Tag: silly

Prononciation, tout l’art de la nuance

Je fumais une roulée avec une copine alors que j’avais un peu la tête ailleurs. Ça a résulté en un dialogue assez divertissant:

Elle: “Je roule nettement mieux depuis le 1er juin”.
Je regarde sa roulée, je jette un oeil à la date du jour, je lève les sourcils et hoche la tête en guise d’acquièscement.
Moi: “Ah ouais, en effet, et on est que le 5 juin!”
Elle me regarde en écarquillant les yeux et en fronçant les sourcils. Je quitte mes préoccupations et me recentre illicopronto sur notre conversation, je reviens mentalement en arrière.
Elle: “Hein?”
Moi: “Euh… Tu me parles de début juin et on est le cinq. Je regarde ta roulée, elle est nickel, même si elle a une forme un peu conique.”

Et là, ça devient clair, d’un coup! Le parseur a eu un hoquet sur la prononciation similaire (dans la région, du moins) entre “joint” et “juin”.

How many times you can change the first letter of a name and still have a name?

I have been working hard and am now in much need of a break. This assignment I’m working on makes my brain hurt. So much that for the past hour, I’ve been wandering from one butterfly to the other. I may as well blog, and then go back to the assignment.

The other day on TV there was a character which name I couldn’t quite make out. She was either a “Dina” or a “Tina”. That made me think how the suffix “ina” could fit with numerous consonants:

{d,f,g,h,l,m,n,p,r,t,,}ina

“Ina” is also an existing first name.

I’ve always been somewhat interested by language stuff. However not enough to know how it is called.

I remember as a teenager how I realised with wonder that “aude” was similar to “claude” and “maude” and how all of them could be transformed into “audine”, “claudine”, “maudine” and still sound nice.

On spam…

I usually receive spam to enhance my manhood, or make her moan in bed, or buy a gorgeous replica watch. However today, I received one that stands out. Really.

They call me Sir, but they all do, informing me they are putting up the following for immediate transaction:

  • 1 Unit of BRAND NEW 7,000dwt Oil Tanker (Built Nov, 2008 in China)
  • 1 Unit of BRAND NEW 6740dwt Chemical Tanker (Built Nov, 2008 in China)
  • 1 Unit of 1002dwt Chemical Tanker (Built 1988 in Japan)

Out of interest I searched what these look like. Who on earth would contact them for more information?? One of these boats is almost 120 meters long, weighs tons and costs 0.58 MIL$.