OOC CHATTER POST #7

[goosemods]

This brand new chatter post doubles as the OOC chatter section of PART 2 of the Veritaserum meme. Links incoming, you needy, needy children.

YEAR 2 VERITASERUM, Pt. 2
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Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[threatens]

i.... actually pronounce it differently depending on what form it takes. like the standalone candies vs what you'd find as an ingredient in a bigger thing like a chocolate bar

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[nothalfplaid]

That's me with route. Specific ones (Route 66) rhyme are root, but when I'm talking about the path I plan to take somewhere, it rhymes with out.

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[sheepish]

yeah if it's a famous name where the locals pronounce it a certain way (Route 66 = Root 66) then i'll pronounce it how the locals pronounce it. but if we're talking about a bus route or something then it's "rowt"

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[ulixes]

mhm ditto

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[sunsoutgunsout]

i only do rowt if something's being routed as a verb, like a wireless router or traffic getting rerouted

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[threatens]

SAME it just MAKES SENSE

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[novelling]

i say "aahnt" if it's in front of someone's name and "ant" for the general concept of an aunt

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[sheepish]

when i was little, i used to pronounce aunt as "ain't" but i think i picked that up from my dad (who's from southern louisiana) because i've never heard anyone else say it that way.

i almost exclusively use "ant" unless someone else is referring to their aunt/themselves as ahhnt, then i'll use ahhnt uniquely for them.

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[sheepish]

i also used to call ink pins "ain't pins" because my dad pronounced it similarly (aink pins) but that's just me being a dumb kid

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[ulixes]

hey ali......... what the fuck is an ink pin

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[nothalfplaid]

You make shitty stick and poke tattoos with them

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[ulixes]

this tracks to me

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[sheepish]

fuck i meant pen***

but we pronounce the e like an i. so instead of pehn it's pin. we call them "ink pens" even though... i don't know why we have to say the "ink" part because pens obviously use ink

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[ulixes]

ohhhHHHHHHHHH

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[nothalfplaid]

I never questioned why it's an ink pen and not just a pen til this moment

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[novelling]

are all pens "ink pens"??

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[sheepish]

vape pen

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[sheepish]

yeah i never really questioned it until just now. even as an adult, i'm like, "oh, wait, hold up, i have an ink pen." like. yeah, no shit it has ink.

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[sunsoutgunsout]

i'm sorry you're never allowed to criticize my pencil crayons ever again, mrs. INK PENS.

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[browbeats]

i just sweat profusely and make it up as i go along

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[novelling]

I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN THIS TO CAM JUST NOW i'm very same

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[nothalfplaid]

which is which

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[novelling]

idk about marin but i say "car-mul" for the ingredient and "car-a-mel" for candies

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[sunsoutgunsout]

i say car-a-mel and i'm wondering if it's because in canada we have caramilk (care-a-milk) chocolate bars, so the middle "a" is always emphasized?

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[lilwitchhazel]

Also ditto