an auntie named Tia."
From: slimwhitem #74
Date: 01/28/26 @ 2:40 AM
i used to listen to some podcast where the guy put this weird emphasis on -ing words, almost like it was pronounced -ingk or maybe -inguh

i can’t describe it, but it was annoying
From: GoonGoonington - Straight Panic, Gay Excellence #75
Date: 01/28/26 @ 2:49 AM
Professor Brian Cox.
From: GoonGoonington - Straight Panic, Gay Excellence #76
Date: 01/28/26 @ 2:50 AM
the manc accent is strong with this one.
From: fear7trembling - I hope you're watching when it #77
Date: 01/28/26 @ 2:55 AM
i used to listen to some podcast where the guy put this weird emphasis on -ing words, almost like it was pronounced -ingk or maybe -inguh
I'm not sure if we're talking about the same thing, but a lot of people do a terminal schwa after an alveolar/palatal/glottal stop, eg annoying,uh, rude,uh, stop,uh, etc.
It's like a stepchild of upspeak but the really weird thing is that they usually don't know what you're talking about when you point it out because it's an affectation and not an actual linguistic function.
From: haze - up the back stairs #78
Date: 01/28/26 @ 3:05 AM
Man... is it three o'clock yet, prof?
From: fear7trembling - I hope you're watching when it #79
Date: 01/28/26 @ 3:07 AM
...
Are you sassing me, young'un.
From: haze - up the back stairs #80
Date: 01/28/26 @ 3:09 AM
I mean, yeah.
From: haze - up the back stairs #81
Date: 01/28/26 @ 3:11 AM
And "young'un"? I wear diapers.
From: haze - up the back stairs #82
Date: 01/28/26 @ 3:12 AM
Hang on.
From: chobbler - - - - - - billy bumpkin here - #83
Date: 01/28/26 @ 3:13 AM
Upgrade to a wearable funnel that empties into your boot.
From: fear7trembling - I hope you're watching when it #84
Date: 01/28/26 @ 3:15 AM
Hang on.
No takey-backies.
From: slimwhitem #85
Date: 01/28/26 @ 3:15 AM
yeah, i guess then if i had to explain it it would be he had a very distinct and deliberate pronunciation of -ing words using a (very) hard g. not the velar nasal or silent g or whatever most ing words use

i say deliberate because words like singing didn’t come out like singkingk, but sing-ingk

ill have to look him up. i barely remember what the podcast was about because it was so distracting i stopped listening to it after an episode and a half
From: Space Cat - please delete this account #86
Date: 01/28/26 @ 3:16 AM
My wife tells me I pronounce the g in ing, but I don't know about it.
She might be lyinG.
From: haze - up the back stairs #87
Date: 01/28/26 @ 3:20 AM
Sports guy I follow puts the emphasis on "wide" in "wide receiver."
Not a big deal, I've just always done the opposite.
From: slimwhitem #88
Date: 01/28/26 @ 3:21 AM
u callin me fat, coach?
From: fear7trembling - I hope you're watching when it #89
Date: 01/28/26 @ 3:22 AM
Is she an "-in'" type?
I do that but only because I trained myself out of a stammer and it helped me get to the end of a sentence, but on the other hand me dad's side is from NW Arkansas and they do love to hang on it a little.
Though if you're putting a half-syllable on it, well, you do you.
From: slimwhitem #90
Date: 01/28/26 @ 3:25 AM
a radio guy in these parts really put the emphasis on the TEE part of seventy like he was trying to prove a point. he had to say it several times a day because it was in the station identifier

i wanted to hate it more, but like, fine ur right, whatever
From: Space Cat - please delete this account #91
Date: 01/28/26 @ 3:30 AM
Though if you're putting a half-syllable on it, well, you do you.
Listen, I don't know what I'm doing. Noises come out of my mouth and I have nothing to do with it.
From: fear7trembling - I hope you're watching when it #92
Date: 01/28/26 @ 3:32 AM
I don't think I've come across that but it makes me wonder.
The "-ty" suffix is a cousin of "te" (French), "-tad" (Spanish", "-ta" (Italian), and even "-tat" (German) and they're usually accented, so maybe that's a thing,
But also some people are just weird and annoying.
From: Timred - Stamina of a year old #93
Date: 01/28/26 @ 5:21 AM
haze said:

Sports guy I follow puts the emphasis on "wide" in "wide receiver."
Not a big deal, I've just always done the opposite.

If I meet a new lady friend I usually tell the that they're built like a Ferrari.
Kinda wide and low to the ground.
From: haze - up the back stairs #94
Date: 01/28/26 @ 5:53 AM
MODS!?
From: fear7trembling - I hope you're watching when it #95
Date: 01/28/26 @ 5:56 AM
Don't worry, he doesn't actually interact with women.
From: haze - up the back stairs #96
Date: 01/28/26 @ 5:58 AM
Me neither, whew!
From: fear7trembling - I hope you're watching when it #97
Date: 01/28/26 @ 6:03 AM
Okay, Mister Secret Dipsy.

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