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[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 38 points 4 days ago

I think European Union is weird with some accents. It sounds almost like "Europinyinyinyin"

[-] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago

I am not sober. I just had far too much fun saying "europinyinyinyin" out loud over and over again, so thank you for that. :)

I think I have some extended family who probably say it similarly to that, too. Probably the ones from the deep south.

[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I'm happy you like it, it's been stuck in my brain for months and I still think it's a bit funny.

[-] jaycifer@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

That’s just, like, Europinyin, Man.

[-] remon@ani.social 8 points 3 days ago
[-] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I'm glad to see someone's made this because it's been bouncing around in my head for ages but I've never got around to putting it together and letting it out.

[-] danekrae@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago
[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

All right, all right, don't hurt yourself!

[-] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Much more straightforward in British English where d and t are more distinct

[-] fluckx@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Or this monster:

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_while_John_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_a_better_effect_on_the_teacher

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

The fact that that sentence can even be considered in any way correct is a fucking travesty

[-] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I would argue that, without the punctuation, it's not technically correct. The references to James and John saying "had had," at least, should be in quotes. Additionally, unless broken up with a semicolon or a period before the final four "hads," it's a run-on sentence.

If you change the "hads" that mean provided/said in the context of the sentence (excluding the quoted ones), you could write it as:

James, while John had [said] "had", had [said] "had had"; "had had" had [provided] a better effect on the teacher.

And though it doesn't flow right to me to have James and his action verb split by a phrase about John, I'm not sure that's incorrect. Phrasing it to fix the flow, for me, would be:

While John had [said] "had", James had [said] "had had"; "had had" had [provided] a better effect on the teacher.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I guess. But to me the most baffling thing is such a sentence can even be constructed. Even disregarding the missing punctuation. I don't think I could even get close to this in my native language. Maybe 2 or 3 worda at most and even then probably not.

[-] isyasad@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

The fact that five of the "hads" are not semantically the word "had" but rather a quotation makes this one weaker than "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" imo, though you could argue that Buffalo as a proper noun is also kinda cheating.

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

That's plain ol' fucking stupid.

[-] khepri@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, these are really silly if you can use quotes or like place/person names. Like if my Dad named Had lived in a town called Had Had, and his favorite thing to say was "had had had"...it just becomes like stupid to say that's some crazy example of a grammatical sentence even if it technically is.

[-] VerilyFemme 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Edididid

I've also found that most words become surreal the harder you look at them.

Say the word green like 50 times in a row and tell me that shit's not made up (all words are lmao)

[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 points 2 days ago

all words are made up ????..!!

[-] VerilyFemme 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I can't tell if this is sarcastic shock or if this is the type of comment I was trying to preempt by acknowledging that fact.

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 days ago

Now that's a shower thought I like!

It did, didn't it?

[-] Krudler@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago
[-] gigachad@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago

I salivated so hard trying to pronounce that word the whole metro is looking at me now

[-] Looseygoosey@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

So is.. "and Harry pocketed it."

[-] Chais@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago
[-] digger@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago
[-] Chais@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago

I think Stephen Fry famously tripped over this one.

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 days ago

Let me also introduce you to the concept of tongue twisters.

Or, to come to the point:
"Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better."

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

Within 50 years all vowel sounds in English will just be schwa.

[-] falseWhite@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Edi de de ded

[-] notreallyhere@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

maybe you should edit it

[-] hakase@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

The one I always heard was "Dead-headed Ed edited it".

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Zed's dead, baby, Zed's dead.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago
[-] tomiant@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

Also "clothes".

Klo-dthy-sys.

[-] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

semantic saturation before you're done saying it

[-] Pika@rekabu.ru 1 points 3 days ago

Eddie Teddie

[-] embed_me@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago

A D-Day tit

[-] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I actually kinda like how it feels to say.

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