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[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

I think European Union is weird with some accents. It sounds almost like "Europinyinyinyin"

[-] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

I am not sober. I just had far too much fun saying "europinyinyinyin" out loud over and over again, so thank you for that. :)

I think I have some extended family who probably say it similarly to that, too. Probably the ones from the deep south.

[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I'm happy you like it, it's been stuck in my brain for months and I still think it's a bit funny.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Try 'European Piano Player Union'

[-] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I tripped on that one and ended up saying "European pianer player union," which made me laugh until I coughed.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Now you just sound like you’re from Delaware

[-] jaycifer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

That’s just, like, Europinyin, Man.

[-] remon@ani.social 1 points 3 months ago
[-] danekrae@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago
[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

All right, all right, don't hurt yourself!

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago

Now that's a shower thought I like!

It did, didn't it?

[-] Krudler@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago
[-] gigachad@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago

I salivated so hard trying to pronounce that word the whole metro is looking at me now

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 months ago

Let me also introduce you to the concept of tongue twisters.

Or, to come to the point:
"Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better."

[-] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I actually kinda like how it feels to say.

[-] embed_me@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

A D-Day tit

[-] Chais@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Also "pocketed it."

[-] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago

Edded a tit

[-] fluckx@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Or this monster:

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_while_John_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_a_better_effect_on_the_teacher

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

The fact that that sentence can even be considered in any way correct is a fucking travesty

[-] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I would argue that, without the punctuation, it's not technically correct. The references to James and John saying "had had," at least, should be in quotes. Additionally, unless broken up with a semicolon or a period before the final four "hads," it's a run-on sentence.

If you change the "hads" that mean provided/said in the context of the sentence (excluding the quoted ones), you could write it as:

James, while John had [said] "had", had [said] "had had"; "had had" had [provided] a better effect on the teacher.

And though it doesn't flow right to me to have James and his action verb split by a phrase about John, I'm not sure that's incorrect. Phrasing it to fix the flow, for me, would be:

While John had [said] "had", James had [said] "had had"; "had had" had [provided] a better effect on the teacher.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

I guess. But to me the most baffling thing is such a sentence can even be constructed. Even disregarding the missing punctuation. I don't think I could even get close to this in my native language. Maybe 2 or 3 worda at most and even then probably not.

this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2025
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