i said parsive instead of pahsive, apparently this makes me posh, i think this is very silly to think such a thing.
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Someone at work called me posh because of pronounciation of the word "passive".
no votes
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by GalacticStar3ruption
nah it just means
you can't speak properly
yeah
agreed
parsive?
are u lloyd grossman?
It's funny how with a glaswegian accent
you tend to pronounce things to a better standard, despite people thinking glasgow's full of troglodites. You'd never be caught saying "parsive" up here.
This is true.
But only really with a well spoken Glaswegian accent.
What is wrong with all of you?
i don't think i've ever heard anyone say
'parsive'........
do you sound like lloyd grossman?
LOYD
but yes, that was the voice i imagined him saying it in
PARSNIP
I love parsnips
Me too
they're my favourite root vegetable.
Not posh. Just wrong.
^ This
the two versions you've written would be virtually identical
do you mean 'parsive or passive'? It is a phonetic word. And no-one says it 'parsive' because that's just wrong.
'Phonetic word'?
Do you mean it's spelled phonetically? Because it isn't, whichever way you pronounce it:
/p{sIv/ - 'passive', 'normal'
/pa:sIv/ - 'pahsive', 'posh'
/parsIv/ - 'parsive', rhotic
End of Language Log rant.
YUS!
Fellow linguist in the house! I love phonetics :p
*Respect knuckles*
Phonetics 4 life
very silly to say it like that really
hmm,
I'd say 'Parss' for Pass, but 'Pahss' (like Gas) for Passive.
Not posh, just wrong.
Only th every, very, very posh migh say paaahsive
the same lot who say plaaaastic.
I don't think that's posh
I've NEVER heard anyone say that though. That's a word which everyone pronounces with a flat 'a' don't they? Like 'massive', too.
MARSIVE
PLARSTER
FARSTER DADDY, FARSTER FARSTER. NOT THAT FARST!
so many memories
Or flaccid
Have you ever met Pocket mouse?
I think you two should be introduced
Why the fuck would I pronounce words like an idiot?
And if I did, why the fuck would I start a thread about it?
I have severely misjudged you in the past
Sorry
I was thinking more of your similarity in posting in a way that attracts far more derision and knocking than either of your personalities deserve.
I mean that you both basically seem to put your posting 'feet' right in it.
Others are actually far more offensive or contentious (GG for one) but noth you and Galactic have a habit of posting in a manner that makes many get a bit annoyed, undeservedly so, because apart from the manner, there is basically nothing that awful about your ideas, they're just a bit..........erm............unusually put/expressed
bless you dear creakyness
Oh dear God...
I quit. Forever. DiS. Life.
You have, in two posts, managed to destroy my already small will to live.
stay
you win at stuff
ooops sorry
my bad.
Don't go (I mentioned you in my list of disers I want to meet....thats a bit of a sop I know....but its something)
Im off for a walk to contemplate my error
:D
surely it's allowed
if you pronounce pass like parse, otherwise how does it make any sense.
oh fuxake
well, it's true
and i'm sure i've heard other people pronounce it the way i do anyway.
i give up
Whose turn is it to get the
coffees in?
yes but there is also an ending to 'passive'
where as there is no ending to 'pass'
endings change the way something is pronounced....often
Would you say "critical marse" too?
it's just English innit.
would you say
pocket marse? or pocket moose?
neither?
sorry i meant to address that to galacticstar3uption
Aaah i see
pesky boards
'passive' is not a development of the verb 'to pass'
so even if written English were a good guide to spoken English, that would not be right. English pronunctiation doesn't really make any sense, but there are correct and incorrect ways to say things - albeit basically by convention. And it's 'passive', not 'parsive'. It just is.
parsive and pahsive sound the same dont they?
Im going to heahly ruht you foh saying trat
i agree.
"ah" is not a flat a sound. you need that little semi-circle thing on top to signify the second (i.e. the correct) version.
another great thread
Im going to heahly ruht you foh saying trat
:D
hey, fuck you guys
i can say words however i want, people just make up shit these days anyway, no-one speaks properly anymore.
if i want to say one word differently, then i can. it's not as though i can speak properly.
Well, carry on doing so.
Just, y'know, don't tell us about it when you do?
what?
i was starting a discussion, is that not allowed on an internet forum?
Don't start a discussion
then get all in a tizzy when the world disagrees with you.
+ points for tizzy
tizzy would make an excellant baby girls name
my friend saw izzy from neighbours in a lift the other day
apparently she was beautiful.
She's almost called tizzy.
i'm not in a tizzy.
i just don't understand where people are coming from.
wah wah wah no one understands me!
haha
^
yeah, this pretty much sums it up.
you go girl!
ok say it differently
people will just not understand you, or call you posh.
if you can't understand that then you'd have to be retarted.
why seek the approbation of the internet if you don't care so much?
because it's something to do innit
do people actually care about the things they post half the time, i doubt it.
you obviously do care though!
best typo ever
im like a dessert that isnt very clever
i was referencing one of my posts on another thread.
sure you were
i thought people knew about my "retarted" comment
do you care?
of course my mistake
how could anyone not be aware of everything youve ever posted
Im going to heahly ruht you foh saying trat
exactly, i'm glad you've learned from this
killer a man
srsly
WAIT
did they call you 'Pawsh' or 'Posh'
Is this thread something
to do with our Polish friends again?
the shoe shining stuff
or the hard-working eastern Europeans?
The latter. It reminds me of
that thread from earlier in the week concerning the new exciting language known as 'Ponglish' I think it was. Bamos started it I think.
well you're wrong
being posh implies that you're well-spoken, not badly.
I prefer to call it 'strangely spoken'
rather than 'badly'
it wasn't me that said it
although i am quite well spoken.
yeah i know
but you're still wrong. mind you i used to say plar-stacine and rar-nt so who am i to talk? NO-ONE.
yeah you do talk weird
:( some people like it
stupid people
you're just jealous
you wish i was
...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpPR9pN_49s
post some better threads frank
like ridiculously stupid ones
is this too sensible?
well...
Don't be so easily influenced and parsive.
It means you
don't quite know how to say "passive" yet
how cute
...
I might start using parsnip instead of passive now ordinarily to indicate passivity.
are there any other words you habitually misprounounce that could be mistaken for veegtables?
i don't think so
but i'm sticking to this one.
Im going to heahly ruht you foh saying trat
why has no-one else mentioned
*pronunciation
because it's not important