People assume... |
that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff. -Doctor Who, s03e10, Blink |
Someone expresses their rage by typing “FUCCCCCKKKKKKK,” and all you can think is, “You can’t lengthen plosives! WHY DIDN’T YOU JUST USE EXTRA VOWELS?”
But if you lengthen plosives, you can read it as “fuck-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k” and it sounds like an insect making a weird clicky sound! :D
I like the word “plosive”.
I’ve thought this many a time.
(Source: khairete-ailourion, via rt-hon-harry-koschei-saxon)
Benedict Cumberbatch did that twice in A Study in Pink and it drove me crazy each time. Good crazy.
I’ve thought this many a time.
know what “fricative” means from Linguistics class….yay.
The word “fricative” always sounds dirty when I say it. :D I’m glad I understood this entire post.
i’m not a linguist and was previously unaware of plosives, but that does tend to bother me
plosives, you can read it as “fuck-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k” and it sounds like an insect making a weird clicky sound! :D I...
All the time….. except in Finnish… >.>
see that being pronounces is as /k/ followed by a long /x/. They should’ve written extra vowels or even extra F’s...
Yet I still try to pronounce those extra C’s...K’s. It always comes out as a heavily...