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by Fatleaf » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:36 am
Pleb wrote: ...my fiancé has asked me before how to pronounce Oolite!
No one told me you can have a girlfrind AND Oo-Leet
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by Pleb » Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:42 am
Fatleaf wrote:
No one told me you can have a girlfrind AND Oo-Leet
You can but it can be taskful to juggle the two of them!
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by Rese249er » Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:02 am
Then there's having two and Ool33t... Yes, I went there.
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by Diziet Sma » Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:14 am
Fatleaf wrote: El Viejo wrote: Same as Elite, I reckon, but with an oo instead of an e .
I'm with EV on this one
Likewise.
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by Talisker » Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:18 am
Pleb wrote: Fatleaf wrote:
No one told me you can have a girlfrind AND Oo-Leet
You can but it can be taskful to juggle the two of them!
For me, it's led to the trader lifestyle.
On the couch, able to take part in conversations while the miles roll by and the credits rack up.
On Thursdays, MrsTalisker has art classes. Then it's time for BOUNTY HUNTING!
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Ooh -leet. Like Chinese tea made with leet.
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by Pleb » Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:29 am
Talisker wrote: For me, it's led to the trader lifestyle.
On the couch, able to take part in conversations while the miles roll by and the credits rack up.
On Thursdays, MrsTalisker has art classes. Then it's time for BOUNTY HUNTING!
Haha this is very similar to what I do, although soon-to-be Mrs Pleb is currently pregnant and VERY demanding!
But as for how to pronounce Oolite - it's like the whole American English vs British English in terms of how to pronounce tomato, no one will ever agree! At least we all spell it the same...
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by Griff » Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:38 am
Ty-phoolite ?
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by Cody » Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:39 am
Ha! There must be a YAH in that!
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by Disembodied » Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:44 pm
El Viejo wrote:
Ha! There must be a YAH in that!
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by Tricky » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:15 pm
Rese249er wrote: Then there's having two and Ool33t... Yes, I went there.
It's spelt Oo1337 - as in the start of the
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by Commander McLane » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:48 pm
I'm with the retired gentlemen on this one.
But then again, I'm German, and never have pronounced any planet name with an English pronounciation (it's La-vé for me; with the stress on the second syllable).
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by Rese249er » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:21 am
Commander McLane wrote: I'm German, and never have pronounced any planet name with an English pronounciation (it's La-vé for me; with the stress on the second syllable).
Odd. I'm American and I pronounce it like that.
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by Gimbal Locke » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:43 am
I pronounce it as "Elite".
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by Colonel Wasabi » Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:24 pm
Pleb wrote: Fatleaf wrote:
No one told me you can have a girlfrind AND Oo-Leet
You can but it can be taskful to juggle the two of them!
You must have strong arms to do that, Mr Pleb !
Anyhow....I thought the fiance would want to know how to pronounce it before they get married so she can shout the name properly like my missus does at the moment..... "YOU LOVE THAT OOLITE MORE THAN ME !!!!"
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by PhantorGorth » Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:09 am
Because it is derived from the word Elite I pronounce it Oo-leet and that is [ulit] in International Phonetic Alphabet.
And I pronounce Lave as Lay-v (rhymes with gave) [lev] in IPA.
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