Decided to avoid political conversation today.

[mechagojira]

So I was thinking yesterday about how the letters in the English language are pronounced, and how there's a lot of inconsistency throughout. So I decided to come up with my own ideas for how some letters should sound:

Comments

[bynner]

Mark Twain Thing?

[mechagojira]

Usually attributed to Mark Twain, but I can't confirm that

[staticengine]

Sounds like the Galactic Standard text of Planetfall, half the fun of which was saying it out loud to figure out what the hell was written.

My wife informs me that in Ireland, 'H' is pronounced "Haitch".

[mechagojira]

every bad joke song on napster was labeled as weird al.

...unless the singer had a British or Australian accent, in which case it became "Monty Python".

[gentrj]

I was reading not too long ago about the evolution of the English language and it discussed how/why the 'w' character/sound was created. I forget tho.

This wasn't very useful as a comment.

[danarama]

The Hawaiians have been getting aong on an 11-letter alphabet (plus an ') for centuries. So can we.

\uuu/

Or mebbe Klingon.

[mechagojira]

what are you up to for your birthday? you should avoid PTV. ;)

[danarama]

I actually have no real plans for my birthday. ~sniff~ Likely head to Bondage a Go Go after 10. Avoid PTV; what's PTV? Petite Transvestites? I always do.

[mechagojira]

Psychic TV! They're playing at DNA Lounge that night. I want to see you on your bday, but dont want to go to that show. =D