Four Score and Seven should be Eight-Hundred Yeah Seven.
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Cornish counting is base 12 instead of 10.
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I played the trailer with a bit of scepticism but I have to say it looks quite good! Very… “dreamworks style”.
Also, the mother nagging Caesar is peak Asterix 
“minus one village is not everything” 
“drop it mom!” 
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I think that’s the problem with these computer cartoons. Either they overuse the Pixar look or they take too much from DreamWorks.
Returning to the topic, I think it will be good material for anyone who wants to study French.
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I don’t think so. The penultimate syllable is the stressed one. We usually mutter this word under our breath to express contempt.
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Also in spanish. Is porquerÍa.
I think that what happens is the RK sound in spanish is a strong barrier that almost splits the word in two, so if someone is commenting something along the lines of “DAMMMNNNN THAT THING IS FUCKING NASTEEYYYYYY” they are going to let the R roll a bit, so it’s going to sound like “PORRRRquería”
this RK caesura is not exclusive of spanish, but we bring it to the next level, specially in central american dialects.
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“Oh, no you di’n’t!”
That 1st apostrophe indicates a glottal stop, like a Cockney’s dropped T.
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World Atlas of Languages (Beta Version)
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I’ve noticed that right-wing trolls often insist news stories “are bias,” or “is bias,” but I’ve never noticed them write “are biased,” nor “is biased,” nor “is biased.”
Is it just right-wing trolls, or is this more widespread? And why?
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I think it’s just that right wing trolls are just dipshits who don’t know how to grammar…
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They probably use “flout” and “flaunt” interchangeably.
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This is why I always spell it "white supremist,’ b/c that’s how those shitheads pronounce it.
Bonus:
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Yeah, I’ve noticed that as well, and I just don’t get it. Yes, it’s because they’re dumb, as @mindysan33 says, but why are they dumb in this particular way, and why is it all of them? It’s such a strange phenomenon
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Using “bias” as an adjective instead of “biased” usually comes from hearing it said, where the final d is often subtle to the point of non-existence, and not seeing it written, where it is obvious. And it’s not hard to think of some people who might hear the word shouted a lot but never read anything that’s been spellchecked…
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But surely they must realise that other adjectives don’t behave that way. I mean, they’re shrieking about things being based all the time, so they can make to leap from substantive to adjective there…
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The only parts of speech they believe needs to be absolutely exact every single time is pronouns.
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