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Originally posted by Sushipunk Might be the first time I've heard a Scot say that, lol.

55% of them said it last year.

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Originally posted by Lira Wait, really!? You like sounds (erm... music) and language, but you don't like phonetics? Heh, didn't see it coming.

To be honest, I was never thrilled about linguistics. I did a language/literature split degree and opted for the literature option where possible (such as my dissertation). The language modules I did study were probably the most "literary" ones I could. I was interested in linguistics primarily as a way of analysing literature in a more nuts and bolts way than merely airy-fairy lit crit.

Of course, all that ever comes up on TA is discussion about dialect, phonetics and so on, so my knowledge is dredged begrudgingly from memories of the lectures I had the least interest in.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J 55% of them said it last year.

True, lol.

What was the percentage turn-up at the polls? You don't have compulsory voting like we do here, right?

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Originally posted by Sushipunk True, lol. What was the percentage turn-up at the polls? You don't have compulsory voting like we do here, right?

It was 85%, which is extremely high by UK standards. Normal turn-out is pretty low in this country, a combination of apathy and the flaws in our voting system making voting pointless for people in many constituencies.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J 55% of them said it last year.

oh snap. Well played

Damn, compulsory voting. Why is Australia so far ahead of the US on democracy?

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quote: Originally posted by Sushipunk Real and reel should sound the same! quote: Originally posted by Vector A Yeah, they definitely sound the same to me. Say "Was it a real reel?" and "Was the reel real?"

According to the American version of the Cambridge dictionary, "real" begins with "ih" while "reel" begins with "e", but it doesn't say where in the US people speak this way. This had better be a typo or something.

To be honest, I've just found out "hurry" and "furry" don't rhyme and I'm trying to accept the fact, but I can't. Nothing makes sense to me any more. Words are now meaningless. Bork.

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Originally posted by Lira To be honest, I've just found out "hurry" and "furry" don't rhyme and I'm trying to accept the fact, but I can't.

Fuckin' English, lol.

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Originally posted by Lira According to the American version of the Cambridge dictionary, "real" begins with "ih" while "reel" begins with "e", but it doesn't say where in the US people speak this way. This had better be a typo or something.

Haha, "rihl?" Maybe if you're from Louisiana.

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To be honest, I've just found out "hurry" and "furry" don't rhyme and I'm trying to accept the fact, but I can't. Nothing makes sense to me any more. Words are now meaningless. Bork.

They rhyme for me.

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Originally posted by Vector A They rhyme for me.

Howwwww.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Howwwww.

Lol. I say "hurry" as /ˈhɝ.ɹi/, the third pronunciation on this page:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hurry

Apparently this is called the "hurry-furry merger": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engli....93furry_merger

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Originally posted by Vector A They rhyme for me.

same

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Hurry and furry definitely rhyme.

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Yeah since when do they not?