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I've always pronounced it just like the food. My nephew, an artist living in Santiago, always pronounces it the way a Chilean would (Chee-lay), but I'm in America and that's the way a lot of us pronounce it. I also pronounce "France" differently than a Frenchman would say it.

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02-06-2017 , 03:15 PM

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Johnny Truant

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My wife is ESL. She always wants me to correct her grammar and pronunciation, which is very, very good in general. I corrected her to pronounce France as "frants" instead of "Fronse" once before I realized I'm an idiot and the names of foreign countries are not English words.

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02-06-2017 , 03:26 PM

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dkgojackets

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what? someone learning french could mispronounce etats-unis

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02-06-2017 , 03:39 PM

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Johnny Truant

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Originally Posted by dkgojackets

what? someone learning french could mispronounce etats-unis

Good point, but that does not apply to France.

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02-06-2017 , 04:02 PM

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Didace

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How do you pronounce Spain?

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02-06-2017 , 04:12 PM

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Johnny Truant

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Originally Posted by Didace

How do you pronounce Spain?

If you're asking me, I never talk about it.

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02-06-2017 , 04:17 PM

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dkgojackets

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is there a larger point to this seemingly absurd line of posts?

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02-06-2017 , 04:32 PM

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Johnny Truant

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Well, I can't draw it out for you so here's a summary.

Topic: pronunciation of the names of countries
Me: adds a short post about the topic that isn't 100% precise
You: see an opportunity to point out I'm not 100% precise in my post so pretend to miss the point to offer an exception.
Me: good work.
Did: some kind of set up to show another exception
Me: here's an answer worthy of the defense of the position I've been assigned
You: I don't like you so I'll pretend this line of posts is dumb and beneath me by breathing life into it instead of letting it die out
Me:eff you too

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02-06-2017 , 04:55 PM

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robrich

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The term 'pop up' and its expanding use to give ventures the appearance of being trendy.
Probably crowd funded as well.
Pop up organic coffee shop. Pop up tattoo studio. Pop up hipster beard trimming salon.

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02-06-2017 , 06:12 PM

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thethethe

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^ good one

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02-06-2017 , 07:45 PM

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BrookTrout

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Super Bowl half-time shows (or any televised music) where they surround the stage with 100s of extras, all going crazy.

This last halftime show wasn't as bad - the extras actually looked cool with those LED's, but something about it still annoys me.

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02-06-2017 , 08:30 PM

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Garick

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On a similar note: Sing the whole damned song!

Last edited by Garick; 02-06-2017 at 08:31 PM. Reason: <shakes fist at cloud>

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02-06-2017 , 09:31 PM

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SirOsis

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How early babies have to go to bed. I was over at my friends place for the SB and he and his wife have a 5 month old boy. He's the life of the party, laughing, trying to figure out how to roll over from his back to stomach etc., and then it's 6:15pm and it's his bedtime. Come on. He doesn't look tired to me.

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02-06-2017 , 10:33 PM

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thethethe

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Sounds like me in my drinking days...

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02-06-2017 , 10:33 PM

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pvn

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The guy who got in line at 7:30 for a 9:00 departure. He's in the line for the first boarding group.

How do you know what time he got there?

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02-06-2017 , 10:34 PM

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dkgojackets

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maybe he was sitting around at 7:30 waiting for said flight and saw the guy get in line

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02-06-2017 , 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by JayTeeMe

*Anglicize

I ain't mad tho. I understand you don't speak English well.

Excellent

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02-08-2017 , 05:36 PM

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Gerb iLL

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Sitting on the toilet ready to drop a monster dook, then some rando comes in and dribbles 6 drops of piss in a minute as I'm waiting to blast.

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02-08-2017 , 05:49 PM

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whatthejish

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Originally Posted by Gerb iLL

Sitting on the toilet ready to drop a monster dook, then some rando comes in and dribbles 6 drops of piss in a minute as I'm waiting to blast.

lol, people like this. What are you trying to hide? Everyone knows you are taking a ****.

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02-08-2017 , 05:51 PM

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Gerb iLL

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I'd prefer to blast this massive log out in some privacy, I think it's reasonable to expect an adult male to finish pissing 10ml of urine in less than a minute.

Do you enjoy hearing **** splashes?

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02-08-2017 , 06:14 PM

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Rexx14

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Howard,

Well said.

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02-08-2017 , 07:38 PM

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ctyri

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I'd prefer to blast this massive log out in some privacy, I think it's reasonable to expect an adult male to finish pissing 10ml of urine in less than a minute.

Do you enjoy hearing **** splashes?

It's circular. He was hoping you'd provide some backdrop splashing so he can pee in some privacy rather than have you quietly focusing on his every drop. You have yourself to blame.