January 6, 2021: The Insurrection

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  1. chaski

    chaski Moderator
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    #8951 chaski, Sep 19, 2021
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  2. soccernutter

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    #8952 soccernutter, Sep 19, 2021
    I'm wondering how many are suffering from less severe forms of mental illness such as depression and anxiety and similar. There is a lot of the feel-good to those who are suffering with those on that side of the political spectrum, and each failure is sure to make those issues worse.
     
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  3. NORML

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    #8953 NORML, Sep 20, 2021
    A couple of weeks ago I came across a podcast that was on Justinian and Theodora and figured I'd give it a listen to maybe learn some thing new about them. The podcast was by some Brits and I gave up about ten minutes in cause I couldn't handle their pronunciation of Byzantine as bison teen.
     
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  4. Paul Berry

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    #8954 Paul Berry, Sep 20, 2021
    You don't like people pronouncing things as they're spelt spelled?
     
  5. NORML

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    #8955 NORML, Sep 20, 2021
    Normally I don't mind different pronunciation. For example I get a huge kick out of the difference with aluminum but I found their pronunciation of Byzantine to be really jarring.
     
  6. song219

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    #8956 song219, Sep 20, 2021
    That's why they should just be referred to as Romans.
     
  7. Paul Berry

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    #8957 Paul Berry, Sep 20, 2021
    By-zan-tine.

    Doing a few Guardian crosswords recently has highlighted how many British words and phrases I've forgotten since leaving the UK in 1995.
     
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  8. soccernutter

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    #8958 soccernutter, Sep 20, 2021
    That seems norml.
     
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  9. bigredfutbol

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    #8959 bigredfutbol, Sep 20, 2021
    Romaioi, for bonus points.
     
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  10. dapip

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    #8960 dapip, Sep 20, 2021
    Romani ite domum!!!

     
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  11. NORML

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    #8961 NORML, Sep 20, 2021
    I know it's a small difference but hearing it for the first time really had me feeling like a Quimby asking the butler to say "Chowder"

     
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  12. Pønch

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    #8962 Pønch, Sep 20, 2021
    Spanish FTW.
     
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  13. Paul Berry

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    #8963 Paul Berry, Sep 20, 2021
    Roma
    In Greek: beez-a-teen-nosh
    In Turkish: beez-antz
    In Scottish English: "too many syllabellalls".

    So the Americans seem to have it right.
     
  14. soccernutter

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    #8964 soccernutter, Sep 20, 2021
    I listen to a lot of British comedians/panel shows, so I'm used to the different pronunciations.
    I know (knew) enough Spanish that I could get the gist of a conversation. Then I heard a Chilean speaking to a Puerto Rican. That was Spanish on cocaine.
     
  15. InTheSun

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    #8965 InTheSun, Sep 20, 2021
    I heard a brit the other day say pew-rtoricans.
     
  16. Paul Berry

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    #8966 Paul Berry, Sep 20, 2021
    There was a great book that came out in the 60s that went through all the Spanish dialects and the differences between them. I found it in the Barbican library in London. I think it was by Charles Berlitz, the man, not the company. It also went through Spanish customs at the time, which were positively medieval.
     
  17. Dr. Wankler

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    #8967 Dr. Wankler, Sep 20, 2021
    I'm pretty sure that, within my lifetime, bullfighting might have been more popular than soccer in Spain and Mexico.
     
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  18. xtomx

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    #8968 xtomx, Sep 20, 2021
    Well, in bullfighting, someone from Mexico might have a chance to win a world championship, if there was a World Championship.

    In soccer??? Nah!
     
  19. song219

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    #8969 song219, Sep 20, 2021
    Another sport ruined because of no pro/rel.
     
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  20. xtomx

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    #8970 xtomx, Sep 20, 2021
    I don't know, a whole lot of matadors have been relegated to the pits of hell, as bulls sought revenge for their torture.
     
  21. Pønch

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    Donde siempre
    #8971 Pønch, Sep 20, 2021
    No doubt, some Spanish accents are hard to follow. And if you throw in all the different regional slang words and phrases it can get extra dicey.

    But at least when you're reading it you know how things are supposed to sound :p
     
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  22. song219

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    #8972 song219, Sep 20, 2021
    No.
    That's like old USL where teams would self-relegate but no teams would accept a promotion.
     
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  23. bigredfutbol

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    #8973 bigredfutbol, Sep 20, 2021
    I don't believe they ever called themselves that; the point was that they referred to themselves as "Romans" in medieval Greek.
     
  24. NORML

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    #8974 NORML, Sep 20, 2021
    How soon people forget about the Charlotte Eagles and Cleveland City Stars.
     
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  25. song219

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    #8975 song219, Sep 20, 2021
    Someone has to be a cautionary tale.
     
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