Conversate is a made up word. The word is "converse"

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by oldE

Why do many people begin their sentences with,"So..."?

Best
Les

So I was thinkin about this and I can't explain it.

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by oldE

Why do many people begin their sentences with,"So..."?

Best
Les

So, there's actually a lot of good reasons for this.....

[matthewb0051]

So in Germany it is very common for someone to begin a question or statement with "so". But it is a different language

[quicksix]

Originally Posted by KC911

If you're "getting ready" to do something, what do you say?

Stephanie will get this

"Fixin"

[hbueno]

Originally Posted by john70t

The Brits pronounce "schedule" correctly.
But their "maths" is plural and I'm not sure what a "lawyerer" is.

Er, for "school", do they they say shool or skool? If skool, why not say skedule instead of shedule.

[Geneman]

Lets Cerebrate about it.....

[matthewb0051]

I heard this several years ago from a friend. She was asking a woman how to spell someone's name that contained an apostrophe. (like D'Andre)

The lady was spelling it out and said: D comma up high Andre.

So the apostrophe is no more.

[wilnj]

Originally Posted by john70t

The Brits pronounce "schedule" correctly.
But their "maths" is plural and I'm not sure what a "lawyerer" is.

Maybe we need to put them together with Californians. We can take Californians use of “the” in front of highway numbers and let the Brits use it in front of hospital.

[mjohnson]

Originally Posted by wilnj

Maybe we need to put them together with Californians. We can take Californians use of “the” in front of highway numbers and let the Brits use it in front of hospital.

Gawd I've been around enough Brits that even I occasionally say "sheduule", because of course there's no "k" in schedule. Then they get distracted and wander off when I bring up "school"...

And I, and many of my colleagues at the place that made the first A-bomb, will die on the hill of mispronouncing nuclear. It's frequently "nukular" given the right audience.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by quicksix

"Fixin"

If ya only have yams with turkey on Thanksgiving Day is that a fixin too ?

[dheinz]

I'm going to stop saying "gonna"...

[cabmandone]

How bout "gunna"?

[porsche tech]

Originally Posted by matthewb0051

So in Germany it is very common for someone to begin a question or statement with "so". But it is a different language

Except in Germany they say “zo” as in: “zo, all electrical problems, first thing vee do is shake de foose!

[PorscheGAL]

Originally Posted by cabmando

IDK about Stephanie but us nawthunuhs say "fixin ta"

You do not want to take advice on pronunciations or vocabulary from me. If you hear me say pen and pin they sound exactly the same. My accent completely prevents me from saying things correctly. On the other hand, my accent makes me very identifiable.

[A930Rocket]

Originally Posted by dheinz

I'm going to stop saying "gonna"...

When I use voice to text, every time I say going to, it comes out gonna.

Drives me nuts.

[herr_oberst]

For some reason, I recently noticed that some Brits tend to pronounce this letter > H
'haitch'

whereas 'murricans seen to pronounce it
'aitch'.

[Geronimo '74]

Originally Posted by matthewb0051

I heard this several years ago from a friend. She was asking a woman how to spell someone's name that contained an apostrophe. (like D'Andre)

The lady was spelling it out and said: D comma up high Andre.

So the apostrophe is no more.

Aah, the apostrophe, aka the flying comma.

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by PorscheGAL

You do not want to take advice on pronunciations or vocabulary from me. If you hear me say pen and pin they sound exactly the same. My accent completely prevents me from saying things correctly. On the other hand, my accent makes me very identifiable.

One of my good friends married a woman from Virginia and one of my good friends is from Kentucky. I know EXACTLY what you're talking about.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by PorscheGAL

If you hear me say pen and pin they sound exactly the same.

If I think about the pronunciation of pen and pin, there is a tiny difference, but I suspect if there was a recording of me in conversation that included both words, they'd probably sound exactly the same.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by PorscheGAL

You do not want to take advice on pronunciations or vocabulary from me. If you hear me say pen and pin they sound exactly the same. My accent completely prevents me from saying things correctly. On the other hand, my accent makes me very identifiable.

If pen and pin don't sound exactly the same when you say them....

Then you ain't from around here !

Had a 4th semester Spanish professor who was from Madrid ... his "thang" was enunciation....

He'd literally spend 10 minutes trying to get someone to pronounce "Hola" to his satisfaction....

...before giving up and moving on to his next feeble attempts .