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Title: favorite speech-related habits for self-entertainment?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on October 05, 2008, 06:59:38 PM

inspired by a new Ulillillia blog post. 

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#24 Speech: opposite of intention "times negative one": To explain this new speech-related habit for self-entertainment, let's say I'm watching TV. On TV, I'm watching a show where someone jumps off of a 80-foot-high cliff with water below. Upon making the jump, thinking that it's dumb to do, I may say "that 'thing' is smart times negative one". In mathematics, to get the opposite of something, you multiply it by negative 1. The opposite of 8, -8, is "8*-1". The opposite of "smart", "dumb", is "smart*-1", "smart times negative one".

me, I like mentally transcribing everyone's utterances into IPA with extensive use of suprasegmentals to capture their tone and rhythm.

Title: Re: favorite speech-related habits for self-entertainment?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on October 05, 2008, 07:02:14 PM

I'm trying to force myself to say "ampersand ampersand" instead of "and". 

Title: Re: favorite speech-related habits for self-entertainment?
Post by: Joe Molotov on October 05, 2008, 10:31:17 PM

This thread is interesting times negative one.

Title: Re: favorite speech-related habits for self-entertainment?
Post by: muckhole on October 05, 2008, 10:33:43 PM

and ampersand.

Title: Re: favorite speech-related habits for self-entertainment?
Post by: Bocsius on October 05, 2008, 10:36:58 PM

More like times equals negative one semicolon.